Decorative & Fine Artist Rick Citta
As a child Rick Citta loved to sketch the world around him, creating drawings of buildings, people, trees and flowers. His art education includes studies in high school and college in Wisconsin. He uses acrylics for his mural work, water-based paints for decorative finishes and often pastels for his fine art paintings. Whenever possible he will research and utilize healthy, alternative products/materials for his clients such as non-toxic, low VOC paints, all natural plasters, etc.
Rick especially enjoys depicting local architecture and scenes throughout the USA. He will often work in a representational style with touches of impressionism. Typically he draws inspiration and details from his own photography or from subject at hand as a plein air painter.
His work has been displayed in Wisconsin galleries and coffee shops. In recent years Ricks pastels have been juried into several national art competitions sponsored by the Pastel Society of North Florida, the online Period Gallery and most recently the Austin Pastel Society. He is also a member of the Great Lakes Pastel Society and President of the Southeast Wisconsin Pastel Society, CIVA ( Christians In The Visual Arts ), and a member of the Museum of Wisconsin Art.
RICK CITTA
Artist Biographical Information
Education
1971 University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Fine Arts
1972 1974 Milwaukee Area Technical College Associate Degree, Commercial Art
Memberships
1973-1974 Member, League of Milwaukee Artists
1976 Member, Wisconsin Arts Board
December 2003 - present Member, Great Lakes Pastel Society
January 2004 - 2005 Member, Pastel Society of New Mexico
October 2004 2006 Member, Bay View Arts Guild
January 2005 2006 Member, Austin Pastel Society
July 2006 present President, Wisconsin Pastel Artists
Professional Affiliations
1997-1998 Milwaukee Camera Club
2002 2003 BNI Business Network International Brown Deer WI Chapter
2007-Present Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Exhibitions/Shows
1974 League of Milwaukee Artists Annual Show
June 1994 Wisconsin Memorial Park solo exhibition
October/November 1996 Delind Fine Art Gallery Landmarks Show, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 1- 30, 2004 Pastel Society of North Florida, Pastels 2004
Eighth Biennial National Exhibition, Painting -Hidden Gem
April 1-30, 2004 Period Gallery, Landscape Four, Online International Exhibition Paintings -Red Rock Turbulence & Time for Reflection
June 2005 Austin, TX, Austin Pastel Society, Annual Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Painting- On the Way to Espanola
January 2007 Awards Juror for the Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art 2007 Drawing, Print and Photography Exhibition
Gallery Representation
2007-Present Gallery 111, Tucumcari, New Mexico
Workshops attended:
3-day Pastel Workshop, Bonnie Paruch - 2006
3-day Pastel Workshop, Ann Von Ehr - 2007
Contact Information
Rick Citta
Above and Beyond Decorative & Fine Arts
3759 North 88th Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53222
email: rcitta@wi.rr.com
www.rickcitta.com
