Holiday Artist Richard Ficker

Holiday Artist Richard Ficker

I’m fundamentally a self-taught artist. I did take a variety of art classes in high school and dabbled in commercial art for a little while. As life would have it my art career got put on the back burner, while I traveled the world, and later worked in construction and raised a family. I’ve always loved art and looked at life through the eyes of an artist, studying light, shadow, shape, and form. I would read about art, and frequent museums, always meaning to get back to painting. At the age of 49, realizing that no one really knows how much time they might have on this earth, I made the commitment to start painting. In doing so I rekindled an old passion.

I love to paint a variety of subjects. Some of my paintings have real heart felt meaning. Some contain hidden images. Some are for the pure joy of expressing my love for nature, and her many magical colors. You will also find the reoccurring theme of water and the ocean in most of my work. Being a lifelong surfer, it’s what I know and love. I hope you will enjoy my work as much as I do creating it.  www.richardficker.com    I also have work in Breakers Art Gallery 142 N. Orlando Ave. Cocoa Beach.