23rd Annual Home Studio Summer Show

A California native, Rick J. Delanty has been painting landscapes and seascape for over three decades. Paralleling his painting career, he taught advanced painting and drawing in public education until 2006. He terms his style “expressionistic realism,” an exuberant calligraphy of color and brushstroke which conveys emotion and movement within a realistic setting.

Delanty’s work has been included in invitational plein air events across the West, and has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the nation. Delanty has received awards at regional, national and international levels, including Finalist “Best Acrylic” in the Septemaber 2016 Plein Air Salon, Best of Show in 2014 from Plein Air Magazine editor Stephen Doherty in “The American Landscape” national exhibition, twice Outstanding Acrylic in the international “Boldbrush” painting competition, Best of Show in the 2013 ISAP Online Exhibition, Best of Show at the Borrego Plein Air Invitational, two awards in the Sedona Invitational, the Peterson Award at the annual exhibition of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, and both the Boseker and Surfrider awards at the Laguna Plein Air Invitational at the Laguna Art Museum. Rick served as curator for the “California Impressionism” show in 2015 at the Huntington Beach Art Center in California, selecting over 100 paintings for a contemporary nation-wide exhibition of artist-members from the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.

Reception: 6/8/2019 12-9pm