Rick Herron
About Rick Herron
Rick Herron was born in 1949 in El Salvador, a foreign
service brat, and as soon as he was able to hold
a pencil got to work drawing cars. He has a degree
in English Literature from The University of Virginia’s
College at Wise, 1982 and Graphic Design from Northern
Virginia Community College, 1999.
Growing up moving throughout Latin America he continued
practicing on the new models from Detroit, then on
original designs of mid-ship engine GTs. He constructed
two of his original designs from sheet plastic, mounting
one on a 1/18th chassis of an XJ 220 Jaguar and the
other on a Lamborghini Diablo chassis. These were
awarded second and first place at the Northern Virginia
IMPSI modelers shows in 1996 and 1997 respectively.
Knowing that he did not have the funds to build his
own exotic designs he settled instead on doing paintings
of the more impressive cars of his childhood and
early adult years.
Today he freelances as an automotive artist and has
accepted and completed many commissions from classic
car owners across the U.S. Canada and Europe. He
is already a recognized and established American
Automotive artist. He has licensing agreements with
Carroll Shelby and The Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Co.,
which allows him to sell reproductions of his art
work with their authorization.
Rick is proud to have had a print of his work, Auburn
in Asheville, represented in one of Americas most
prominent automotive museums, the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg
Museum in Auburn, Indiana along with other American
and European automotive museums. Mercedes Benz commissioned
the work “A Fine Day For Sailing” of
a 300SL which now sits in a San Jose, California
dealership.
Because many automotive artists on the east coast
often feel shunned by the art establishment, Rick
was pleasantly surprised a few years ago to get a
call by Alice Ross asking if he would like to have
his work featured in Elan Magazine, the Washington,
DC areas premier Fine Arts magazine. The answer was
yes of course. When many area fine artists wait months
at a chance to have their art presented within the
covers of this wonderful magazine, without having
to ask, Rick Herron had been given this great opportunity
to showcase his art thanks to the magazine and Alice
Ross. For an artist to be considered a fine artist
must always supersede the fact that he is also an
automotive artist.
Rick paints in acrylics and also does digital art.
He loves old cars but is also an environmentalist
and has begun a series of environmental paintings.
This endeavor will take time, money and a strong
commitment. He wishes this new direction in art to
make a statement about man’s relationship with
his environment and his impact on it. Each era is
defined by its art and its better art conceptualizes
in a more satisfactory way a current society’s
place within its surroundings. Often this art is
a reflection of a new view of man’s place in
the scheme of things or a radical change in the physical
world he occupies or the spectrum through which he
views it. With this new movement Rick will be taking
a risk in presenting a not always pleasant portrait,
but after all, art requires risk taking.
To the Gallery
If you require further information, or to place an order/commission, please e-mail:
rick.herron@1066artgallery.co.uk
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