Biography:
Rick Dickinson grew up in rural upstate New York where he developed his interest in landscape painting while studying with a professional artist in the neighborhood.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana Institute of Technology and had a successful career in the construction industry until he could return to his first love, landscape oil painting.

Rick and his wife now live on the island of Southport, Maine. He maintains studios in a commercial space overlooking beautiful Boothbay Harbor and in a Maine seaside cottage overlooking Townsend Gut. They have two grown children.

He can most often be seen working or teaching en plein air or the studio.


Education:
Bachelor Of Science Mechanical Engineering, Indiana Institute of Technology

Classes at Mercer College Community College, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and Maine College of Art

Individual study with Lois Griffel, Paul Ingbretson,Ty Hodanish, Ann Templeton, Don Stone, Don Demers and others.


Organizations and Affiliates:
Boothbay Region Art Foundation, Boothbay Harbor, ME
American Society of Marine Artists
Artsbridge, New Hope, PA
Plein Air Florida
Plein Air Painters of Maine
River Arts, Damariscotta, ME
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset