A graduate of Art Center College of Design, Rick Started his illustration

career at Hollywood’s premiere animation firm, Robert Abel & Associates.

Rick relocated to New York, where he started his very successful freelance

career. His TV and film clients included ABC, NBC, HBO, Viacom, ESPN,

Disney, Showtime, Lifetime Network and Aerodrome Pictures. His print

clients include Random House, Reader’s Digest, Barron's Publishing, Black

Diamond Press, The Washington Post, The Scientist, Emergency Medicine,

American Journal of Nursing, Vis a Vis and INX.

In addition to his commercial work, Rick has a great love of animals. His

painting of a Portugese Waterdog was awarded Best in Show at the 2001

Louisiana State University International Exhibition on Animals in Art. Twelve 

of his portraits have hung in the American Kennel Club Museum. In addition,

he has painted numerous award winning greeting cards for the American

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Rick has taught drawing at Art Center, Otis Art Institute, and Brooks Institute in

Ventura, CA.