Ronda Richley

ARTIST’S BIO

The artist was born in Ohio but is a California trained artist, now living in Ocala, for the past two and a half years. The artist’s entire career has been in the arts as a professor, designer, and fine artist. As the artist’s work has spanned decades, the subject matter and syle may have changed over time, but always maintained the loyalty of being a process artist. For the artist, is it about the process and joy of creating, experimenting with media and substates, and seeing what will happen with different combinations. It has been that way since 1990, when graduate school opened new horizons.

After years of creating illustrations and designing giftware, finally a new freedom was achieved by creating art for the sake of creating! Palette knife painting, dripping paints, cutting layers into the canvas, building up textures, all became part of the art. The artist discovered a love for Ocala and moved there from Orlando when selected to paint a design on a life-size horse sculpture for Horse Fever 20/20. Excited and honored, the horse, “Sunny Daze,” was designed to bring joy and luck to all who see his brightly colored sunflowers. You can see “Sunny Daze” at the College of Central Florida Vintage Farm in Ocala.

The artist has had both gallery representation and showings in galleries including several solo exhibitions. The artist was also the founder, owner and curator of Art Affair Gallery in Sanford, Florida, for several years where the works of over forty artist could be found. The artist is an international award-winning artist, who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati, and a Master of Studio Arts for California State University, Northridge, and has taught art at colleges and universities across the United States. The art work can be found in collections within the United States and around the world. The art has been in museum shows and is in the permanent collection at the Copelouzos Family Art Museum in Greece.