Richard Sperry - About the Artist
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Born in 1964, Richard is a Chicago land resident. At an early age he was encouraged by enthusiastic art teachers. He began drawing at age six and painting in his teens. He has studied art through out his education and attended workshops and colleges, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. However, Richard is primarily self-trained, and attributes much of his artistic expressions to experimentation, observation and passion. 

The artist considers himself a modern abstract expressionist and states, “Nature and all its symbiotic relationships inspire my interpretation of life”. . Beyond painting renditions of the world around him, Sperry creates emotionally charged layers of textures, colors and images that are raw, spontaneous and often stream of consciousness. Sperry utilizes the idea of chaos to create a fractal sense of depth, often juxtaposing symbols and archetypal imagery. Whether he is painting representational, non-objective or transitional works, his subject and technique give each work a sense of universal relation and power.  Richard's use of color is often muted, rich and earthy. He begins each piece as a three color splash painting. By applying glazes and metallic highlights he creates a luminescent surface that shifts with changing light or angle. This characteristic allows varying perceptions for the viewer.

Richard is a member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society and Chicago Artists Coalition.