Rick Blake
Raised in Huntington Beach, Ca
Lives in Huntington Beach, CA
Rick is interested in ocean related art as well as the people and characters connected to this environment. Influences are Winslow Homer, Toulouse Lautrec, Rockwell Kent, John Severson, Howard Pyle and Hardie Gramatky
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Education
1998 - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting - Cal State University Long Beach
2007- Art Education Teaching Credential - Cal State University Long Beach
Grants & Awards
2012 - Teacher of the Year-Orange Unified School District
2013 - Exemplary Visual Arts Program- California Arts Education Association
2015- Middle School Art Educator for the State of California- CAEA
Exhibitions & Festivals
2007 - Surf Shop Gallery-Newport Beach-Dave Hobrecht/Joe Curren
2002 -2014 Sunset Beach Art Festival
2010-Studio 109 Art Show- Huntington Beach
2010 - Huntington Beach International Surf Museum -solo show
2013- Schooner Art and Music Festival-organizer and artist-Sunset Beach
2013-2015- Ocean Stoke-Costa Mesa
2014- Surfrider Art Benefit- DAX Gallery- Costa Mesa
2019-Misfit Gallery group show-La Jolla
Publications
2001-Happy Magazine-Artist Profile
2012-2015 HB Culture Magazine-Artist Profile
2015 - Ghetto Juice article