Collection: Richard Verity

A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE ARTIST

1. What do you do when you’re not making art? (Day job etc...).

I am retired (disability)… Oil Painting has become primary in my life…

2. Why do you make art?

From an early age (13) I wanted to be an Artist/Oil Painter… since having to retire I am now able to follow my passion on a full time basis…

3. What inspires you?

Inspiration can come from most anything in Life… Nature… Man-made structures… Politics… Concepts in Color/Shape… My objective has always been to seek myself out in all that I see…

4. What/who are your influences?

Monet... Matisse... Dali... Warhol… Brâncu?i... Michelangelo…

5. If you could meet anyone dead or alive who would it be?

So many I would want to meet... however… would have to say Michelangelo… consummate Artist/Inventor…

Read our interview with Richard Verity in the AllArtWorks Featured Artist Series here.