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Red Writer
Powder coated aluminum, 9 ft x 3 ft x 2.5 ft -
Yellow Folding
Powder coated aluminum, 8 ft x 4 ft x 5 ft -
Electric Water
Brushed aluminum, 9 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft -
Ribbon
Powder coated aluminum, 11 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft -
Back from the Yellow Brick Road
Powder coated aluminum, 11ft x 3 ft x 3.5 ft -
Flat Lander
Powder coated aluminum, 11 ft x 4 ft x 5 ft
BIOGRAPHY
Richard Pitts was born in Fort Monmouth NJ. to a military family, they traveled throughout the United States later settling in Clifton NJ. After graduating Clifton High School Richard attended Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, there he met the Painter/ Sculptor Reuben Kadish. In 1960 he moved to New York City, set up a studio and in 1961 attended Pratt Institute where he met his second mentor, painter Ernie Briggs. Both Kadish and Briggs remained lasting friends and inspirations. After a tour in the US Army and graduating Pratt Institute Richard taught at the Kansas Art Institute of Technology and attended New York Studio School in Paris. He holds a full professorship at the New York State University System Fashion Institute of Technology. With studios in New York City and in Pa. continues to exhibit his paintings and sculpture nation wide.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
For me art is a language that comes down from the beginning of time to the present.
It encapsulates, encodes, and decodes the highest qualities of our culture.
To experience art in our environment is the poetic access to that which is most important creating a kind of Museum or Gallery without walls.
It enriches our personal narrative, the tools for creative visualization.
It is this that enrich the imagination that helps determine the quality of our present and our future.
Email: artpitts@aol.com