Rick Begneaud

“My work is about an organic drive towards a resonant composition – space, color, texture – that’s what moves me.”

— Rick Begneaud

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{ American Poetic - Abstract Artist }

Begneaud toured as a chef for the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan, during the mid eighties. Traveling extensively, he appropriated, not only the tastes, but textiles and small objects from villages, throughout the world, in order to encapsulate his own experiences, at each location. Begneaud’s self-developed technique was influenced through a close relationship with his late uncle, Artist Robert Rauschenberg. Rauschenberg’s creative gene is present in Begneaud’s work, which is built upon powerful emotion and the artist’s past.

(Woodward Gallery)

Pictured: Eagle For Now (2009)

“Large Works”

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Large works (48”x60” and up) are spacious color fields punctuated with bold patterns - and incorporate oils, textiles, found objects, clippings, and pigment transfers.

“Salt Papers”

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Salts are mixed media works composed of textiles, oils and pigment transfers on watercolor paper, mounted on birch panels.

{ Small Works }

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Smaller works are intricate collages realized on panels and paper. Rich with texture and detail, these pieces employ mixed-media, textiles, pigment transfers, and oils.

Pictured: Spirit Syllable (2024)

“Ash Bone Zippers”

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Ash Bone Zippers Zippers are jewel-like, 12”x12” mixed-media works that incorporate pigment transfers, oils, textiles, and other elements, composed on birch panels.

Mexican Orange Queen - Carnal Ruby (2024)

“Botanical Drifts”

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Botanical Drifts are 18”x18” mixed-media works that incorporate botanical transfers and clippings, pigment transfers, oils, textiles, and other elements, composed on birch panels.