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

{ About }
{ 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.

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Oculina Sitar (2010)

Nordic Spread (2010)

Sun Square Stone (2010)

Ivory Watermelon (2015)

Lilypad Starfish (2013)

Circus Muse (2010)
“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.
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Scale (2012)
Twenty Feet From Niger (2012)
Spring Rule (2012)

{ 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.
Ancient Occurrence Beautiful This (2024)
Beauty of Uncertainty (2024)
GMO (2024)
Antique Mirror Stone (2024)
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Eternal Syllable (2019)
Fig Tree Umbrella (2023)
Black Opal Emotion (2024)
Hiding in a Whisper Tree
Blue Velvet Absinthe (2024)
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Dipper (2024)
Code of the Pearl Dusters (2024)
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Honey Ink (2024)
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Martini of Reverends (2024)
Maharajahs Pheasant (2024)
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Coltrane (2024)
Moonfish Love Son (2024)
Orange Pelican Eclipse (2024)
NFL (2024)
Peasant Snowfish (2024)
Pearl (2024)
Opal Peach Orphan Prayers (2024)
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Copper Radish (2012)
Begno (2024)
Tangerine Leek (2023)
Nautilus Progress (2024)
Root Dance (2012)
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Petal Verse (2012)
Pea Pawn Umbrella (2024)
Shrimp Shrine (2023)
Sugar Moss Poem (2024)
Thistle Thirteen (2024)
Tug Bill Magic (2024)
Zuru for Plum (2023)
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Left Hand Fusion (2023)
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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.
Root Dance (2012)
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Petal Verse (2012)
Pea Pawn Umbrella (2024)
{ Various }
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A selection of works of irregular sizes and materials

Culture (2024)

Farka (2024)

Guppy Plow (2023)

Ibis Wind Blanket (2024)

Lilac Vanilla (2023)

Marshmallow Marsh Hen (2024)

Pale Dark Fan Foot (2024)
Pink Pinequeens Bridgepink Pine (2023)
Queens Bridge (2024)

Rumi Star (2024)

Seek (2024)
Spirit Syllable (2024)

Tokay Veda (2024)

Yaya Lyric (2024)
“Lures”
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Lures are pigment transfer compositions on watercolor paper, mounted on birch panels.
Mystic Riddle (2009)
Spirit Wink (2009)
Sugar Mud (2009)
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{Galleries}
Woodward Gallery
(212) 966-3411
132A Eldridge Street
New York, NY 10002
{Inquiries}
rickbegneaud@mac.com
(415) 302-2266
Sausalito, CA
{Social}
Instagram / @rickbegneaud