Rogers

About the Artist

Ronald Ray Rogers is an internationally recognized studio artist with a Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing. His work is in important public and private collections, and his images and writings are published and presented throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Western Europe, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. He has exhibited from New York to California. And, his images have been used in sets for the movie industry, and in the music industry for a CD cover and a music video.

Throughout his life, Ron has made his living as an artist. In the early seventies, after finishing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics, he built a pottery studio in California. For nearly a decade he worked as a potter producing exceptional hand made pottery. In an attempt to satisfy his inner drive for greater creativity, he sold his pottery and in 1984, he opened a very successful print and graphic design studio with a close friend. In the early nineties, Ron began painting for enjoyment and personal expression apart from the pressures of the advertising/design world. He found that other people enjoyed his work as well, and received invitations to participate in both private and group shows. With the desire to paint with the greatest degree of professional accomplishment, he returned to school to achieve a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing. For a number of years, Ron taught painting and drawing as an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University. He now works as a full time studio artist and lives with his wife and his three youngest children on the Central Coast of California. His home and studio are located in an inspiring area of the coastal highlands that is wooded in oak and laurel, and overlooks the Pacific Ocean.