Rick Fleury: Inspired by Cape Cod

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Rick Fleury: Inspired by Cape Cod

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May 4, 2011

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Artist Rick Fleury shares his contemporary landscape paintings of Cape Cod in an inspiring video on the ways he strives to share the peace and abundant beauty found in the natural world so that it may be preserved and valued for all time. Fleury is known internationally for his minimalist style of capturing the "purity of the landscape" on canvas and copper. The video features music by Cape Cod ... more Artist Rick Fleury shares his contemporary landscape paintings of Cape Cod in an inspiring video on the ways he strives to share the peace and abundant beauty found in the natural world so that it may be preserved and valued for all time. Fleury is known internationally for his minimalist style of capturing the "purity of the landscape" on canvas and copper. The video features music by Cape Cod jazz musician and composer Dan Sullivan. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Rick Fleury is devoting his professional life to painting coastal landscapes of New England -- leaving behind successful careers as a journalist and a New York executive officer and creative director in advertising and public relations. His minimalist style of landscape, known and collected internationally, is widely associated with Cape Cod and New England. He is a member of the Copley Society, the oldest non-profit art association in the United States. In a rare, if not exclusive situation, rather than go through the arduous and competitive process of applying for membership in this prestigious organization, the Copley Society sought Rick out in his studio and asked him to become a member in 2006. Rick has been honored with solo exhibitions at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and through the Copley Society. His work is in the permanent collections of the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Cahoon Museum of American Art, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's, Bessemer Trust Company, Cape Cod Hospital/Cape Cod Healthcare, and other distinguished corporate and private collections. He has taught at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and through the Copley Society of Art. Rick, a year-round artist on Cape Cod since 1997, lives and works in Eastham. "The purity of the landscape" is the subject of his work, and the beauty of nature and wide open space so often found on Cape Cod is what has inspired him as an artist. "If I create pause long enough for the viewer to reflect and appreciate the beauty that is Cape Cod, then I have achieved success in my work. If I convey that beauty in a new or unexpected way, even better."  — says Fleury Fleury, is represented by Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, Massachusetts www.addisonart.com www.rickfleury.com Jazz musician Dan Sullivan is a gifted and versatile musician and composer. He writes and produces music, and performs on both sax and flute. This collaboration features a medley of songs from Sullivan's latest CD Cape Cod Magic. The medley is titled For all Time. The CD is available on iTunes, Amazon.com, cdbaby.com and dansullivanmusic.com less Tags: rick fleury, addison art gallery, cape cod, new england, art, artists, landscapes, conservation, preservation, environment, dan sullivan, jazz, cape cod artists, copley society, provincetown, orleans, eastham, cape cod national seashore, painting on coppe