Linda Richichi
(Pronounced Ra che che)

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“Her evocative plein air paintings express an intense response to observed nature, while her dynamic abstractions reflect a passionate energy and masterful sense of form.” – From Dennis Wepman, Art Curator of Karpeles Library Manuscript Museum.

Award winning artist Linda Richichi was born in Montgomery, NY, where she earned her first art award at the age of six and commission at sixteen.  Her educational background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from SUNY New Paltz and years of study with many modern masters including Arthur Sarnoff at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in FL, Susan Goetz in NY, John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in NJ and classes at the Art Students League in New York City.  She was included in the International Artist Magazine under Master Painters of the World, Pastel Showcase in the Jan. 2005 issue.  In the June 2006 issue, Linda’s exhibit at the RiverWinds Gallery was critiqued favorably by art critic Raymond J. Steiner, ART TIMES.  In Sept., 2006, Richichi was awarded the Best of Show Ontario Purchase Award at the International Plein Air Painters (I.P.A.P.) Fourth Worldwide Paint Out at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Richichi has exhibited extensively including the prestigious National Arts Club in New York City with the Pastel Society of America, a solo exhibit at the Karpeles Library Manuscript Museum in Newburgh, NY and a three person the Museum of the Hudson Highlands in Cornwall, NY.  Linda attends several national invitational plein air events during each year.  Her work is in private and corporate collections internationally.  She was recently commissioned by Mercedes Benz Corporation and is currently creating a body of work for a new wing of a hospital.  Since 1996 the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, NY has commissioned Richichi to annually paint a portrait.  In June 2007 her work was included in the World Tour Exhibition titled “Far and Near Horizons” of Contemporary Landscape Artists run by the International Plein Air Painters and the Landscape Artists International.  This exhibit will travel around North America in 2008 before it heads overseas.  Richichi is the artist in residence at the Orange County Community College at the Newburgh Extension from Sept. ‘07 through August ‘08.

In 2004 & 2005 Richichi taught “plein air” pastel painting in Tuscany, Italy.  In the summer of 2007 she conducted another plein air excursion to Italy.  Saatchi Gallery in London, England invited Richichi to exhibit work on their website.  She is represented by Fieldstone Fine Art in Ramsey, NJ and Art Forms Gallery in Red Bank, NJ.  For the location of galleries hosting the World Tour exhibit in 2008 click on “World Tour Artist” on Linda’s home page at www.LindaRichichi.com .

Memberships Include:
Pastel Society of America (PSA), Juried Associate member
International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), Signature Status
New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), Signature Status
Portrait Society of America, Founding member
Landscape Artists International, Charter member.
Plein Air Florida, member