Bobbie Rich graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern California in 2002 with a BA in Fine Arts and an Advertising Minor. She studied with such master artists as, Bob Alderette, Ron Rizk, Margaret Lazzari, Margit Omar and Ken Price. Bobbie also spent a semester in Florence, Italy refining her Painting and Drawing skills as well as learning the art of Silkscreen.

Bobbie Rich has since worked in many different facets of the art industry. Bobbie was an Oil Painting, Watercolor and Pastel teacher at Mission: Renaissance School of Fine Arts. She painted and designed murals with the Hollywood Beautification team. Bobbie also gained experience in Print Advertising, Packaging, Product and Web Design at Bennet/Novak and Company Advertising and Public Relations. She has been a part of numerous gallery exhibitions in Chicago, Los Angeles and Florence, Italy. Bobbie is currently managing Budding Artistes School, working on Private Commissions, teaching Private Lessons and adding to her own Portfolio to continue showing throughout Southern California.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My latest work is aesthetically and conceptually new for the art world. I select sterile images from mass media and transform them into unique fine art. Each painting starts with several advertisements. I do multiple blind contour drawings of the figures in the ads. Blind contour drawings are when the artist focuses entirely on their subject without ever looking at the paper they are drawing on. The results are unpredictable and carefree in nature. Complex, commercial images are transformed into lyrical lines weaving across the page. I choose the best of the blind contours and paint them on canvases. I fill the negative space with ornate patterns and vivid colors, creating an entirely new aesthetic. My work makes a bold statement from afar, yet is a maze of detail up close. My dreamlike images transport the viewer away from commercialism to a simpler world of whim and magic.
 

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