Artists Biography
Rick Bentham
Rick Bentham was born in Ontario, Canada in 1950. He studied fine art at the University of Western Ontario (Deans Honours List). He is also a graduate of film animation, Vancouver College of Art (class of 1977). During the 1980’s he exhibited in many group exhibits in Canada as well as New Artists Presentations (Madison Square Gardens, New York).
He simultaneously pursued a distinguished career in illustration and film animation. He has worked on 12 feature films as a background artist and colour key stylist. He recently decided to devote his talents to painting full time. He had a solo exhibition in March 2002 and his recent paintings have been purchased for the Bank of Ireland collection and AIB, Singapore office. He paints contemporary genre scenes in a “post impressionist” style. He currently lives and works in Co. Wicklow.
