ARTIST STATEMENT

Painting is for me the process of discovering what I want to see. I have always been attracted to the unknown rather than the known. For this reason abstraction is a natural and intuitive choice.

I am constantly mixing and matching to find a balance between tension and harmony, spontaneity and control, empty space and active space, depth and surface.

A painting is complete when it no longer demands anything from me.

As a painter I understand that duplicating work to represent a style has some merit. However, my signature style is the process itself. I always seem to take each painting to the next level using what I learned from the previous session. I'll sometimes start by copying the idea, and then I allow it to become its own entity."

As an artist to attain success, I believe it is thru failure. This truly makes me try new and different methods. My style allows me to be very creative; this is the most exciting part, to know that I will always be able to create something new.

"Always paint freely,and thrive on rejection."

Ricki Mountain is an independent artist living in Northern California. She has emerged as one of West Coast's leading abstract expressionist painters...

She works with several different media to create colorful abstract compositions on paper and canvas. Many of her paintings are based on geometric shapes that intertwine and overlap one another. Surface texture adds visual interest and dimension to the work in addition to painted collage elements, bits of handmade paper, steel mesh, and pencil. Her art invokes an emotional response through loose patterns to create visual accents within her color fields, all which are consistent with her signature style...

Stepping outside the standard artist-gallery business model, Ricki Mountain has an eclectic style, and has gained a reputation as a prolific creative resource.

Mountain is regularly commissioned to create custom paintings, prints, and interior accents for retail and commercial clients.

Original artwork, limited edition fine art giclee, contemporary home decor, site-specific art commissions, wholesale art prints-- Ricki Mountain Studios encompasses it all !

Her artwork has been shown nationally and is in Private and corporate collections in both the United States and Europe.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• 1998 First Art Source Gallery (Contemporary)
• 2000 First Art Source Gallery (Contemporary)
• 2001 Corporate Art Services (Collage, assemblage)
• 2002 Design Elements (Collage, assemblage)
• 2003 Howard Burger Gallery (Contemporary, Abstract)
• 2003 New York Décor Show (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2003 Atlanta Decor Show (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2003 High Point International Furniture Show (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2003 Open Studios Moraga California (Mixed Media Originals)
• 2003 La Marinda Open Studios (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2003 Blackhawk Art Gallery (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2004 Blackhawk Art Gallery (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2004 Brentwood Art Center (Mixed Media Abstract)
• 2004 Art Expo (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2004 HFC (Abstract Free Form)
• 2004 Spoontonic Solo Exhibit "Glitterati Series"
• 2004 ACS Group Exhibit Art Passages
• 2004 Starbucks Solo Exhibit
• 2004 Shakey Hand Gallery Group Exhibit
• 2004 4th Street Studios Group Exhibit
• 2004 Decor Expo Atlanta Group Exhibit
• 2004 Corners Gallery Group Exhibit
• 2004 AC5 Art Passage Group Exhibit
• 2004 Encaustics Group Exhibit 4th Street Studios
• 2004 SNAP TO GRID Los Angeles Center For Digital Art Group Exhibit
• 2004 Abstracts BPG Group Exhibit Expo Atlanta
• 2004 Abstracts Karen Lynne Gallery L.A.
• 2005 By Design Studio 625 California
• 2005 Art Expo New York
• 2005 High Point International Furniture Show (Contemporary Abstract)
• 2005 Fresh Studio
• 2005 Blue Gallery
• 2005 Decor Expo Atlanta Group Exhibit
• 2006 World Market Las Vegas Group Exhibit
• 2006 Art Expo New York Group Exhibit
• 2006 Abstraction Studio 333
• 2006 Form Over Function Shakey Hand Gallery
• 2007 World Market Las Vegas Group Exhibit
• 2007 Dwell on Design 

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

• Universal Studios Corporate Office
• First Art Source Corporate Office
• Rinehart Consulting Corporate Office
• Cal Bay Service Corporate Office
• Priority Financial Corporate Office
• Northwest Pacific Corporate Office
• Fidelity National Title Corporate offices
• Fidelity National Title Opera Plaza
• Fidelity National Title Castro Division
• Fidelity National Title Union Square
• BPG World Headquarters
• Synopis Inc. California
• Roxies California
• Big C California
• Bananna Blossoms California
• Air Force 1 World Headquarters
• Carmel Valley Ranch
• La Rouch Corp 
• Crowne Plaza Hotel & Resorts

ARTICLES:

• aRtiTude Magazine Spring 2003
• artiTude Magazine Fall 2003
• Somerset Studios Fall 2003
• aRTItude Magazine Spring 2004
• Artitude Magazine Summer 2004
• Arttitude Magazine Winter 2004
• East Bay Express April Issue 2004
• Berkeley Daily Planet August 2004
• Home Accents Today October 2004
• Accessory Merchandising December 2004
• Home Accents Today April 2005
• ART MoCo July 2005
• Decor Magazine Decemebr 2005
• Volume Magazine December 2005
• aRTitude Magazine Fall 2006
• aRTitude Magazine Spring 2006
• Art World News May 2006
• Art Business News April 2007
• Furniture Today April 2007
• Published Work: Worldwide