Painter
Rick Rose – Painter, Visionary, Storyteller
Rick is a lifelong artist whose work fuses technical mastery with deep emotional insight. With over five decades of experience, Rick paints not only what is seen but what is felt—bringing to life vivid portraits, haunting dreamscapes, and urgent messages about our planet’s most vulnerable species. His dedication to art is tireless, often painting up to eight hours a day and juggling multiple pieces at once with intense focus and passion.
Diagnosed later in life with ADHD and autism, Rick has come to embrace his neurodivergence as the source of his extraordinary creativity and problem-solving ability. His mind moves at lightning speed, translating a world of inner symphonies, memories, and visions into powerful visual stories. Whether painting expressive pet portraits or large-scale works exploring extinction, consciousness, and transformation, Rick’s art speaks to something universal—what it means to be alive, connected, and awake.
Diagnosed later in life with ADHD and autism, Rick has come to embrace his neurodivergence as the source of his extraordinary creativity and problem-solving ability. His mind moves at lightning speed, translating a world of inner symphonies, memories, and visions into powerful visual stories. Whether painting expressive pet portraits or large-scale works exploring extinction, consciousness, and transformation, Rick’s art speaks to something universal—what it means to be alive, connected, and awake.