Artist Highlight - Ron Vivod

Hometown: 

Collinsville,IL

Preferred Mediums:

Photo Digital Imagery 

How many years have you participated in the Art on the Bluffs, Inc. Art Walk? 

Only in the first year

 

Where did you go to school, earn a degree, or formally study art?

Washington U., St. Louis, SIUE degree

What is your art about & what inspires your work? 

Fantasies of wildlife and nature in Southwestern Illinois, especially along the Great River Road. My work is inspired by the beauty of nature, an entity that is being pummeled into oblivion by the movement of man. 

 

What is your creative process like?

Using my own photography, I reconstruct it and draw into it digitally to create unique fantastic images. 

How or when in your life did you know you wanted to be an artist?

Grade school

Where can your work be viewed?  

Mississippi Mud Gallery, Art Saint Louis, Lost Arts & antiques in Edwardsville, Jacoby Art Gallery in Alton, The Illinois State Museum Artisans Shop at Rend Lake and in various Art Fairs in IL and MO. 

What shows have you displayed in?

Art Saint Louis, St. Louis Artists Guild, Edwardsville Arts Center, Jacoby Arts Center, The Center in Rolla, The Heights in Richmond Heights, Soulard Art Mart Gallery, The Gray Gallery at Quincy University, Eastern Illinois University, SIUE, Northwest Cultural Council in IL

What do you most enjoy about the art scene in St. Louis/Metro East? 

Praise and encouragement, plus my impression that the public in this area are very knowledgeable and appreciative of art.