Rick Bond is an established western Canadian artist. He currently lives and paints full time near Vernon, B.C., Canada.
He was born in Victoria, B.C. and grew up in the Gulf Islands of Vancouver.
Rick started his painting career in 1980. He took his training through the Emily Carr Outreach program, Okanagan University College, Pearson College Summer School, Victoria , Federation of Canadian Artists and other professional artists' workshops.
Rick originally worked with oil, then watercolour and now works primarily with acrylic on canvas.
His genres, urban and rural landscape and musicians, are created with loose vibrant style and could be considered contemporary impressionism.
Rick has had many solo and group shows since 1985 starting with the Okanagan Artists League, with members of the FCA, and with public and private galleries in Vernon, Vancouver, Kelowna, Whistler, Calgary, Regina and Montreal.