Ron A. Cheek - (b. 1966, Texas) began his career working in the field of architecture. Cheek worked on a number of projects ranging from residential to institutional to interior design. From 1994 - ‘95 Cheek studied religion and psychology and received a Masters of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Colorado Christian University. During this period Cheek began exhibiting his art work more regularly and teaching at the Colorado Institute of art.
In 1997 he moved to Florence, Italy to study at the renown Florence Academy of Art. The Florence Academy of Art teaches a classical and academic approach to figurative drawing and painting based on the historical tradition of the 19th century atelier. After completing the three year curriculum in figurative art, Cheek returned to the United States in 2001 and began exhibiting his work full-time .
Since returning to the United States, Cheek's work has been featured in local and national publications. In 2002, his work was reviewed in the American Arts Quarterly, Southwest Art, and the Fort Worth Star Telegram, among others. His work was also featured on the covers of the Mars Hill Review.
Cheek is a contemporary representational painter who focuses on figurative and still-life subjects. Although contemporary in subject matter, his paintings reflect the sensibility of Old Master style and academic process. Subtle themes in his work reveal a keen interest in psychology and religion, as well as a love for simple beauty and design in nature. His work is labor intensive and rendered directly from life. Prices of Cheek's work range from $400 to $16,000 depending on scale and complexity.
The work of Ron Cheek is represented by Valley House Gallery in Dallas, Texas and Century Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia.
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