ARTIST STATEMENT
my name is ralph,
‘nunzi’ as many call me,
but that is not WHO i am -
i am an artist on a journey,
but that is not WHO i am -
i am older & hopefully wiser,
but that is not WHO i am
in the eyes of the greatSPIRIT
that is for HIM to say—
& through my heART in the silence
this is what that Wisdom teaches me:
when we open our heART, life flows
when we sit in the QUIET, we tap Wisdom -
the present moment is all we have & it contains everything we need
nature reminds us we are one w/ all creation
& each canvas, each ‘holon’, each gesture applied to the surface contains the
whole in abstraction & figurative expression -
relational to the whole & in my heART flows my authentic being
w/ the greatSpirit
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
one trick pony / grandRapids
dominican center art gallery / grandRapids
brewery vivant / grandRapids
artPrize2014 / oldWorldOliveCo /grandRapids
kendall faculty exhibit @ devosPlace / grandRapids
ABVI [assoc for the blind & visually impaired] grandRapids MAI [manistee Institute of art] / manisteeMi
artPrize7 [2015] @ deVosPlace / grandRapids
Division\grandRapids - ‘avenue of the arts nov6 2015 first friday’
University Club / grandRapids
fotoWorx / grandRapids
Opposites Attract / Water Street Gallery / douglas,mi
Location location location / LowellArts / lowell, mi
michiganScapes / Secunda Museum / brighton, mi.
artPrize 10 / Old World Olive Co. / grandRapids, mi.
EDUCATION
BFA Fine Art - Columbus College of Art and Design, Franklin University, Columbus, OH