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The Beach Hat

Rich Brimer — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:28:14 +0000

The Beach Hat, 12" x 12" Oil on Birch Board. $1200

A hot summer day under the pier in Huntington Beach, CA. I was trying to capture a photo of the beautiful shadows, when this young woman stepped right in front of me. A bit hurried, she grabbed her hat, and then dashed [...]

Christmas Eve 4 – Follow-up

Rich Brimer — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:56:22 +0000

So, painting for 5 Christmas Eve services was not as hard as I psyc’ed myself out for. It actually got much easier each service. The thing that I was not figuring on was that there were three pastors preaching three different sermons at these five services. Each used the painting to illustrate the sermon [...]

Christmas Eve 2

Rich Brimer — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:56:41 +0000

So, I got a LOT accomplished today which was VERY necessary if I am going to pull off this HUGE task. With the help of my son Nick today, I built five 48″ wood panels with 2×2 frames that were stapled to the back. Then I put a first coat of flat house paint [...]

Simi Valley artist hopes his paintings spark a human connection

Rich Brimer — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:11:53 +0000

Courtesy of Nicole D’Amore “I think if I can find beauty in the simple, quiet things and connect with people on a deeper, spiritual level, my art is a success,” says Rich Brimer, with some of his paintings currently on exhibit at Café on A in Oxnard.

So the Ventura County [...]