by Rich Brimer | Mar 22, 2008 | General, memior |
From the time she was born — and throughout her century long life — Lucy Brimer knew quite a bit about planting seeds. Her parents immigrated from Germany at the very end of the 1800’s to Chicago where their first two children were born. From there they moved to...
by Rich Brimer | Mar 10, 2008 | beauty, General |
Last week I went to Templeton Hospital to say goodbye to my grandmother the day after her 101st birthday. She had been in the hospital for over three weeks and her health was failing. Her last breath was yesterday, March 9th – the same day her husband left us in...
by Rich Brimer | Feb 9, 2008 | Painting |
When I was asked to paint during the three main services for Calvary Community Church last week, Pastor Kirk DeWitt told me that he would be speaking on the Origin of Creativity. I had no idea what to paint. When I read the sermon notes, it said that one of...
by Rich Brimer | Sep 7, 2007 | Painting |
So, in today’s Ventura County Star, Section B, they are running a feature on the Thousand Oaks Art Festival. The thing is… they are featuring *ME* in the article. I was interviewed by a reporter for the article Then, a photographer came over and took some...
by Rich Brimer | Jul 23, 2007 | Painting |
So the day I took the pictures that this painting is coming from was also the first full day I was in the country. This represents a gathering of new believers preparing for baptism in the river. Everything was so strange and wonderful. There is a lot of work to do...
by Rich Brimer | May 24, 2007 | General, memior |
When we got our lab-mix Bailey nearly 11 years ago, we were living near the Snohomish river in Monroe Washington. Being that she was part Labrador Retriever, I was looking forward to taking her to the river on occasion to run along the shore splashing like dogs do....
by Rich Brimer | Apr 10, 2007 | General |
In celebration of his upcoming graduation from CLU (B.A. in Fine Art) You are invited to: Rich Brimer’s Art Show – “Finding Facesâ€A Celebration of Life! Opening Reception on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7pm California Lutheran University Campus – Overton...
by Rich Brimer | Feb 23, 2007 | Painting |
I finished the “Prison” paintings and my art is being shown at California Lutheran University as a part of the Presidential Inauguration Celebration (CLU got a new president this year.) “A Celebration of the Arts†Command performances from Theatre Arts...
by Rich Brimer | Feb 1, 2007 | Painting |
Last weekend I was asked to paint during an evening coffeehouse concert. The vibe was very cool and there were lots of great people to share the experience. When I was considering the evening’s theme “Techno-Primitive” it made me think of a drawing I...
by Rich Brimer | Dec 6, 2006 | face of love, General, Painting |
Just checking in to show that I had more progress over the weekend. I hope to finish it in a few soon.
