Rick St. Dennis

BIO

Rick St. Dennis MFA

Selling his art at street faires and specialty art shows across the USA since 1969-Rick St dennis came to the internet in 2009 following a suggestion from his friend DEE MORAN and encouragement from Francine Hill, Linda Marino and others.

Rick sold digital stamps for crafters, branched out into adult colouring books, at one point had a mega shoppe with over 1,400 images for sale and now has once again re-imagined his business and is selling colouring books, limited edition digi stamp images, original art and more coming in the near future.

Designer of over 100 theatrical productions, Rick St Dennis (Donald McAfee) is also the author of 4 books on decorative painting and contributor to at least a dozen national magazines on crafts and art.

He has taught design at the college level as well as seminars and classes across the USA and Canada.

He is one of a handful of designers to have designed TWO productions of AIDA, Verdi's massive Egyptian opera spectacle. Currently living in the quiet beach communuity of Seal Beach, California he writes restaurant reviews and theatre reviews between assignments for web designs, logos and creating art for local shows.

Rick has appeared on such TV shows as Home Matters with Susan Powell, Aileen's Crafts and others. He was Crafts editor for Country Folk Art Magazine and sells his artwork nationally through galleries and shows. Among numerous awards he won a presidential commendation in 1976 for his contributions to the bicentennial year including the design of the west coast premier of William Grant Still's opera BAYOU LEGEND. His drawings and paintings are in the collections of Diana Ross, Sandy Duncan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jacqueline Onnasis amongst others.

In his diverse career Rick was a VIP Tour Guide at Universal Studios Hollywood from 1976 to 1979, ran a telecommunications firm in the 80s-a magic and comedy night club in the 90s, traveled the country with Country Folk Art Shows, opened a gift shop in the upscale neighborhood of Montrose, California (near La Canada/Flintridge) from 2000 till 2003 and fulfilled a life long ambition to be a DISNEYLAND Cast Member from 2008 till 2010 (leather writer / trainer in Westside stores).

He works closely with Dutch artist and designer Monique Van Dijk of Hilversum, Netherlands who edits and composes his colouring books and assists with his social media prescence.

Rick has fans-via Amazon and Facebook all over Europe, Africa, Australia and the USA/Canada-recently adding fans from Mainland China, the Caribbean and South America.