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Ron is the head of Drawing and Painting at Indiana University South Bend. He has been teaching on and off since 1991 and full time at IUSB since 2002. Ron lectured and demonstrated to every student in the Warsaw Community School Corporation during his time as Artist in Residence there. Ron has written instructional articles for Artist's Magazine, International Artist Magazine, and The Pastel Journal. In 2001 he was featured in an article in The Pastel Journal which accompanied his receiving the Diane B. Bernhard Award of Excellence. Ron has also been featured in articles in the South Bend Tribune.

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Ron has worked as an illustrator, creating works for local and national publications and advertising campaigns. His painting of St. Mary's College campus was used on the school's admissions books and posters. Ron also created a painting for the Fischoff Music Competition. It was used in posters and the actual painting was auctioned off during Fischoff's charity dinner and auction. In 1991 Ron designed and painted a mural for the Honeywell Center in Wabash, Indiana.

Poster for Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition

Ron learned to paint representationally but, after taking some time off, became interested in the manipulation of space and began to do what he calls abstract, jazzy pieces. Now Ron works more representationally while still being conscious of the abstract manipulation of space in his works. "In music, the space between the notes allows us to experience their relationship, as does the space between objects in painting."

Apples on Bricks - 15 x 19 - Pastel

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