Corbett Fine Art
Rick Corbett is a native of Northern Massachusetts where he still resides. At a young age, he discovered a passion for drawing. Being completely self taught, he learned to draw by reading books on the Great Master Painters, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Rembrandt, Artemesia, but it was the German Painter, Albrecht Durer that turned him to realism. After seeing Durer's illustration of "The Hare", he was hooked and knew that realism was what he wanted to achieve in his art.
Rick is inspired not only by other artists but from life itself. "I am inspired by people, textures, smells, sounds, all my senses seem to come alive when I draw. My drawings take me on an artistic journey of self discovery. I feel my soul awaken when I draw. GOD has given me a gift and it's a gift I hope to use to bring people closer together. It's a gift I hope to use to capture the beauty that's in this World. I don't want my drawings to simply be pictures drawn on pieces of paper - I want my drawings to be a celebration of life".
Represented By: Corbett Fine Art Gallery Proficient Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint EX, GIMP, Inkscape, Affiniti Designer, Procreate Past Clients: Actress Jennifer Beals, Sandra Dean, U.S. Airforce, and countless clients and collectors from around the world
Awards and Honors
2010 First Place, Dry Medium Category, Woburn Guild of Artists Annual Open Art Exhibit, Woburn MA.
2011 Second Place, Dry Medium Category, Woburn Guild of Artists Annual Open Art Exhibit, Woburn MA.
2012 First Place, Mixed Media Category, Woburn Guild of Artists Annual Open Art Exhibit, Woburn MA.
2012 "Most Improved", Woburn Guild of Artists Annual Open Art Exhibit, Woburn MA.
2014 Second Place, Mixed Media Category, Woburn Guild of Artists' Annual Open Art Exhibit, Woburn, MA.
2014 "The People's Choice Award", Woburn Guild of Artists Open Art Exhibit, Woburn, MA.
2015 First Place, Mixed Media Category, Reading Art Association Annual Fall Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2015 First Place, Mixed Media Category, Woburn Guild of Artists Open Community Art Exhibit, Woburn, MA.
2016 First Place, Mixed Media Category, Reading Art Association Annual Spring Art Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2016 First Place, Mixed Media Category. Reading Art Association Annual Fall Art Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2017 First Place, Mixed Media Category, Reading Art Association Annual Spring Art Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2017 "Popular Vote”(People's Choice) Award, Reading Art Association Annual Spring Art Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2017 First Place, Mixed Media Category, Woburn Guild of Artists Annual Fall Exhibit, Woburn, MA.
2017 "People's Choice Award", Woburn Guild of Artists Annual Fall Exhibit, Woburn, MA.
2018 Second Place, Mixed Media Category, Reading Art Association Annual Spring Art Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2018 Award of Excellence, Reading Art Association Annual Spring Art Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2018 First Place, Other Media (Pencil), Wilmington Art Council's 38th Annual Art Exhibit, Wilmington, MA.
2018 First Place, Mixed Media Category, Reading Art Association Annual Fall Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2018 "Popular Vote(People's Choice) Award, Reading Art Association Annual Fall Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2018 First Place Dry Media Category, Woburn Guild of Artists, Annual Fall Exhibit, Woburn, MA.
2018 “People’s Choice” Award, Woburn Guild of Artists’ Annual Fall Exhibit, Woburn, MA.
2019 Second Place, Other Media (Pencil), Wilmington Art Council's 39th Annual Art Exhibit, Wilmington, MA.
2019 First Place Dry Media Category, Reading Art Association Annual Fall Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2019 Popular Vote (People's Choice) Award, Reading Art Association Annual Fall Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2021 First Place, Dry Media Category, Reading Art Association Annual Spring Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2022 Honorable Mention, Reading Art Association Annual Fall Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2022 Popular Vote/People’s Choice Award, Reading Art Association Annual Fall Exhibit, Reading, MA.
2023 Second Place, Salem Arts Association Member’s Showcase, Salem, MA.
2024 Award of Excellence, Reading Art Association
How to Commission a Drawing?
To commission a drawing, please send me an email at [email protected] or use the contact form on the Contact page for a quote. I will respond usually within 24 - 48 hours.
Supplies That I Use
For drawings done in graphite pencil, I only use high quality graphite pencils such as Prismacolor Premier Torquoise pencils, with a Prismacolor Ebony Pencil for rich deep dark tones, Pentel GraphGear 1000 mechanical pencils with Pentel Ain Stein and Hi-Polymer leads, Derwent Graphic Drawings Pencils, Faber-Castell 9000, Faber-Castell Pitt Matt Pencils, and Staedtler Mars Lumagraph Black pencils.
For drawings done in colored pencils, I only use professional grade highly pigmented colored pencils such as Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, Derwent Lightfast, Faber-Castell Polychromos, and Caran D’Ache Luminance
For paper, I only use high quality, archival, and acid free, Arches 140lb 100% cotton Hot Press, Legion Stonehenge, and Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Smooth (for human portraiture) and Strathmore Bristol Vellum (for animal portraiture)
How is the Drawing Protected?
Once the drawing is complete, I spray it with a Museum Quality Fine Art fixative called Krylon Gallery Series Fine Art Fixatif. This fine art fixative is a low solid fixative that provides invisible protection to fragile dry media without dissolving whites and lights. The fixative protects the artwork from dust, smudging, and fading. The fixative contains UV light absorbers and stabilizers to help prevent certain colors from fading over time due to direct sunlight and harmful UV rays
Purchasing artwork is an investment, I want to protect that investment as much as possible so that you can have a lifetime of enjoyment
