About the Artist
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Rick Fleury is devoting his professional life to painting coastal landscapes of New England – leaving behind successful careers as a journalist and a New York executive officer and creative director in advertising and public relations.
His minimalist style of landscape is widely associated with Cape Cod and New England, and gaining growing recognition nationally and internationally. He is an Artist Member of the Copley Society of Art, CoISo, the oldest non-profit art association in the United States, founded in Boston in 1879. He was admitted to the Copley Society in January of 2007. His work has been selected for numerous juried and invitational exhibitions with Copley, resulting in major awards and a near-sellout solo exhibition in 2008.
He has been a year-round artist on Cape Cod since February of 1997. Fleury is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder.
His work was featured in a 2006 solo exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. He was also included in An Exhibition from the Permanent Collection at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and in recent invitational exhibitions at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, The Cotuit Center for the Arts, and The Harvard Club of Boston.
His work is in the permanent collections of the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Cahoon Museum of American Art, Dana-Farber / Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Bessemer Trust Company, North America,, Ritz-Carlton Luxury Hotels / Marriott Corporation, John Hancock, Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center, and other corporate and private collections worldwide.
He has taught oil & landscape painting at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Museum School, and through the Copley Society of Art.
Rick lives and works in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he has assumed the position of Creative Director/Owner of the new Rick Fleury Collectors Showroom™, slated to open in January, 2012 at 615 Belleville Avenue, in New Bedford's historic North End factory district.
Photo: Dan Cutrona
For Cape Cod Life
"Outstanding American artist..."
American Art Collector
Artist Statement
"I strive to portray the landscape in its purest form. I am drawn to the essence of a moment’s beauty: the rare light as it moves across a meadow, the shadows or reflections it leaves behind; the subtle variations of color as they change with the seasons and time of day; the movement of grasses, water and sand; the solitude of a wandering low tide."
Permanent Collections
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Dennis, Massachusetts
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit, Massachusetts
Ritz-Carlton Luxury Hotels, Marriott Corporation
Dallas, Texas
Bessemer Trust Company, North America
Boston, Massachusetts
Dana-Farber / Brigham and Women's Cancer Center
Boston/South Weymouth, Massachusetts
John Hancock
Boston, Massachusetts
Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center
Nashua, New Hampshire
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - OCHS
Boston/Provincetown, Massachusetts
The Church of Saint Mary of the Harbor
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
July, 2011
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Spring Exhibition
Spring, 2011
The Churchill Gallery
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Introductory Exhibition
Fall, 2010
The Churchill Gallery
Newburyport, Massachusetts
"Oil & Water, 2010"
Two-Person Show with Elizabeth Pratt, Copley Master
May/June, 2010
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Copley Society of art
Fresh Paint, 2007 - 2011 Invitational
Boston, Massachusetts
"AD 20/21" International Fine Art Show
April, 2010
The Cyclorama: Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston International Fine Art Show
November, 2009
The Cyclorama: Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, Massachusetts
"Twenty Five for Twenty Five":
Celebrating 25 Years of the Cahoon Museum
November 10 - December 30, 2009 (Invitational)
The Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit, Massachusetts
"Oil & Water, 2009"
Two-Person Show with Elizabeth Pratt, Copley Master
May/June, 2009
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Copley Society of art
Patron's Choice (Invitational)
March, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts
Copley Society of art
Winter Members' Juried: "Passages"
February, 2009
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston International Fine Art Show
With Addison Art Gallery
November, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Addison Art Gallery
Solo Exhibition
May/June 2008
Orleans, Massachusetts
Copley Society of art
Harvard Club Centennial Exhibition (Invitational)
Harvard Club of Boston, May /June, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Copley Society of art
Solo Exhibition: 29 Newbury
March/April, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Copley Society of art
Winter Member's Juried Exhibition: "Stirrings"
January, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Cahoon Museum of American Art
"A Feast for the Eyes" (Invitational)
March - April , 2008
Cotuit, Massachusetts
Diana Levine, Fine Art
Featured Exhibition
December, 2007 - May, 2008
The Boston Design Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Steinert Hall, Boston
November, 2007
Installation/Collaboration with Pianist Barbara Lieurence
Featuring the Works of Three Contemporary Composers
Sponsored by Steinway & Co. and M. Steinert & Sons
Addison Art Gallery
Two-Man Show, August, 2007
Orleans, Massachusetts
Boat Meadow Gallery
Solo Exhibition
June, 2007
Dennis, Massachusetts
Diana Levine, Fine Art
Solo Exhibition
January, 2007
The Boston Design Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Copley Society of art
Spring Member's Juried Exhibition: "Emerald"
April/May, 2007
Boston, Massachusetts
Steinert Hall, Boston
Collaboration with Pianist Michelle Kelley
March, 2007
Featuring the Life and Works of Robert Schumann
Sponsored by Steinway & Co. and M. Steinert & Sons
Cotuit Center for the Arts
"When We Were Younger" Invitational
January, 2007
Presented by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
Cotuit, Massachusetts
Erlich Gallery
Featured Artist
October/November, 2006
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Barnstable Old Selectmen's Building
Solo Exhibition
August, 2006
Barnstable Village, Massachusetts
Rick Fleury Studio & Gallery
Featured Artist/Owner
Summer/Fall, 2006
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Solo Exhibition
May/June, 2006
Dennis, Massachusetts
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
New Additions to the Permanent Collection
March, 2006
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Fine Arts Work Center
Monoprint Project Invitational
Summer, 2006
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Fine Arts Work Center
Artist Project Invitational 2004 - 2007
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Blue Hill Bay Gallery
Blue Hill, Maine
2004-2006
Left Bank Gallery
2005, Gallery Artist
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Robyn Watson Gallery
2004 Gallery Artist
Provincetown, Massachusetts
The Gallery at Beachfront
2002-2003, Owner/Solo Artist
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Julie Heller Gallery
2000-2001, Gallery Artist
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Charles-Baltivik Gallery
1998-1999, Gallery Artist
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Cambridge Art Association
1997 Group Juried Exhibition
Cambridge, Massachusetts
New England Watercolor Society
North American Open Show
1996 Juried Exhibition
Federal Reserve
Bank
Boston, Massachusetts
Anna Maria Artists Guild
1995 Group Juried Exhibition
Anna Maria Island, Florida
Kennedy Studios
1995 Gallery Artist
Sarasota, Florida