Richard Nash is a Pacific NW abstract painter and sculptor. His art is described as “thoughtful and well composed”. Recently, Nash had a solo 3-1/2 month exhibition at the Museum of Northwest Art (MoNA) titled “Consonance” with 40 paintings. Nine sculptures were shown, some up to 12.5 feet in height. Nash is often inspired by the play of light and shadow on architectural and organic forms and he embraces the unexpected opportunities that support the art. Influential to this framework are a one year art scholarship at Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan; a 30-year career as an art educator; exposure to the artists of the Bauhaus and New York Schools during his MFA studies at WSU; and a one year sabbatical to study art and architecture in Europe, Russia, Israel, Turkey and New York City for teaching art history.
