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May 02 2018:

I just found a article about me on Google. I think they borrowed from my telephone interview with the Allan American Newspaper. Here is a screenshot of my McKinney Courier Gazet from 2007:

http://starlocalmedia.com/mckinneycouriergazette/news/melissa-artist-shows-his-love-of-the-west-in-paintings/article_5575d362-8836-55db-a181-03751ce6072a.html

They asked me to hold up a painting that I made. I chose this one because it is one of my favorite acrylics.

Here is a copy of the article:

Melissa artist shows his love of the west in paintings

By Troy Brakefield, McKinney Courier-Gazette

Aug 14, 2007

Melissa artist shows his love of the west in paintings

Melissa resident Rick Radman displays his western-themed paintings at the Allen Public Library. His works show his love of nature. This photo and more are available through MyCapture at www.scntx.com. Photos: Robert James Hughes/McKinney Courier-Gazette

This month, the Allen Public Library is displaying paintings of Melissa resident Rick Radman. For Radman, painting the west has been a childhood dream come true.

At his home in Melissa, Radman is surrounded by the outdoor beauty he has always loved. From his kitchen, he can see horses — palominos — and can take pictures anytime he wants.

“I would have really, really intense fantasies from the age of 12 to 17 of living in the South and being a cowboy,” Radman said. “It was almost more than I could stand.”

Radman has enjoyed a love of nature his entire life. He was born in Great Falls, Mont., and moved to Middleton, Conn., at a young age.

After showing an affinity for drawing, his mother put him in art classes when he was 8 years old.

“It was a great feeling to have the teacher hold up my drawing and say, ‘Look at what Ricky did,’” he said.

While visiting his cousin on the weekends, he would play in the woods. Later, he began riding his motorcycle and, then, a horse. Spending time outside is what made him happy, he said.

He remembers his dad wearing a cowboy hat when watching Westerns with Clint Eastwood or John Wayne on television. But, his biggest influence was classic ’70s rock bands from the South.

“To this day I really like Marshall Tucker Band,” he said.

In his teen years, he drew Spiderman and football players. Later, he began skateboarding and started creating art for skateboards. When he got older, he began sending art out to skateboard companies across the nation. A friend at the skateboard company Z PIG told him the best place for work would be out west.

“She said to save up some money and move to southern California,” Radman said. “So I loaded up the van and put motorcycle in it and moved on out.”

By this time, Radman had met his wife and they both made the move. He said moving to Texas came about from her choice to go to college — by way of the Army.

“My wife came home one day from the library and said she needed to join the Army to pay for college. It took a month for me to realize this was something she really wanted to do,” he said.

Once she finished her training in Georgia, they moved to Killeen, Texas, near Austin, so she could be part-time reserve. When she decided to go to a community college, the Radmans traveled around the state looking at the different campuses. When he saw the waterfall at the Collin County Community College campus in McKinney, he knew he had found the right one.

“She loves waterfalls. When I saw the one at Collin County, I knew it must be a sign,” he said.

Now they live just north of McKinney in Melissa and he is attending classes at CCCCD. Radman said he feels at home.

“I always knew I wanted to live in one of two places: Texas or California,” he said.

For Radman, his Texas life is full. He paints. He goes to school. And all he has to do to be inspired for a western painting is look outside his window.

“There are the most beautiful horses here,” he said. “And, all I got to do is walk down the road to see ‘em.”

To see Radman’s paintings, visit the Allen Public Library at 300 North Allen Drive. To visit Radman’s Web site, visit http://hey_dtx.tripod.com/index.html.

I will ad this to my press page here: http://radmanart2ndhome.blogspot.com/p/radmanart-art.html

That makes 7 newspaper articles of me I know about. I am sure there were more. I know there was a Dallas article about my 3 person show at the Art Bar in Deep Ellum.: https://dallas.com/places/art-bar

All of these original paintings painted by me are available to print and frame for you and can be put on eBay for sale. Or you can buy the original paintings. These paintings as well as digital art is expertly stored in my home. Just email me and ask me which one you want me to put on sale for you on eBay. I have this all backed up on DVD also for sale.

Alternative web sites to see my art is: http://hey_dtx.tripod.com/ (thee origoanl website I paid for for 10 years) to see them all or go here:

New Radman_art Website! I made this site in record time.

For the most part this website is the best site to see my art. Also if I post new art to the web; it will be here.

The station I was on for a total of 3 months over a 2 year period of time.
I made the commercials that played over and over on the
Emmy Award winning TV station.