Richard (Dick) Mason - Artist Info

About Richard (Dick) Mason

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    RICHARD MASON (1951-1993)

    Santa Fe artist Richard (Dick) Mason charmed a generation of collectors and gallery goers with his astonishing paintings or viewpoints from which to watch the wonders of the New Mexico landscape. Still today, people know whom you mean when you refer to the Indian window guy or the Dalmatian painter.

    Mason was born in Wichita, Kansas. He came to fine art very naturally even as a child by imitating the architectural drawings of his father. His education led him first to the Wichita Art Association and then to Wichita State University and to the University of Iowa.

    When he finished his schooling, Mason moved to Santa Fe. Here he began to experience the living vitality of the broad New Mexico sk...

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