art

“Art is the place where the visible and the invisible meet.” And this where the place where you can learn more about my art.

about me and the art

Born in 1960 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Rick Beerhorst grew up in an evangelical community in this town of the American Midwest. A religious education which conditioned the mystical quest that he expresses in his paintings.

To escape a tormented family environment, the young boy had set up a workshop in the basement of the house, like a protective bubble that allowed him to escape through creation. Fascinated by creatures of all kinds, he would get lost in nature to draw animals. Another gateway from reality, television shows of the 1970s that he binge-watched, are perceptible references in his art.

The young Rick had taken his artist uncle as a model: art was a possible horizon, a possible perspective. While at university, Beerhorst quickly turned away from his architectural studies to pursue visual arts studies at a school in New York. It was a revelation: the New York artist’s life was his and the artistic faun of SoHo adopted him right away.

Rick Beerhorst’s painting finds affinities with the movements of Art Brut and Naïve Art. An inspired outsider, he devoted his career as a painter to the search for a universal spirituality. The religious symbols that adorn his paintings are part of a surrealist universe stemming from the subconscious. His erotic references are a revenge on a puritan adolescence, between Christian taboo and sublimated impulses.

According to him, the artist’s mission is to transcend the material world, like an alchemist who transforms lead into gold. Beerhorst puts on the shaman’s habit of modern times, when he asserts that “painting is the place where the visible and the invisible meet”

catalogue

More infos on each painting are available by clicking on it. You will be directed to the official sellers page.
Please note that all dimensions are in inch and measured without the frame (size with frame and frame details available on the sellers page).

More infos on each painting are available by clicking on it. You will be directed to the official sellers page.
Please note that all dimensions are in inch and measured without the frame (size with frame and frame details available on the sellers page).

Rick Beerhorst - The Black Veil

The Black Veil

Painting : oil
63.8 x 63.8 inch

Song of the Mermaid

Painting : oil, gold
14.6 x 11 inch

The crow as a symbol of change

Harbinger Of Change

Painting : oil
39.4 x 31.5 inch

Rick Beerhorst - Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Painting: oil
11.8 x 10.2 inch

Mirror Right View

Painting: oil
18.1 x 12.6 inch

Rick Beerhorst - Believe it in

Believe it in

Painting: oil
14.2 x 10.6 inch

Rick Beerhorst - Self Relflection Left Hand 2020

Self Reflection Left Hand

Painting : oil, gold
18.1 x 12.6 inch