Meet Ricardo Lowenberg

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Ricardo Lowenberg a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Ricardo, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?
I was born in Mexico City in 1960, I was so fortunate to be exposed to fine art and classical music and the creative experience from my early childhood and throughout my adolescence, thus instilling in me an almost innate sense of beauty and aesthetics; significantly nurtured by my parents. My father, a noted physician, was also a very talented painter. His advice to me when I was a young Artist was ” paint or sculpt as long as it’s enjoyable to you, and always do it for yourself. Make it enjoyable, and if it stops been enjoyable, is not worth it. Try to push yourself always in different directions, so you are never comfortable with a “recipe” for painting or sculpting: ALL of your artwork has to have a deeper meaning, a higher purpose. That truly is artistic creation.” I have lived by that advice; those words, and it has given me the purpose to create throughout my life and my career. I began sculpting classes from the age of five and art school at a hacienda that also housed an adjoining orphanage, an experience that left an indelible mark on my process and my psyche.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I am a Painter & Sculptor; called to the artistic process by an innate drive to express the emotions and essence of the human condition. I work in and between several mediums, I paint both abstract and figurative works, and all of these works transcend paint to become sculptures: I sculpt voluminous forms that explore the trajectory of emotions beginning with their interiority and culminate with their visual expression.

I have always been guided by the influences of the Mexican Muralists and the French Impressionists, creating allegories and portraiture that portray the ecstasies and the powerful beauty of both the human and the natural world. With each work, I strive for “bursts” of color and energy that give my Collectors a visceral reaction to the works.

In the 1990s I was honored to study with Impressionist Master Thaddeus Radell at Giverny in Sant Remy de Provance, actually painting in Claude Monet home, surrounded with Monets ponds, bridges, water lilies, and lush dream colors. This artistic experience changed my life and my vision…and led to my recent series “Giverny Reimagined”, a Collection I am quite proud of.

This year, 2024 has been a pivotal one for me as an Artist: I have embarked on a North American Fine Art Tour, “Collision: The Works of Ricardo Lowenberg” now on Exhibition in Tampa, Florida at the Michael Murphy Galleries and will present in Houston this Spring and then will continue on to Fine Art Galleries & Museums throughout 2024 and 2025.

In December, I presented “Tampico Hermosa” an extraordinary Monumental sculpture to the Museo de la Ciudad in Tampico, Mexico. This honor and privilege to have a sculpture on permanent exhibition within a Museum represents an important provenance for my work: and it also is a significant nod to my family history, as my grandparents settled there generations before: bestowing a legacy upon the sculpture and upon history.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
What a great question and simple to respond to. The three qualities that truly significantly impacted my artistic journey are ALL skills…and ones that I learned from my personal life as well as my professional.

I was always guided by an unwavering fascination with color, light and human nature…and allowing myself to feel this is the Skill. It has consumed me; body and soul. Even after more than two decades of painting professionally, it continues to bring me joy and satisfaction and I am told my use of color and light are profound.

As new ways of visually encountering what it means to be a human being constantly evolve, I allow myself to change alongside it. Embracing change as an Artist is another significant skill that has served me well and I highly recommend it.

Skill #3. Listen & Observe. Listen with an open mind to your Collectors and to Gallerists & people in the Art Space. For me, my purpose as an artist is and has always been to arouse, evoke, and channel the Spirit. The Abstract, the Figurative and the Castings are the integration of MY narrative that has allowed my Collectors to connect with the works. Yes, Painting and Sculpting are acts of continuous self-discovery, but allow others to take the journey with you and be a part of that narrative.

Alright, so before we go we want to ask you to take a moment to reflect and share what you think you would do if you somehow knew you only had a decade of life left?
The challenge of Creating is just that, and one has to make that consistent choice as a “Creator”. With very brushstroke, every turn of a point chisel, an Artist faces the challenge of translsating their vision. Every sculpture I create originates with a painting, and the sculpting of that painting brings it to life. The sculptures walk in my dreams; I have been able to give them life. In a block of clay I see the limbs, the eyes, the lips, and the torso. In this process lies the spirit.

This is what originally inspired me to work in the visual arts, and it remains my motivation today. Through this process, I have learned to not only embrace but also to love imperfection. I find that when I sculpt, I am fully present. As with my pictorial works, I fell in love with the sculptures.

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All Images Courtesy of Ricardo Lowenberg. All Rights Reserved 2024 May be used for all Editorial purposes.

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