Stretched Canvas

Modern Lines

Contemporary White

Natural Clear Maple

Unframed print




Rick Yost, Dallas
Member Since August 2008
Artist Statement I am happily married with two grown children and a 17yr old cat.
I am an artist, a musician, and a writer.
I get into Pat Metheny,Tom Waits, jazz & blues, movies, Emerson, and Margaritas.

For me there is something wonderful about the raw and sensuous act of guiding a sharpened pencil lead across a pristine sheet of paper that I’ve never gotten from paint or sculpture. Working with the first real tool of expression I was handed as a child is to me the shortest distance between inspiration and creation. Each graphite mark on my paper is still warm from the fire of my mind. It has little time to cool as it might while I labor with other mediums.

My creative subjects are usually different from things you experience everyday. (this is true of my art, music, and writing) I don’t see much point in doing what’s already been over-done. If I’m going to call myself an artist, I need to be as creative an artist as possible.
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Most of my life I’ve worked as a professional musician. I've played nightclubs, bars, and music festivals in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, New York, Hawaii, and Europe.
In 2001 I won the Wildflower National Songwriting Competition in Dallas. I have played on radio, television, freelanced as a studio musician, and opened for some big names. It's been a hoot!
I never was able to make a real living at it but I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. I’m pretty-much retired at this point. I did it for 25 yrs.
You can check out my music on my website: www.rickyost.com






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Product No 1276740
Subjects
Style Contemporary
Medium
Tags Rick, Yost, abstract, fantasy, landscape