RON Fritts » About the Artist

Ron Fritts has led a life motivated by the creative impulse. He was always making things, drawing and having to produce Art. Having won several art awards during public school years, he attended: Carnegie Institute to study fine art; Columbia University where he received a BFA in theater arts; The Cooper Union in New York to study painting; the U. of Cincinnati where he received a painting fellowship and was awarded an MFA.

Since then artistic efforts have been diverse. He was a visual merchandising designer in New York ; founded RF Studios, Inc. for national distribution of his art: concurrently founded Ron Fritts Soho, Inc and   maintained a Madison Ave gallery for his art and designs. A continuing creative instinct led him into the fashion world and the gallery became the Fritts Collection where his fashions were well received along with his art.  The gallery lasted twenty seven years along with two other locations in Manhattan . He discontinued national distribution in order to focus attention on fashion design while developing his painting in a studio in Pa. In addition to these business ventures, Ron was a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York for 37 years. In short, there has never been an unproductive period. “Everyone is born with the creative impulse not recognized by all, but some are fortunate to develop this creative energy. Every design, every piece of clothing, every drawing and every painting is an opportunity to express the beauty of life that surrounds us. For me, life and art are delicately bound and they continue to inspire my curiosity. It is through the use of diverse texture and subtle tonal changes that I try to instill a painting with light and spirit.”  

His creative energy has recently led him after retirement to locate in the Southwest with his wife to concentrate and further his painting. He has accepted a teaching position at Cochise College to encourage others to develop their creativity. What you see now is the culmination of  these disciplines in his effort to capture the enormous beauty of the Southwest and to share his vision.
His goal remains: to capture the essence of life in each and every product that emerges from the extraordinary impulse to create and to produce a product for others to enjoy and reflect on and awaken the need for all to share in developing their own creativity.  "Art for all and all for Art!"  

Ron has been juried into numerous shows and  galeries back in the East and in Az . His work is in many private collections in the USA. Please open the BIO for more information.
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Ron Received the STAR  AWARD for 2008-2009 for Superior Teaching from the President of Cochise College, AZ

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CURRENT EVENTS / WORKSHOPS / CLASSES

  Have written a book: THE ORIGINAL WINDOW. It is all about the creative process. 
    "Technology must not rule or encumber our visual survival in the 21st century. Our eyes are the mirrors of our soul. When we act creatively, we not only have the power to change the world, but also have the grace to add quality to life. How to see effectively should be an aid in the survival of man. How to see effectively may become the necessary force behind everyone in the computer age of the 21^st century. Our eyes are a source of pleasure; however they also hold the seeds that fertilize our minds. This is a manual on how to open WINDOWS to a more creative life through visual experience. "

 It is now available on Amazon .com or dierectly from this webiste on the home page.  Just click on the PAYPAL below.

To order :

BOOK WITH SHIPPING

PRICE $24.95 PRICE WITH SHPG $29.90

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Teaching Drawing and Painting at the Benson Center, Cochise College, Benson , AZ (Enquire: 520-586-1981) for the

FALL 2010 semester and Painting I and  II athe the Wilcox branch, Cochise College, Wilcox, AZ  for the same semester.

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Ron was a Juror for the Painting and Photographty entries. and awards. .the Fine Arts EXPO for March, 2010 sponsored by the San Pedro Arts Council.......
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Won The Best of Show Award, Tubac Center of the Arts 2008 for Saving the Children, in the juried show The Human Element. 
 

 

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  THE FRITTS COLLECTION,  Gallery and Studio is complete. You must call for an appontment 520-720-0311   or  fritts_ron@msn.com

    

 Won Award for Excellence for the Tubac Center Juried Show, Tubac, AZ Nov 21 - Dec 19, 2008