About

Shoreline 40" x 52" o/c 2025
I live and maintain a studio with my partner, the painter Melanie Parke, on 5o acres of land in NW Lower Michigan two miles from the ‘big’ lake as we like to say.


Earning my MFA from Ohio State University I have been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Artist Grant, a Michigan Arts Council Grant, and The Michigan Governor’s Award in the Arts. I have also been an artist-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center, The Heliker- LaHotan Foundation, The Antico Borgo Finocchieto in Tuscany, and a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.


Why do I make paintings?

Nature and paintings point to something that is bigger than me.

My process is both visceral and somewhat intuitive.

Paintings hold energy. I like to think people can go and receive that energy when they look at a painting.

I also believe making a work of art is still one of the most important personal, social, and political acts a person can do.

Studio Visits
If you would like to visit my and Melanie Parke’s studio and see the work in person please email- richardkooymanart@gmail.com

Shipping
Paintings can be professionally and safely shipped via UPS. Works too large to ship via UPS (over 48” x 52”) are securely crated and shipped FEDEX truck freight anywhere in the US.
Contact me about sending works on approval.