“I live in American Fork, Utah with my wife Cassandra and our two boys, Jack and Jude.
I’ve studied and worked full time as a portrait/figure painter since 2012. I learned through apprenticeships at the Hein Atelier and Grand Central Atelier, and through continual effort as a working artist.
I am inspired by the discipline of Michelangelo, the sentimental beauty of Bouguereau, the palette & imagination of the Pre-Raphaelites, and the richness of the Western land and the people in it. I believe that art – both creating and viewing – makes us recognize what is important to us” John Darley

STUDIES
Grand Central Atelier 2016 – 2017
Hudson River School Fellowship, 2016
Hein Academy of Art, 2012 – 2016
RECOGNITION
Portrait Society of America, 2022 certificate of excellence
Southwest Art Magazine, Artistic excellence competition, 2021 Runner Up
Blue Review Art prize, 2021 Honorable Mention
Art Renewal Center 2020 Salon
Portrait Society of America, 2019 Select 50 Award
NTD, International Figure Painting Competition, Honorable Mention
Springville Museum of Art, 2018 Spring Salon 3rd Place
Art Renewal Center Fashion Week San Diego Award 2018
Art Renewal Center 2018 Salon
Portrait Society of America, 2016 Conference Scholarship
Strokes of Genius, 2016 edition
Art Renewal Center, 2nd Place Scholarship, 2015
Deseret Book, Gospel Vision of the Arts Scholarship, 2015
EXHIBITS
Ric Michel Fine Art, Southampton Gallery, NY, Water Works, 2022
Ric Michel Fine Art, Southampton Gallery, NY, Reality…and Then Some, 2022
Springville Museum of Art, Utah, Spring Salon 2022
Sugarlift, NYC, Blue Review Art Prize, 2021
MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Art Renewal Center Salon, 2021
Sotheby’s NYC, Art Renewal Center Salon, 2021
Springville Museum of Art, Utah, Spring Salon 2021
Salmagundi Club, NYC, NTD International Figure Painting Competition, Nov 2019
Abend Gallery, Denver, Project IV, July 2019
MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Art Renewal Center Salon, 2019
Sotheby’s, LA, Art Renewal Center Salon, 2019
Salmagundi Club, NYC, Art Renewal Center Salon, 2018
Fashion Week San Diego Art & Beauty Behind Fashion, Oct 2018
Abend Gallery, Denver, Project III, July 2018
Springville Museum of Art, Utah, Spring Salon 2018
Cavalier Gallery, NYC, Contemporary Still Life Show, Mar 2017
Eleventh Street Gallery, NYC, Winter Show, Nov 2016