Rick Bartholomew
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Rick is a former professor and practitioner of interior design and now creates architectural and interior hand-drawn illustrations in pen and ink, and color. He collaborates with designers, architects, builders, real estate brokers, and individual clients producing design concept illustrations and home portraits and has a series of acrylic paintings both realistic and abstract subject matter, including wall hangings and table runners/place mats.
His collection of art pieces are drawings of significant architecture and historic homes with complementary sets of note cards in various print sizes. Artwork also includes illustrations of architectural styles from around the US and the globe with watercolor washes.
Rick’s educational background consists of a Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Science in Interior Design degrees, both from Oklahoma State University. He has taught a two-week furniture design course at Oklahoma State University’s Dole Reed Center in Taos, New Mexico. Rick was born and raised in Sunbury, Pennsylvania prior to enrolling at OSU. In addition to a retirement career in illustration art, he is a part-time Adjunct Instructor at Tulsa Technology Center teaching color illustration and architectural illustration classes with the Visual Arts and Graphics program. He is a furniture designer and has a collection of inspired Native American pieces and participates in indoor and outdoor art shows and venues and is a member of the Tulsa Artist Coalition and resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
His collection of art pieces are drawings of significant architecture and historic homes with complementary sets of note cards in various print sizes. Artwork also includes illustrations of architectural styles from around the US and the globe with watercolor washes.
Rick’s educational background consists of a Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Science in Interior Design degrees, both from Oklahoma State University. He has taught a two-week furniture design course at Oklahoma State University’s Dole Reed Center in Taos, New Mexico. Rick was born and raised in Sunbury, Pennsylvania prior to enrolling at OSU. In addition to a retirement career in illustration art, he is a part-time Adjunct Instructor at Tulsa Technology Center teaching color illustration and architectural illustration classes with the Visual Arts and Graphics program. He is a furniture designer and has a collection of inspired Native American pieces and participates in indoor and outdoor art shows and venues and is a member of the Tulsa Artist Coalition and resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
