E. P. # 63 Richard Whitten is a very talented innovative painter and sculptor working in Rhode Island. He is also professor of Art at Rhode Island College. His early work could loosely be termed geometric abstractions, but he is best known for his later representational paintings that combine an interest in architecture, invented machinery and toys Whitten is also known for his toy-like sculptures. Whitten was the chair of the art department at Rhode Island College (2016-
Whitten’s work has been displayed in solo exhibitions at the Newport Art Museum in Newport, RI, the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA, and the Zillman Art Museum (University of Maine Museum of Art), in Bangor, ME, and most recently the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey which by chance I got to see and was really impressed by his works of art. This is part 1 of a very special podcast.
