Ronald R. Parry

Ronald R. Parry is a full time professional painter with studios in East Boothbay, Maine, and Gold Canyon, Arizona. His involvement in art during the last forty years has been one of increased recognition-winning many Best of Show Awards, First Place Ribbons and two prestigious Grumbacher Gold Medals. A painting lecture and demonstration by Parry was featured on Channel 17 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.  

Taking a tip from the Masters Rembrandt and Sargent, who both said “an artist is always a student”, Parry sought to further his ability with an extended seven month trip to France (1994-1995). He painted and studied in the Loire Valley with painting trips to Brittany, Provence, and Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny. While in France his work was exhibited at the Galerie Les Marechaux, at a two-person exhibit at Galerie Les Z’Arts in Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, and at the Chateau de Maupassant in Vihiers. His trip also included visits to many major museums including the Louvre and Musee D’Orsay as he studied the classical paintings of the Masters.

Parry’s formal education includes Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Center for Creative Studies in Michigan; and the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. He studied with Emile Gruppe, Don Stone, Charles Movalli, Scott Christensen, Matt Smith, and Don Demers; also at the Ecole Albert Defois in France, and Nelson Shanks’ workshop at the NY Academy of Art.

Ron's paintings are the outgrowth of his desire to express and record his love of nature and the outdoors.  His paintings are light, bright, and full of hope.  Because of his wonderful ability to capture the many moods of the sea and the color, character and atmosphere of the landscape, his scenes draw you right into the canvas.  To Ron, painting is Life and the means he has chosen to communicate and share his vision with others.

Parry’s work can be found in corporate collections including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Michigan National Corporation, Tricon Industries in Japan, The First National Bank of Damariscotta, and in many private collections in the US, France, Great Britain and Japan. To Parry painting is more than Art: Painting is Life and the means to share his vision with others. Come visit the Parry Studio and enjoy Parry’s vision of the beauty, color and serenity of New England and the Boothbay Harbor region. 

Represented by:

        ART OF THE SEA        www.artofthesea.com
        P.O. Box 356
        South Thomaston, ME 04858
        207-594-9396

        allen david gallery         www.allendavidgallery.com
        10 McKown Street
        Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
        207-633-0003

Affiliations:

  • Signature Member, New England Watercolor Society
  • Artist Member, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts
  • Artist Member, Boothbay Region Art Foundation, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
  • Artist Member, Rockport (MA) Art Association
  • Member, Oil Painters of America
  • Member, American Society of Marine Artists

Shows and Awards:

2007 J. Hill and J. Petrus Memorial Award, North Shore Arts Association 85th Anniversary Masters Exhibit, Gloucester, MA
2007 The Best and the Brightest Exhibit, Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, Arizona
2007 Maurice Goldbert Award for Excellence in Painting, Rockport (MA) Art Association Autumn Exhibit
2007 James Roumbanis Memorial Award, Excellence in Painting, Rockport (MA) Art Association Summer Exhibit
2007 Oxford Invitational Fine Arts Fair, Oxford, Maryland
2006 Holiday Exhibit, Francesca Anderson Fine Arts, Lexington, MA
2006 Art of the Sea, Gathering of Marine Masters Exhibit
2006 Art of the Sea Exhibit “Waterways”
2005-6   Oxford Invitational Fine Arts Fair, Oxford, Maryland
2005 Awarded The Wade Fairchild Scholarship at the Scottsdale Artists School
2003-4   “The Best and the Brightest” Exhibit, Professional Division, Scottsdale (AZ) Artists School
2003 Holiday Exhibit, Francesca Anderson Fine Arts, Lexington, Massachusetts
2001 New England Watercolor Society Exhibit at Guild of Boston Artists
2000 Two Person Exhibit, Gallery One at Huston Tuttle, Rockland, ME
2000 New England Watercolor Society 7th Biennial North American Open Show, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston
1999 Solo Exhibit, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, Freeport, Maine, September-November.
1998 Holiday Exhibit, Francesca Anderson Fine Arts, Lexington, Massachusetts
1998 Solo Exhibit, “Catching A Breeze” Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
1998 New England Watercolor Society New England Juried  Show, Concord, Massachusetts
1998 New England Watercolor Society 6th Biennial North American Open Show, Boston, Award.
1998 New Members Exhibit, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts
1996 Two-Person Exhibit, Emporium Gallery, Dover, New Hampshire
1995 Two-Person Exhibit Galerie Les Z’Arts, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France
1995 Exhibition at Chateau de Maupassant, Vihiers, France
1995 Galerie Les Marechaux, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France
1994 Celebration of the Arts, Kennebunk, Maine, Best in Show

Additional information available from the artist upon request.