OLIVER23

ABOUT

Location

Cali, Colombia

Born

1948

Gender

Male

Member

Standard

Joined

April 2014

Interests

art and philosophy

R. L. Oliver is retired from a career in social work and counseling, as well as research and writing works of both nonfiction and fiction. Interest in drawing faces and folks started at an early age. As careers in art were deemed impractical, the visual arts were placed on the back burner for many years. Recent years finds him devoting his full time and attention to his growth in doing art work. He is largely self-taught, but did take class in college and afterwards on a private basis. For two years he studied watercolor painting after moving to Colombia in 2004. He prefers doing abstracts, botanical works and whimsical images but still enjoys drawing and painting portraits. He lives in the foothills of the Western Cordillera of the Andes Mountains in Cali, Colombia with his wife, Gloria, and their two cats, Ozzie and Toto. Samples of his work can be found on his Facebook webpage, i.e. www.facebook.com/ronald.oliver2 and at www.ronald-oliver.fineartamerica.com, as well as RLOliverArtist.com.
www.amazon.co.uk/Ronald-L.-Oliver/e/B004LP80C0
www.scribd.com/doc/48177125/If-Dirt-Could-Talk