Bruce Ricker (b. 1945) transforms the landscape into something at once real and dreamlike. His paintings reimagine familiar vistas with a visionary’s eye, where sharp detail and luminous color evoke both memory and possibility. Rooted in the hills and canyons of Carmel Valley where he grew up, Ricker’s work blends the precision of architecture with the imagination of surrealism, creating portals into places that feel timeless yet new.

After serving as a Navy hospital corpsman in Vietnam, Ricker studied art and architecture in the Bay Area before turning fully to painting in the 1970s. His early experimentation with unconventional materials and later digital techniques shaped a style that is meticulous, layered, and deeply personal.

Ricker’s landscapes resonate with today’s collectors for their mix of nostalgia and wonder—scenes that suggest the beauty of the natural world while inviting us to step into alternate realms. Collected nationally and exhibited for decades, his works appeal equally to seasoned collectors and those new to fine art, offering a bridge between realism, imagination, and the enduring human connection to place.