Wilder Rich began her
career as an artist in third grade when she was asked to install a
chalk drawing on the community blackboard at her school. She
studied art through high school and later at Corcoran School of Art
in Washington, DC. The artist found her place in the art world
as a department store advertising illustrator and later as a freelance
commercial artist.
Through the years in graphic design, Wilder continued
to indulge her interest in painting by also competing as a fine artist. Her
work won awards, was accepted in juried shows and displayed in single
gallery showings. It wasn’t until 2003, however, that she
put all her time into painting.
“The years I spent as a
graphic designer taught me to tell a story with my art,” she
says. “Now, my intent is for the
passion I have for the things I see to show in my work through the grammar
of brush stroke and texture and light.”
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