About the Artist
Rick is a nationally-published artist with worldwide distribution. His minimalist, contemporary style of landscape is widely associated with Outer Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, interior and coastal New England, and the West. He continues to establish a growing reputation nationally and internationally, and has used his work as a platform to speak on the issues of conservation, preservation and environmental awareness.
The artist was honored with a solo exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in 2006. He was later included in An Exhibition from the Permanent Collection at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and in recent invitational exhibitions at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, The Cotuit Center for the Arts, The Harvard Club of Boston, the Boston International Fine Art Show, Art & Design 20/21, Boston, and the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival.
He is a Lifetime Artist Member of Boston's Copley Society of Art, the oldest art association in the United States. His work has been selected for numerous juried and invitational exhibitions with Copley, and a near-sellout solo exhibition in 2008.
His work is in the permanent collections of Cape Cod Museum of Art, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Cahoon Museum of American Art, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana-Farber / Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Cape Cod Hospital, Bessemer Trust Company, N.A., Ritz-Carlton Luxury Hotels, John Hancock, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, and other corporate and private collections worldwide. He has taught at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum Museum School, the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Creative Arts Center, Chatham, the Copley Society of Art, Boston, and at his studio.
As a former journalist and PR/marketing executive, he has served as a staff writer to the Vineyard Gazette, Martha's Vineyard, and as a correspondent to the Cape Cod Times and The Boston Globe. His writing has also appeared in the The New York Times, The Village Voice, and Adweek's Brandweek. As a public relations professional, he headed his own firm in Boston for several years, before becoming a creative director and vice president for two of New York's top public relations/advertising/marketing communications firms.
He is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder School of Journalism, and has studied at the Arts Students League of New York, Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center, and pursued post-graduate studies at New York University.
The artist lives and works in North Adams, Massachusetts, a vibrant arts destination in the northern Berkshires, and home to Mass MOCA, the largest contemporary art museum in the United States.
Photo: Ann Markley
Artist Statement
The landscape in its purest form – untouched, and uninterrupted, by man.
I am drawn to the essence of a moment’s beauty: the rare light as it moves across
a meadow, the shadows or reflections it leaves behind; the subtle variations
of color as they change with the seasons and time of day;
the movement of grasses, water and sand; the solitude of a wandering low tide.
Ever inspired by the coast, I am always looking for new and interesting weys to capture its beauty, and push to find new ways in terms of palette and brushstroke, content and emotion.
Permanent Collections
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Cape Cod Hospital / Cape Cod Healthcare, Hyannis, MA, Falmouth, MA
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
Ritz-Carlton Luxury Hotels, Marriott Corporation, Dallas, TX
Bessemer Trust Company, North America, Boston, MA
Dana-Farber / Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Weymouth, MA
Davenport Mugar Cancer Center, Hyannis, MA
John Hancock, Boston, MA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, Boston, MA
Outer Cape Health Services, Provincetown, Provincetown, MA
The Church of Saint Mary of the Harbor, Provincetown, MA
Oyster Harbors Club, Osterville, MA
Selected Exhibitions
Icons of Summer
July 1 – September 1, 2021
Louisa Gould Gallery
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Summer Salon
June 12 – July 29, 2021
Tree's Place Gallery
East Orleans, Massachusetts
Two-Man Show: Rick Fleury and Eric Aho
August 1 – September 20, 2020
Garvey Rita Art & Antiques
East Orleans, Massachusetts
Group Exhibition: Sea to Shining Sea
August 8 – August 20, 2020
Tree's Place Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition: Unlimited Tranquility
December 6, 2019 – February 29, 2020
The Walsingham Gallery
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Sand, Surf and Salty Air, June 8 – June 21, 2019
Group Seascape Exhibition
Tree's Place Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Sail Into Summer, May 23 – July 23, 2019
Group Exhibition
Louisa Gould Gallery
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Swing Into Spring, April/May 2019
Four-person Seasonal Exhibition
Louisa Gould Gallery
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
The Ebb and Flow, August / September, 2018
Group Exhibition
Tree's Place Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition: Solitude and Open Space – New Works
June /July 2018
The Walsingham Gallery
Newburyport, Massachusetts
A Sense of Tranquility, June, 2017
Two-Person Show with Katherine B. Young
Tree's Place Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Spring Into Summer, June, 2017
Group Show / New Artists
Louisa Gould Gallery
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Nature's Power and Glory, June, 2016
Tree's Place Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
AD 20/21 April, 2016
Garvey Rita Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Home Decor Show November, 2015
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston International Fine Art Show, October, 2015
Garvey Rita Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Salt Air: Scenes from the Cape, October, 2015
Tree's Place Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
MGH: Illuminations June – September, 2015
Massachusetts General Hospital, Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival September 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Horizon Fine Art
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Capturing Wellfleet July, 2014
Addison Art Gallery
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition June, 2014
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition, September, 2013
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Interpretations: Artistic Celebrations of Buzzards Bay Juried Exhibition August, 2012
Falmouth Art Center and Buzzards Bay Coalition
Falmouth and New Bedford, Massachusetts
AD 20/21 International Fine Art Show, March, 2012
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Introductory Exhibition January, 2012
Horizon Fine Art Gallery
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Solo Exhibition, July, 2011
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Spring Featured Exibition, Spring 2011
The Churchill Gallery
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Introductory Exhibition Fall, 2010
The Churchill Gallery
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Oil & Water Two-Person Show May/June, 2010
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Fresh Paint Invitational Exhibition 2007 - 2011
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
AD 20/21 International Fine Art Show – Diana Levine Fine Art April, 2010
The Cyclorama: Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston International Fine Art Show – Addison Art Gallery November, 2009
The Cyclorama: Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, Massachusetts
Twenty-Five for Twenty-Five: Celebrating 25 Years of the Cahoon Museum
November, 2009 Cahoon Museum of American Art Invitational Exhibition
Cotuit, Massachusetts
Oil & Water Two-Person Show May/June, 2009
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Patron's Choice Invitational Exhibition March, 2009
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Winter Members' Passages Juried Exhibition February, 2009
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston International Fine Art Show November, 2008
Addison Art Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition May/June 2008
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Harvard Club Centennial Invitational Exhibition, May /June, 2008
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition: 29 Newbury March/April, 2008
Copley Society ofArt
Boston, Massachusetts
Winter Member's Stirrings Juried Exhibition January, 2008
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
A Feast for the Eyes Invitational Exhibition March - April , 2008
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit, Massachusetts
Diana Levine Fine Art Featured Exhibition December, 2007 - May, 2008
The Boston Design Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Installation/Collaboration with Pianist Barbara Lieurence November, 2007
Steinert Hall, Steinway & Sons, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
Two-Man Show, August, 2007
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition June, 2007
Boat Meadow Gallery
Dennis, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition January, 2007
Diana Levine Fine Art Boston Design Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Spring Member's Emerald Juried Exhibition: April/May, 2007
Copley Society of Art
Boston, Massachusetts
Steinert Hall, Boston Collaboration with Pianist Michelle Kelley March, 2007
Steinway & Company and M. Steinert & Sons Co-Sponsors
Boston, Massachusetts
When We Were Younger Invitational Exhibition January, 2007
Cotuit Center for the Arts
Cotuit, Massachusetts
Featured Exhibition October,, 2006
Erlich Gallery
Marlblehead, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition August, 2006
Barnstable Old Selectmen's Building
Barnstable Village, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition 2006
Rick Fleury Studio & Gallery
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibition May/June, 2006
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Dennis, Massachusetts
New Additions to the Permanent Collection March, 2006
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Monoprint Project Invitational Summer, 2006
Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Artist Project Invitational 2004 - 2007
Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Gallery Artist 2004-2006
Blue Hill Bay Gallery
Blue Hill, Maine
Gallery Artist 2005
Left Bank Gallery
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Gallery Artist 2004
Robyn Watson Gallery
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Co-Owner/Solo Artist 2002 - 2003
The Gallery at Beachfront
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Gallery Artist 2000 - 2001
Julie Heller Gallery
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Gallery Artist 1998 - 1999
Charles-Baltivik Gallery
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Juried Exhibition 1997
Cambridge Art Association
Cambridge, Massachusetts
North American Open Show, Juried Exhibition 1996
New England Watercolor Society
Boston, Massachusetts
Juried Exhibition 1995
Anna Maria Artists Guild
Anna Maria Island, Florida
Gallery Artist 1995
Kennedy Studios
Sarasota, Florida