Dick’s layers of acrylic on used fence pickets imbue his work with a sense of history and time aged character that pops off the wall. All of this is done through combinations of monumentally mundane imagery with a layering technique that creates captivating universes of complex physical depth. His Iconoclasmatic Pop Art™ creations possess a perceptible history that gives them a more substantive physical presence while the unexpected juxtapositions of relatable commonplace imagery reveal a depth of concept that shines back into the viewer’s eyes an oblique, irreverent reflection of our common culture

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Having descended down into South Texas through the Hill Country one day long ago, Dick never claimed to be Texan, but his German heritage and love for tacos is something he shares with the inhabitants of the region. Having earned an MFA from Miami University, OH, he spent the worst years of his life up north, maturing artistically and refining an Iconoclasmatic Pop Art™ style shaped by his experiences as a recovering Catholic, cancer survivor and optimistic existentialist. He lives and works in his humble turquoise studio-home (Dick’s WurstHaus Art Shanty) near downtown San Antonio.