Ron Garrett

“Bringing a Kaleidoscope of Texture, Form and Color to our World”

A multi-faceted Artist/Educator/Printmaker, Ron has exhibited in numerous one-person, and group shows over his 30-year art career – including a visiting artist sojourn to Bangalore, India, where he co-curated a touring exhibition of American Printmakers.

He has an MFA in Printmaking from Kent State University, OH and a BFA from Guilford College, NC. Ron also studied drawing and painting at Ringling College of Art and Design in FL.

For the past 2 decades he has been a Palm Beach County resident and has taught Art at prestigious schools in the area, including Pine Crest, Saint Andrews, Wellington High, NSU, Lynn University, FAU, and Palm Beach State. He also conducts workshops at local museums and community centers. He is a regular juror and guest speaker at local art events. Prior to Covid-19 he had three solo art shows that traveled to multiple locations in the area and has recently focused his practice on Parks and threatened eco systems of our coastal communities. In 2022 he was selected in 2 All Florida Juried art shows in Fort Myers and Stuart.

Ron currently owns and operates “Raga Press” a boutique fine art printmaking atelier in Boca Raton, open to artists on an invitation only basis to further develop their skills as a printmaker or painter and use the 4 etching presses on site to print their work. He is also available in his studio to commission art for corporate or design facilities as well as for personal collections – “Creating works of art for me, often begins with manipulation of surfaces, be it a wood block, metal plate, canvas or a sculptural form. Everything becomes a collage of sorts as I infuse natural history into the work, giving it an artifact quality. Themes of landscape, coastal seas, American icons and graphic elements all present themselves over time in my art. Growing up along Florida’s coast as a child created a deep sense of place for me as an artist. Its steamy environments decorated much of my childhood, vividly etching watercolor skies, waterways, and wildlife into my imagination. Landscape continually emerges as subject matter in my work, reflecting natural selections found in nature, especially primordial possibilities. I would be honored to create a masterpiece for your space.”