Ron Sanders (b. 1966) Ron Sanders is a Signature Member of the Paint America Association and the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society and an Associate Member of the Oil Painters of America. The winner of numerous national and regional awards and honors, the artist's work hangs in private and public collections throughout the United States, including the Indiana State Museum Collection. Ron's expansive career through illustration, fine art and graphic design has equipped him to take on his latest challenge working on coin and medal design programs as an Associate Designer for the United States Mint through their Artistic Infusion Program. While in college Ron received training as an illustrator and went on to produce images for such clients as Spike TV, Doubleday Book Club, Chase Financial, The Boy Scouts, BF Goodrich and others through agents in New York and Chicago. But his training also included a strong foundation in academic fine art. After graduation, Sanders continued studying oil painting with award-winning artists Huihan Liu and then-president of Plein Air Painters of America, George Strickland. Ron's original oil paintings have been sold through numerous galleries throughout the United States as well as being published as limited edition prints, including extensively researched historical images. Ron Sanders is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1989 from the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio, with a BFA in illustration and minors in advertising, photography, and fine art. He currently lives with his family on the Gulf Coast of Florida . |