Richard Rownak
Richard Rownak's passion for Graphic arts started
as a way to capture the beauty he saw around him.
In the Fall of 1977 Richard moved to Los
Angeles from northwest Arkansas, where he
continued a freelance photography career shooting
portraits, events and selling his work at art shows.
Richard worked as a still photographer on several
movies, which taught him valuable lessons in
lighting. He has shot several 16mm black and white
short films with friends in Hollywood. He served
three terms on the board of Directors of Hollywood
Heritage, a Hollywood history and architecture
preservation group. Currently he is on the advisory
board for Exhibitions without walls, member of the
Culver City Art Group and the Sarah Fulton Group.
One-man photography shows have been
presented at the Los Angeles Photography Center,
Bonaventure Hotel and the World Trade Center.
During the early 80's most of the photography work
was commercial and public relations, while the free
time was spent camping and capturing the images
of deserts, mountains and various national parks on
film. Richard has won awards in the Sierra Club
photo contest and numerous other competitions.
Peterson Photographic published his 'how to'
article "Scenic Splendor".
In 1995 Richard started working on the "Floral
Visions Collections" which transforms live flowers
into paintings by scanning them on his flatbed
scanner. He calls the art form "Scantography",
http://scantography.com. Richard's images are
influenced by beauty and technology. Richard
specializes in technical photography for KIA,
Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota and Nissan
motors as well as people and architecture for other
clients. Early in his career Richard brought together
the wilderness and the city on film through multiple
exposure special effects techniques and his images
have been featured in magazine and newspaper
articles. Recently, he is further exploring the visual
impact of color and depth in two-dimensional art
by using a three dimensional program to create his
own vision and interesting prospective by joining
3D renderings with live digital images he has
captured.
Richard embraces the digital revolution as an
extension of the human experience.
Currently Richard creates and sells art while
commissioned to do freelance projects but also
works as a Webmaster for a large auto group in
Southern California.
"Beauty is everywhere and life is open for everyone
to find their own."
Richard Rownak's art on the Web
Richard Rownak's AutoGallery exhibit