Rick Timmons (Oct 11, 1957-April 10, 2022),

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

) was an American painter best known for equine art, large murals and portraits. After attending the Art Institute of Dallas, he joined the

Dallas Fire Department The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department provides Fire Suppression,Hazardous Materials Mitigation,Technical Rescue Services,Emergency Medical Response Services and other public safety services to the city of Dallas, Texas. Dallas Fire-Rescue is the sec ...

in 1981 where he spent the next thirteen years. While doing more and more commissioned oil portrait paintings he was picked up by numerous southwest art galleries and in 1987/1988 was chosen to do commemorative paintings for both the

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

and

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

Firefighter's Associations. In 1994 Timmons left the Dallas Fire Department and became a full-time painter. His works are mainly focused on

firefighting Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. Firefighters typically undergo a high degree of technical training. This involves structural fir ...

, portraits, equine art, southwest art and bar murals.

External links

* 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters People from St. Petersburg, Florida Living people 20th-century American male artists 1957 births {{US-painter-stub