hope m ricciardi

        After 45+ years as a Boston artist and teacher of many media, Hope now focuses on paintings of Southwest landscapes. Her impressionist style is in oils on canvas or panels with an emphasis on the extraordinary energy and light of the Red Rocks, Grand Canyon and beyond. In 2023, Hope participated in the Escalante Canyons Art Festival, winning the Plein Air Purchase Award for her painting, First Impression. IN 2024, Hope was awarded First Place at the Plein Air on the Santa Cruz and in 2025, she won first place at the ORO Valley Plein air Competition. Hope has demonstrated plein air oil painting for Arizona Plein Air Painters and Escalante Canyons Art Festival.

         Hope created "Caffeinated Art" in 2015 when she worked in her Boston studio. The work is created from recycled espresso pods and resin. Now the images reflect her passion for the Southwest. Commissions for Caffeinated Art have included wedding venues and Navajo iconography. All suggestions are welcome.​​​

         Hope holds a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University. She is currently represented at Sedona Artist Market & Gallery, West Sedona, Arizona.

Affiliations:

American Impressionist Society

Arizona Plein Air Painters

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​​Awards:

​2025.    First Place, SAACA Oro Valley Spring Festival

​2024.    First Place, Plein Air on the Santa Cruz, Tubac

2024.    Third Place, Escalante Canyons Arts Festival

2023.    Purchase Award, Escalante Arts Festival