hope m ricciardi

        Hope’s current work is inspired by 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 Utah. 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 created "Caffeinated Art" in 2015 when she worked in her Boston studio. Now the images reflect her passion for the Southwest. Commissions for Caffeinated Art have included wedding venues and Navajo iconography. All suggestions are welcome.

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         After 40+ years of teaching in Boston, Hope is now settled in Sedona, AZ. She holds a

BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University and has

received awards from The Escalante Canyons Art Festival, The Tubac Art Center and

several competitions in New York and Boston. In 2024, Hope demonstrated plein air oil

painting for Arizona Plein Air Painters and Escalante Canyons Art Festival. She is currently represented at Sedona Artist Market & Gallery, West Sedona, Arizona, where she teaches

and exhibits her work.

​​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