Introducing Ron | Ronald Shap
Ronald Shap, painter
By Kay Aey
Ronald Shap was born in Toledo, OH and lived most of his life in California. He was a scholarship award graduate at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1964 and completed graduate study in painting at the University of Nebraska and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1967. He was a visiting artist and instructor at BGSU in 1973-74 and worked out of his Los Angeles studio and taught drawing and anatomy at Citrus College until his retirement in 2005. Principally known for his landscapes of Southern California, he explored a wide range of mediums and styles across his long and diverse career.
