Rickbischoff | Rustic Contemporary Spirit

Join Rickbischoff Art at our first NoDaRioty All Arts Market

noreply@blogger.com (Mysticle) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:10:00 +0000

Upcoming Event

This Friday, June 17th, Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit will be exhibiting. Join us during the NoDaRioty All Arts Market, at Neighborhood Theatre in the heart of the historic NoDa district of North Charlotte.

Artist Rickbischoff will be revealing his latest designs in Accessories and Jewelry. We'll have Original Artwork and Paintings for sale. Also, you can purchase some previous works at discounted prices, as we're making room in the studio for new designs.

::: Find us there, in Booth 131 :::

NoDaRioty and the Neighborhood Theatre are hosting an All Arts Market during the Friday Gallery Crawl!

NoDaRioty is the arts committee of the Historic North Charlotte Neighborhood Association, a nonprofit organization and the voice of the Arts District.

NoDaRioty aims to promote dialog among NoDa businesses, the artist community, and patrons all over Charlotte.

~ Mysticle ~

Artist Rickbischoff | latest project

noreply@blogger.com (Mysticle) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:57:00 +0000

taking an afternoon away from the studio to work from hom

Artist Rickbischoff of

Rustic Contemporary Spirit

has been very busy with his latest
project.

We will launch

Yantra Motif Totems

soon ... stay tuned.

~ Mysticle ~

Benefit Auction | Midsummer's Night Soiree

noreply@blogger.com (Mysticle) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:41:00 +0000

Artist Rickbischoff has donated an original Abstract painting 24 x 36 from his Yantra Motif series, as part of the silent auction for A Midsummer's Night Soiree.

The event, sponsored by the Piedmont Regional Association of Realtors in partnership with York County Cancer Association and hosted at the Palmetto Room in Rock Hill, SC will benefit Julie Jackson a breast cancer survivor.

Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit is a proud supporter in the fight against cancer. We have sponsored Relay for Life events, and donated previous works to the Cancer Bash in Lancaster, SC in 2008 and 2009, all benefiting the American Cancer Society.

To purchase original artwork or request a custom Yantra Motif painting, please visit our Etsy Shop.

~ Mysticle ~

Introduction and Invitation to Art / Design / Living

noreply@blogger.com (Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:42:00 +0000

I Would Like To Introduce and Invite You to...

Art / Design / Living

Here I will be sharing my projects, inspiring discoveries
I have made, tips, and ideas for creating your own
Rustic Contemporary Spirit project.

I have also created a page to use as a forum.
Have a question or comment?
Want to start a topic for discussion reflecting the concept of
Rustic Contemporary Spirit?

use theFORum

Rustic Contemporary Spirit Concept:

...on a journey to discover
The Human Potential.

...incorporates rustic natural elements in a contemporary
design evoking a green, new age spirit.
The rustic nature connects to Earth, keeping us grounded, as contemporary
consciousness evolves. Expanded awareness identifies spirit,
as unity of all.

...its fundamental elements planted within a paradigm,
pursuing the answer to:
"How may I responsibly and respectfully create,
utilizing OUR limitless potential,
for the Planet, for Ourselves, and for Each Other?"

May our technological advancements evolve harmoniously
with our natural world and bring abundance to all -Rickbischoff

Consciousness is the Ground of All Being -Dr. Amit Goswami

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man, the air
shares its spirit with all the life it supports -Chief Seattle

please join us on:

Art / Design / Living

posted by Rickbischoff

Earth Friendly Art : Blog Action Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mysticle) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:42:00 +0000

At Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit, we believe in the daily practice of sustainability and green living. We are an Eco-Aware company.

We knew that we must participate in Blog Action Day. It's important for us that our business encourages Earth Friendly practices. Through our artwork and designs, we promote the Rustic Contemporary Spirit concept for living. For an art business, we demonstrate the potential to lessen environmental impact. Whenever possible, we use recycled & green materials, and LED lighting. Artist Rickbischoff has ideas for future projects utilizing solar panels in his artworks.

It's our goal to create awareness towards solutions which positively impact climate change.

Rickbischoff creates a Yantra Motif land art, using only natural materials collected on the beach.

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Yantra Motif Series
Created using recycled paints, and sawdust for texture.

Our home life promotes green-living, just as our business does. Rick and I pride ourselves on sustaining our beautiful planet and all its natural blessings.

Please, also, see our personal blog posts for Blog Action Day '09.

From Natural Building.... by Artist Rickbischoff

Creating Change Through Positive Energy by Mysticle

~ by Mysticle ~

Corona: Save the Beach Contest

noreply@blogger.com (Mysticle) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000

At Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit, we believe in the daily practice of sustainability and Green living. We are an Eco-Aware company. Whenever possible, we use recycled & green materials, and LED lighting. ArtistRickbischoff has his ideas for future projects utilizing solar panels in his artworks.

Needless to say, when we learned of this project, we knew that we must participate. We submitted photos taken from a land art project completed in December 2008 at the beach in Oak Island, NC. Rick created a Yantra Motif using shells, rocks, and other materials found on the beach. We began at sunrise. It was a glorious, peaceful morning.

Our home life promotes green-living, just as our business does. Rick and I pride ourselves on sustaining our beautiful planet and all its natural blessings.

We are grateful for this opportunity, and wanted to share with everyone. The winners will be announced on September 14th.

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Contest Winners

The winners were chosen by Corona Extra, based on relevance to the brief combined with artistic merit. We are so pleased to announce that Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit has received 'Runners Up' recognition. We are proud of this achievement, with our last minute entry.

9.08.2009

Last week we submitted three entries to the Corona: Save the Beach contest sponsored through DeviantART and
Mels Brushes.

~ by Mysticle ~

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Portfolio

noreply@blogger.com (Mysticle) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:56:00 +0000

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We've just completed a new online Portfolio site. The thumbnails above link to
Rickbischoff's Abstract artwork, Visionary Paintings, and Design work.

RUSTIC CONTEMPORARY SPIRIT

Incorporates rustic natural elements in a contemporary design,
evoking a green, new age spirit.

In recent years, Artist Rickbischoff has blended these elements
into his artwork. Now we take the fundamentals beyond simple
aesthetics, into a concept for living.

The rustic nature connects to Earth, keeping us grounded,
as contemporary consciousness evolves.
Expanded awareness identifies spirit, as unity of all.

Artist Rickbischoff has vast experience working in visual arts with
a number of mediums, including wood, metal, stone, and painting.
His early career experience includes welding, fabrication,
stage & prop construction, lighting, screen printing, and picture framing.
This has led to his latest design inspiration,

Rustic Contemporary Spirit.

To purchase original artwork or prints,
please contact Mysticle.

Yantra Motif Series

noreply@blogger.com (Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit) — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:53:00 +0000

Artist Rickbischoff

This series I call YANTRA MOTIF. Each painting reflects
a meditation tool created in nature by a spiritual avatar,
of which I am writing a story. These paintings
reveal part of that story, Owl, on his journey to spiritual enlightenment.

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The style consists of the rustic, organic elements combined with
a contemporary design. Each painting portrays a character,
in black silhouette. The value steps evolve from black to white.
Black is the void; white is pure potentiality. The first step
is our physical realm and the second step is our intellectual world,
or ego. The color expresses the character’s spirit;
the color within the white represents enlightenment.

Just as Owl meditates on these yantras, so can you.

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Rickbischoff's Artist Statement

"The fundamental elements of my creations reveal my passions for the
natural world, spirituality, and unity in all things.

I strive to evolve through gaining wisdom of conservation and sustainable living.

My interest in Native American cultures and ancient civilizations inspired me to become
a student of the environment, as I hope my work will inspire others."

To purchase Original Artwork

please visit our
Etsy Shop

~ by Mysticle ~

Mother's Day Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit) — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:48:00 +0000

The Story of Jasmine ....

As we approach Mother's Day, I reflect on my life. This story warms my heart and brightens my soul. I am a mother to five rescue pets. Tilly, Abby, Silky, & Tessa came to me over the last few years. They are my beautiful girl dogs. Bastet, our black kitty, wandered onto our porch just last December ... she became our newest family member that very night. We give thanks and honor to all the mothers in our world ... those of human babies and pets alike.

One of my favorite quotes: "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." ~Roger Caras

In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had clearly been abused.

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock, which was known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need.

Geoff and the other sanctuary staff went to work with two aims: to restore the dog to full health, and to win her trust. It took several weeks, but eventually both goals were achieved. They named her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home.

But Jasmine had other ideas. No one remembers now how it began, but she started welcoming all Animal arrivals at the sanctuary. It wouldn't matter if it was a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit, or any other lost or hurting Animal, Jasmine would peer into the box or cage and, where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.

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Geoff relates one of the early incidents. "We had two puppies that had been abandoned by a nearby railway line. One was a Lakeland Terrier cross and another was a Jack Russell Doberman cross. They were tiny when they arrived at the centre and Jasmine approached them and grabbed one by the scruff of the neck in her mouth and put him on the settee. Then she fetched the other one and sat down with them, cuddling them. But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. She takes all the stress out of them and it helps them to not only feel close to her but to settle into their new surroundings."

"She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose."

Jasmine, the timid, abused, deserted waif, became the animal sanctuary's resident surrogate mother, a role for which she might have been born. The list of orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger cubs, 15 chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and 15 rabbits.

And one roe deer fawn. Tiny Bramble, 11 weeks old, was found semi-conscious in a field. Upon arrival at the sanctuary, Jasmine cuddled up to her to keep her warm, and then went into the full foster mum role. Jasmine the greyhound showers Bramble the Roe deer with affection and makes sure nothing is matted.

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"They are inseparable," says Geoff. "Bramble walks between her legs and they keep kissing each other. They walk together round the sanctuary. It's a real treat to see them."

Jasmine will continue to care for Bramble until she is old enough to be returned to woodland life. When that happens, Jasmine will not be lonely. She will be too busy showering love and affection on the next orphan or victim of abuse.

From left: Toby, a stray Lakeland dog; Bramble, orphaned Roe deer; Buster, a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit; Sky, an injured barn owl; and Jasmine with a Mothers heart doing best what a caring Mother would do...

Geoff Grewcock opened Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary in 2001, he made sure that the sanctuary was dedicated to caring for sick and injured wildlife. "We taking any wild bird or animal with any injury, getting them better with the complete aim of releasing them back to the wild where they belong."

"We take in anything from Swans, foxes, badgers, robins, blackbirds, owls, hawks, kestrels, ducks, finches, hedgehogs, pheasants and many more. Our success rate is about 70%, which we feel is very good, considering the extent of some of the injuries we have to deal with."

Each Resident has a story .... "The sanctuary was set up solely for wild casualties, but due to inconsiderate so called loving pet owners, we had to open our doors to small domestic animals as well. So now we provide a safe haven for dumped, unwanted and miss-treated rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, ferrets, chinchillas, cockatiels, parrots, budgies, the only pets we do not take are cats and dogs, this is due to limited space. We try and find loving new homes for 99% of the domestic pets."

"The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?' ~Jeremy Bentham

Animals are conscious beings. They have a soul, a spirit ... even a little personality all their own. We share this planet with our animal friends, and with all the living beings. Let's show kindness and compassion to all.

We would like to thank Wendy P of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA for bringing awareness to this very special "mom". Wendy posted this to Animals of the Earth group within Children of the Sun : a global platform assisting in the world transformation of collective consciousness through the Unified Field (Ning). She was pleased for us to share the story of Jasmine.

~ by Mysticle ~

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The California Condor

noreply@blogger.com (Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:16:00 +0000

We recently watched a wonderful special on National Geographic Channel 'Wild Areas: Grand Canyon'. We were saddened to learn about the plight of the California Condor, on the verge of extinction. Today, the California Condor is regarded as one of the rarest birds in the world. Placed on the federal endangered species list in 1967, the population had declined to just 22 birds by 1982.

The Peregrine Fund, an organization founded in 1970 by Tom Cade, works nationally and internationally, to conserve birds of prey in nature. Massive efforts by numerous agencies, including The Peregrine Fund, established the California Condor Restoration - Conservation Projects. Their goal: establish self-sustaining wild populations of California Condors through captive propagation, release, and management with the ultimate goal of removing the species from the Endangered Species List.

The agencies have been educating hunters in the area about the dangers of using lead-based ammunition. These scavenger birds ingest spent lead fragments from this ammunition while feeding on “gut piles” left by hunters after field dressing their animals. The National Geographic special did report, thankfully, some progress as many hunters support the change to alternate ammunition.

A more recently noted, and quite unexpected threat to the Condors who call the Grand Canyon home, is the simple practice of a coin toss. Every year thousands of visitors traditionally toss a coin and make a wish at an observation point over-looking the Grand Canyon. Most unfortunately, a dead condor was found by researchers and X-rays showed the condor’s death was caused by a coin lodged in the bird’s throat. This was such a heartbreaking loss of a bird so close to extinction, which no one might have anticipated. With this post, we sincerely hope to educate our readers. If you visit the Grand Canyon, please save your coins …. or better yet, donate to the Peregrine Fund.

~ by Mysticle ~

Earth Day 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:29:00 +0000

Earth - the movie

Official Synopsis

The first film in the Disney nature series, earth, narrated by JAMES EARL JONES, tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journeys across the planet we all call home. earth combines rare action, unimaginable scale and impossible locations by capturing the most intimate moments of our planet’s wildest and most elusive creatures. Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, the acclaimed creative team behind the Emmy Award- winning

Planet Earth, combine forces again to bring this epic adventure to the big screen, beginning Earth Day, April 22, 2009.

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated April 22 each year since 1970 - originating in Seattle, Washington. The purpose is to increase awareness of environmental issues and the need to care for and appreciate the resources of our planet. As the world literally heats up, Earth Day has become more prevalent and recognized in mainstream media. One hopes that all the talk will inspire some action!

The movie “Earth” does not specifically tell you what to do to save the planet. Instead, it is an incredible 90 minute ride to showcase the natural gems - species and environments - that may be at risk if we continue on our selfish paths.

~ by Mysticle ~

Buffalo Exchange Helps Save Whales for Earth Day

noreply@blogger.com (Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:25:00 +0000

Buffalo Exchange resale stores will help save whales for Earth Day 2009

In honor of Earth Day this year, you can celebrate with some guilt-free shopping at a Buffalo Exchange store near you.

Not only can you find hip, interesting clothing and accessories at this chain of resale stores, but their Dollar Day sale will benefit Humane Society International (HSI) and The Humane Society of the United States (The HSUS). Sales from all items offered for $1 each will go to support our Save Whales—Not Whaling campaign, which motivates people and countries around the world to protect whales from the cruel, outdated practice of whaling. The only way to save these magnificent mammals is to stand up against the international forces threatening to weaken protections for whales.

". . . on April 22, 1970, Earth Day was held, one of the most
remarkable happenings in the history of democracy. . . "
-American Heritage Magazine, October 1993

~ by Mysticle ~

Introducing 'Rustic Contemporary Spirit'

noreply@blogger.com (Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:45:00 +0000

Rickbischoff grew up in New Mexico surrounded by art, where the Southwest impacted his spirit and senses. His family background of artists, earth scientists, and engineers shaped an artistic mind early in his life. His creative abilities encompass a lifetime, beginning in adolescence. Rick’s professional career as an artist / designer expands 20 plus years. He has traveled the US and has always experienced a strong awareness of various landscapes, geology, as well as past and present cultures.

“The fundamental elements of my creations reveal my passions for the natural world, spirituality, and unity in all things. I strive to evolve through gaining wisdom of conservation and sustainable living. My interest in Native American cultures and ancient civilizations inspired me to become a student of the environment, as I hope my work will inspire others.”

Rick boasts numerous public exhibitions. He has exhibited in New Mexico, Arizona, and the Carolinas. His most recent series, Yantra Motif, in textured acrylic on canvas and wood panel, has been on display with the Arts Council of York County and Chester Arts Council, both in SC.

Partnering with Mysticle in 2007, led to career expansion. Co-founder of Rickbischoff - Rustic Contemporary Spirit, Mysticle’s experience includes a solid background of 12 years in marketing/sales. She reveals “I recently left corporate America to pursue my ambitions. My entrepreneurial goals and life manifestations guide me along my path to career freedom.”

Rickbischoff has vast familiarity working with a number of mediums, including wood, metal, stone, and concrete. This led to his latest development; we call Rustic Contemporary Spirit, which incorporates rustic elements in a contemporary design. In recent years, artist Rickbischoff has blended these elements into his artwork. Evoking a green, new age spirit, now we take the fundamentals beyond simple aesthetics, into a concept for living. His thoughts, “The rustic nature connects to Earth, keeping us grounded, as contemporary consciousness evolves. Expanded awareness identifies spirit, as unity of all.”

Mysticle plays an important role with the company and with Rustic Contemporary Spirit inspiration. Skilled at internet marketing and social media, she’s responsible for promotion and business management, licensing, publishing, merchandising, web and networking. “My passions encompass Art/Design, law of attraction, sustainability, animal rescue & wildlife conservation, and astrology. I endeavor to expand awareness through the collective consciousness and global unity.” You can read more at her blog.

Rick says, "I like my work to express what I've absorbed in my travels all over the US. My style combines rustic materials in a contemporary line. When my work is emotionally grabbing, I feel most accomplished. I always strive to be innovative in design.”

“My intentions with this blog are to network with like-minded people. If I may become blessed with the opportunity, I would like to meet and interview people that inspire global awareness, human potential, and creativity;

not to forget! co-creativity !!”

~ by Mysticle ~

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