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Ron Kasprisin Watercolor Artist

Ron Kasprisin is a watercolor artist who paints out of his studio on Whidbey Island which is just north of Seattle. “An Officer and a Gentleman” was filmed at the Naval Air Station on Whidbey and at Fort Worden on Bainbridge Island just a short distance away. He is one of my closest friends and I wanted to share some of his work with you.

In the mid-1980s, architect Ron Kasprisin AIA received a request by publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, to revise an out of print book by Arthur Gupthill entitled “Color Illustration and Rendering”.  Not soon after, Ron, a pen and ink artist with no background in watercolor painting, signed a contract to do a completely new book on watercolor entitled “Watercolor in Architectural Design”.

Ron then embarked on a self-taught journey into the wonders of watercolor painting, relying on numerous workshops with renowned painters such as James Godwin Scott of St. Louis, Deanne Lemley of Seattle, Carol Orr of Port Townsend WA, and in particular Eric Weigardt of Ocean Park WA. These master painters guided Ron’s development and enabled him to reach his present successes.

Ron Kasprisin is a Professor in Architecture and Planning at the University of Washington where he also teaches watercolor painting in spring and summer quarters.  Ron lives on Whidbey Island on Puget Sound at Kasprisin Ridge Studios where he teaches watercolor workshops.  He recently added two live-in artist studios on his property.

Ron is also the owner of Kasprisin Ridge Vineyard where he is growing central European red wine grapes with his yellow lab Whidbey at his side. Hopefully, he will soon be able to share the fruits of his labor.