Mon - Sat: 10am-6pm

Sunday: By Appointment

Address:

201-A North Mt Shasta Blvd, Mt. Shasta CA 96067

Phone:

(530) 926-2334

Rodney Birkett

Artist Biography

Rodney Birkett is a native of San Francisco and now resident of Mount Shasta.  The arts were a strong part of Rodney early life and family, but the real call to paint came late in his life.

He explored a wide variety of the arts as a career -- photography, lithography, graphic design, commercial art and then fine arts. Being influenced by the infamous Salvador Dali, and the surrealistic movement, living in true Bohemian style in the early San Francisco Beat Generation of North Beach, he formed his styles and early visions.  Mainly self-taught, he met and formed a friendship with George Sumner, a Bay Area environmental painter, who brought him to a new level of artistic expression. In the early 1980’s he moved to Mount Shasta and became exposed to mystical and inner teachings. This brought about a new level of understanding and awareness that he could now translate into what is now known as “Visionary Art”.

Combining surrealism, fantasy and celestial visions with a meticulous, highly developed and polished technique, he achieves a new dimension of imagery. Using nature and mystical inspirations, Rodney is able to realize on canvas new and exciting creations. He is internationally known for his surrealistic and unique renditions of the lenticular clouds over Mount Shasta.

Here is a selection of Rodney's original paintings and giclee prints available from The Gallery in Mt. Shasta: