'''Ruth Doerschuk Dicker''' (March_9, 1919 - December_2, 2004) was a California painter of landscapes. Dicker was born in Niagara_Falls,_New_York. She went to Salem_Academy and then attended the College_of_William_and_Mary where she received a degree in painting and art history. She moved to New_York_City where she studied at the Art Students League, worked as an illustrator and fashion model, and met her husband. They soon moved to Palo_Alto,_California where they raised two sons. In 1970, Dicker moved to Santa_Rosa,_California where she would find her most recognizable style in depicting the landscapes of Sonoma_County. Throughout her career, her work was shown in galleries, museums, corporate offices in New_York_City and in and around the San_Francisco_Bay_area. She participated in one woman or group shows at the Legion of Honor, the Oakland_Museum_of_California, Santa_Clara_University, and Stanford_University. Her style includes vibrant acrylic colors, splatters of paint and strips of wood covered in rice-paper to give dimensionality and texture that leaps off the panel. After her husband died in 1980, she enjoyed the most productive years of her career. In 1983, Dicker traveled with a group of California artists led by Earl_Thollander to China. She enjoyed the art of the Southwest and often traveled to Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico. Her most well-known paintings are likely the large paintings depicting the seasons in the dining room of The_Nut_Tree (now closed) in Vacaville,_California. ====Selected Shows==== *Impressions of Tress - Stanford_Research_Institute - 1961 *The_little_studio, New_York_City *Forth Winter Invitational Exhibition - Legion of Honor - 1962 *The_Nut_Tree - 1964 *San Francisco Women Artists Fortieth Annual Exhibition - San Francisco Museum of Art - 1965 *85th Annual Exhibition - San Francisco Museum of Art - 1966 *The_Nut_Tree - 1974 *Painted Wood Constructions and Assemblages - The_Marshall_Gallery, Tomales_Bay,_California *Arlene_Lind_Gallery, San_Francisco,_California *Piper_Sonoma - 1983 *California_Museum_of_Art, Santa_Rosa,_California - 1985 *Spring Invitational Exhibition - Alden_Arts_Gallery, Santa_Rosa,_California - 1986 *An Exhibition of bas relief painting - Sterling_Vineyards - 1987 *Vineyards and Beyond - Kaiser Arts Center Gallery, Oakland,_California - 1987 *Marin_County_Civic_Center *The_Nut_Tree - 1989 *The_Nut_Tree - 1993 *Indian Summer - Danny & Company, Santa_Rosa,_California - 1995 *Mixed Media Paintings - Solano_Bank - 2001 *Nut Tree Artist Reunion - Vacaville_Museum - 2003 Dicker, Ruth Dicker, Ruth Dicker, Ruth Dicker, Ruth {{US-painter-stub}}