Meet the Artist

Rick Rempel

Rick worked as a counsellor and social worker in Victoria for more than thirty years before easing into retirement in Saanich. Looking for a quiet routine, he attends online and in person art classes. Most afternoons are now spent painting papers, acrylics, and whatever reference photos come back from walks with Jazz, the family corgi.

Jeanine, his wife, is the first set of eyes on new work. His grandson usually claims the spare stool with his own paints and a small easel. Winter trips to Hawaii offer fresh colour notes that Rick later tries to translate back home.

Rick treats painting much like the conversations that defined his counselling years: slow, attentive, and better with company. He shows work to neighbours, swaps notes with other hobbyists, and opens the studio by appointment. The pieces here are simply a record of what he’s trying, not a grand statement.