Ronald Shap

Ronald Shap was born in 1941 in Ohio and lived most of his life in Southern California. His work in oils and gouache are exceptional examples of California Impressionism.

Ronald graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1964 and completed graduate study in painting at the University of Nebraska and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1967. He was a visiting artist and instructor at BGSU in 1973-74 and worked out of his Los Angeles studio and taught drawing and anatomy at Citrus College until his retirement in 2005.