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Lobdell Universe is Rick's art company. As an artist, he
has also engraved a niche in the decorative concrete
industry. Rick graduated from Mount Union College in
Alliance, Ohio with a BA in Fine Art and Philosophy. He then
went to Savannah, Georgia where he received an MFA in
Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
While in graduate school, Rick worked in construction doing
mostly custom tile work. In 2003 he moved to Nashville,
Tennessee where he was introduced to the decorative
concrete industry. Within 3 years he took over the company,
Concrete Mystique Engraving, and started turning his new
trade into an art form. Currently Rick is well known
worldwide for his decorative concrete designs. He has had
multiple articles in national magazines, a segment on
Tennessee Crossroads and The Concrete Show, and was
invited to demonstrate his skills at the 2011 World of
Concrete’s Artistry in Concrete. He also owns a concrete
furniture company called Gallery Mystique.
Over the last 8 years he has watched this industry change
and grow at an amazing rate. In his opinion, the one element
that the industry is missing is more true artists. He has used
his degree very successfully in a non-traditional setting and
feels that it can, and will be implemented as a norm in
decorative concrete in the coming years. Industry
professionals are just beginning to realize how to integrate a
fully educated artist. Currently decorative concrete controls
most of his creativity and time. He is hoping to merge more
of his artwork and his concrete work together. This will
bring two completely different industries together and will
allow him to introduce decorative concrete to the artworld
and the artworld to decorative concrete.
Visit:
www.concretemystique.com
www.facebook.com/ricklobdell
www.facebook.com/concretemystique
www.facebook.com/gallerymystique
See us in:
Tennessee Crossroads
Concrete Decor article on the Nashville Dinner Theatre
Concrete Decor Article on How I Design
Youtube videos:
Phantom Stairs 1
Phantom Stairs 2
Nashville Dinner Theater
has also engraved a niche in the decorative concrete
industry. Rick graduated from Mount Union College in
Alliance, Ohio with a BA in Fine Art and Philosophy. He then
went to Savannah, Georgia where he received an MFA in
Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
While in graduate school, Rick worked in construction doing
mostly custom tile work. In 2003 he moved to Nashville,
Tennessee where he was introduced to the decorative
concrete industry. Within 3 years he took over the company,
Concrete Mystique Engraving, and started turning his new
trade into an art form. Currently Rick is well known
worldwide for his decorative concrete designs. He has had
multiple articles in national magazines, a segment on
Tennessee Crossroads and The Concrete Show, and was
invited to demonstrate his skills at the 2011 World of
Concrete’s Artistry in Concrete. He also owns a concrete
furniture company called Gallery Mystique.
Over the last 8 years he has watched this industry change
and grow at an amazing rate. In his opinion, the one element
that the industry is missing is more true artists. He has used
his degree very successfully in a non-traditional setting and
feels that it can, and will be implemented as a norm in
decorative concrete in the coming years. Industry
professionals are just beginning to realize how to integrate a
fully educated artist. Currently decorative concrete controls
most of his creativity and time. He is hoping to merge more
of his artwork and his concrete work together. This will
bring two completely different industries together and will
allow him to introduce decorative concrete to the artworld
and the artworld to decorative concrete.
Visit:
www.concretemystique.com
www.facebook.com/ricklobdell
www.facebook.com/concretemystique
www.facebook.com/gallerymystique
See us in:
Tennessee Crossroads
Concrete Decor article on the Nashville Dinner Theatre
Concrete Decor Article on How I Design
Youtube videos:
Phantom Stairs 1
Phantom Stairs 2
Nashville Dinner Theater