Bucks County has been inspiring artists for centuries. Event today artists come to Bucks for inspiration. This page highlights works from a few of those contemporary artists.

 

Peter Fiore
Peter Fiore has been painting and exhibiting his work for almost 30 years. He studied illustration at Pratt Institute and painting at the Art Students League in New York City. He has illustrated thousands of projects, collaborated on more than 20 children's books including Lynne Cheney's NY Times Best-Seller When Washington Crossed the Delaware. He has received over 75 distinguished awards including a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators where he was president from 1993 to 1995.
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Bob Richey
Bob Richey graduated from Penn State University in 1971, earning a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering. During a 25 year engineering career with the U.S. Navy, he always maintained his childhood passion for creating works of art. Bob studied with several local professional artists during this period with the goal of perfecting his own artwork to a professional level. His dream of someday becoming a fulltime professional artist came true in 1996...
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Ilene Rubin
Ilene Rubin has been a painter all her life even though she only painted once in a while for 30 years. The curve of a road, the way a mountain reflects in a river, a bridge over a creek and a crooked tree... These are the things that become subject matter for the canvas. At the age of 5 when asked 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' there was only one answer and it was immediate: "An artist."
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Bill Kibbel
Bill Kibbel is a second generation oil painter. He grew up just across the river from Bucks County, PA not far from Washington's Crossing. After attending schools in Virginia and Ohio, and exploring the UK, he returned to the area and settled in historic Fallsington, a 300 year-old Quaker village in lower Bucks. Living in a home built in 1690, Bill became quite involved in historic building preservation.
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