Rick Howell resides in Mogote , Colorado , a small town at the mouth of Canejos Canyon in the Southern San Juan Mountains.
        After receiving a degree from Colorado State University in Biology, Howell Pursued a successful career managing stock brokerage firms in Denver . A self-taught landscape painter, he left the business world in1993 to become a full time artist.
        Howell is a nationally recognized artist. His work is held in many corporate and private collections.