Rishona C.

Energy Artist

rishonac@gmail.com

Rishona teaches group and private art lessons. Sign up today for adult beginner drawing and painting classes at BACA pompano. First and third Saturday of each month!

Rishona was born in Miami, FL. By age four, her travels began. As the daughter of an airline pilot a family trip to Israel to support the Ethiopian airlift effort, introduced her to the excitement of international adventures and a sensitivity to the world.

By age seven, she had shared a smile with Mona Lisa at the Louvre, embraced the fallen ruins of the ancient Greeks, gazed upon St. Peter’s Cathedral and received a wide-eyed world education. She acknowledges the impact of her travels shared on many occasions with her family, all of whom enhanced the foundation from which she evolves on her canvas and books.

Her style has become known as “Energy Art” due to the high impact of patterns depicted from going beyond the surface level of a subject.

She began to supplement her studies in high school by interning at the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in her senior year. After high school she graduated with honors from FAU earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art focusing on painting. She has also studied internationally in Italy, and Israel.

She currently works as an elementary art teacher in Boca and adult art instructor (BACA Pompano), helping students build confidence through creative expression. She is the author and illustrator of three books available on Amazon: A View From Tall to Small, Slow Dance, and The Back Story, a Scoliosis Tale. Each book features her original illustrations alongside blank pages that invite readers to write their own interpretations and stories. She also helps run a swing dance in fort Lauderdale and has been performing for events throughout South Florida. Through this interactive format, she encourages people to reflect on their own experiences while also acknowledging and appreciating different perspectives in similar situations.