KimballRicky

Born and raised in Southeast Texas, Ricky gravitated toward art at an early age. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 2005 to 2010 where he worked on aircraft, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009.

Upon leaving the Marines, Ricky studied Media Art and Animation at the Art Institute of Austin where he learned how to utilize 3D modeling software. It was there that he developed a passion for digital sculpture using ZBrush, and in 2015, he earned a ZBrush certification under the direction of Ryan Kingslien.

In 2017, Ricky became the first dedicated digital designer for Deep in the Heart Art Foundry in Bastrop, TX where he worked alongside Clint Howard, using 3D printing and milling technologies to assist artists like Joe Kenney, Todji Kurtzman, Jim Franklin, and others in realizing their digital creative ideas in bronze.

After his time at the foundry, Ricky went on to study sculpture at Texas State University under the guidance of Roger Colombik. Ricky continues to sculpt both traditionally and digitally, and seeks to continue to push the digital sculpture frontier as the primary artist and CEO of Bat City Art Works, LLC.