Announcement The building my shop was located in for twenty plus years sold this past Sept 1st and my entire existence and inventory was packed up and moved into my girlfriends. Please allow patience and understanding for any inaccurate postings or delays in delivery in the time of transition while I settle, unpack and restructure my life and business endeavors. Thank you, Rip. <3
Announcement
The building my shop was located in for twenty plus years sold this past Sept 1st and my entire existence and inventory was packed up and moved into my girlfriends. Please allow patience and understanding for any inaccurate postings or delays in delivery in the time of transition while I settle, unpack and restructure my life and business endeavors. Thank you, Rip. <3
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Owen on Dec 31, 2019
5 out of 5 starsAmazing!! Thank you for the great variety of stickers,, the piece titled “Pregnant with Infinite Possibilities” is quite amazing and I have it on my phone.
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brokenxandxdivine on Aug 25, 2016
5 out of 5 starsLove this artist and have always loved his mandalas! They're perfect for adding a little sacred beauty to a room. Will keep coming back for more!
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Soooz on Apr 28, 2015
5 out of 5 starsGorgeous art. So lucky to own this. Shipped carefully and promptly.
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About RipVanWagonerArt
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Buy art, I need the room in my gallery lol. :)
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A glimpse of my studio and some unfinished works.
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Like I said, I'm running out of space, please buy some art! :)
A light in the darkness.
In 2007 I woke in Albany Medical Center NY, confused and disoriented. I explained to the nurses that I was an alcoholic and drug addict with a few years sobriety and not to give me anything stronger than an over the counter pain medication. What I didn't realize was that I had totaled my motorcycle in a head on collision the day before and had a morphine drip in my IV. I had lost my left leg above the knee and almost lost my left (dominant) arm among other injuries. Over the counter wasn't going to quite cut it.
Thanks to a few surgeries, along with a lot of charity and hard work, I was able to keep the location of Thereforever and reopened a little over a year later. I had begun painting again as physical and emotional therapy and become much more aware of the spiritual. Lucky enough to live a quick drive away from CoSM (Chapel of Sacred Mirrors), then in NYC, I made a couple pilgrimages during this time and when they moved to Wappingers Falls I became a member and began to go quite regularly. Being surrounded by so many amazing artists inspired me and opened me up to new ideas and techniques. Being surrounded by so many people of different beliefs helped me follow my heart, leading me back towards the higher power I had left in my adolescence and searched for through out my sobriety.
Feeling as though I had awaken from a dream, I was reminded of local Catskill legend Rip Van Winkle that had slept 20 years of his life away after drinking with dwarves in the mountains. Feeling in many ways reborn, I chose to begin going by Rip from that point on as a reminder of my awakening and to remember to Rest In Peace. While creating art is one of the few times that I'm sure to find that peace, although sometimes buried under frightening layers of pain and suffering. In that way I hope to transmute that pain into beauty, possibly even love, and share a page from my story to let others that suffer know that they aren't alone. Thank you for visiting.
A hundred thousand blessings,
Richard "Rip Van" Wagoner
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Rip Wagoner
Owner, Creator, Healer
After a devastating motorcycle accident I began painting again as therapy. Creating art is one of the few times that I find peace, sometimes buried under layers of pain and suffering. In this way I hope transmute pain into beauty, sharing it with you
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ArtsAdd
Fujian, China
ArtsAdd is a print provider that boasts a large selection of unique All Over Print products. It has large facilities that combined house more than 300,000 sq ft of production space capable of supplying 9,000 customized items per day and 20,000 items during peak season.
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Duplium
Thornhill, ON
Duplium offers a complete range of services, including custom print-on-demand, packaging, assembly, design, advanced e-commerce fulfillment solutions and merchandising. Better still, with a knowledgeable and dedicated account team, coupled with industry-leading technology and decades of experience
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Imagine Your Photos
Miami, FL
Imagine Your Photos (IYP) is a photo merchandise lab that delivers the highest quality photo products to strategic partners and consumers. Based in Fremont, California, we're committed to delivering the best photo gift products at the best prices with our combination of a state-of-the-art website an
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MMW ON DEMAND
Hendersonville, NC
On Demand printing services are the wave of the future, and MWW continues to add new services, products, and manufacturing capabilities. And a family-owned business built on quality products and outstanding customer service, we continue to thrive in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina.
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SPOKE custom products
Norcross, GA
SPOKE Custom Products boast the fastest fulfillment times with a wide variety of shipping options. They are equipped with flexible and scalable production to handle both promotional and peak holiday sales and have dedicated quality control teams to inspect each product before shipping.
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Uniqcube
Latvia
UNIQCUBE started its journey in 2016 and their headquarter and factory is located in Northern Europeʼs Baltic region, in Latvia. They use my art to create the perfect lamp to assist your enlightenment.
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