Ryan, a native Californian, has been traveling around the country doing Regional Theater since 1996, he moved to NYC in 2005, where he lived for 15 years, before returning to the West Coast. He has been directing and acting in acclaimed professional productions, including Broadway World Award-nominated Othello (LA) and A View from the Bridge (NYC), and most recently in the Bay Area at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and The College Preparatory School.

As an actor he has performed for companies including Artists Repertory Theater, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Sierra Repertory Theater, Rubicon Theatre Company,A Noise Within, and Illinois Shakespeare Festival.   He has also directed sevearl operas and youth productions, and has had a long career in Theater Education, having taught Acting, Shakespeare, Directing, and Playwriting at NYU, Lee Strasberg Institute and CSULB. 

Imagine a world where every form of art intertwines seamlessly, each one feeding into the other. That’s how I see creativity. From the stage to the canvas, each medium adds its own layer of depth and nuance. My journey has danced through the realms of theatre, music, and painting, each one blending into the next.

Picture the spontaneity of jazz meeting the structured freedom of abstract painting, where improvisation and emotion find their place side by side. It’s like capturing the essence of a Shakespearean drama or an operatic aria, translating those rich narratives and feelings onto the canvas.

Painting became my meditation, a way to explore emotions without speaking a single word, or sound.

So, as you look at my work, know that it’s a reflection of this ongoing conversation between different artistic worlds, all coming together to create something uniquely resonant.