Having local artist Richard Kaiser as an instructor in the Warren Senior Center’s popular painting class has been a stroke of genius, if you’ll pardon the expression.

Participants have learned quickly the value of having an instructor of Kaiser’s stature during these Tuesday morning sessions.

As mentioned in his impressive bio, Kaiser is a 1970 graduate of the Swain School of Design and has been an art teacher in Rehoboth, Mass. for many years. It is but a small part of what has amounted to a lifelong dedication to art.

His work can be found in private and public collections nationwide, “and he was the only artist to do three consecutive years of trout paintings for The Rhode Island Trout Conservation Stamp and has had a lifelong love of wildlife and the sea.”

Said Warren Senior Center Executive Director Betty Hoague, “Richard is a great instructor, very patient and kind, and the students thoroughly enjoy his classes. He takes students through the learning process of how to create a painting from beginning to end. They learn a great deal during the course, create a beautiful painting, and have fun in the process.”

Among those seniors who take part in this four-week painting course are Charlotte Ferris, Frances Palazzo, JoAnn Nutini, Barbara Gracie, Mille Andreozzi, Donna Gablinske, Jean Leffers, and Agnes Mello.

Richard had touched the lives of so many with his countless drawings, depicting some famous local and area scenes along the way.

Even in nearby Bristol, Richard Kaiser’s extraordinary work hasn’t gone unnoticed.

He’s been an avid supporter of the Bristol Fourth of July Committee and Celebration, depicting some of the town’s most famous scenes and backgrounds for its annual Fourth of July Celebration Souvenir Book.

Richard Kaiser is a master artist who has drawn freely on his imagination over the years and his students have been the beneficiaries. Just ask anyone in in his Warren Senior Center painting class.