Ron Deak

Ron Deak is a California native born in the quaint town of Petaluma, California. With family heritage of Hungarian, Scottish, German, and English descent ... he feels truly American. He is a surfer, and lover of California’s oceans, mountains, deserts, and other natural beauty.

Ron began painting as a young teenager and took art classes in college. Raising a family took him into other business ventures but the art world kept tugging at his heartstrings and he eventually returned to what gives him the most joy - oil painting. This love of art led him along with his wife Aida Ganddini, to purchase Villas & Verandas art gallery. They owned the gallery for 8 years, and the gallery has grown to be a gallery that depicts California Heritage with the California oil paintings as well as Colonial Santos (saints) that are part of California Mission history. Art has become a very integral part of Ron’s life, and he has a hard time getting through a day without painting. Ron has a high regard for fellow artists, finding inspiration through many of their stirring depictions of California’s vanishing open spaces.

Two of Ron’s paintings are featured in the book “Land of Sunlight” along with other notable California Impressionists. He has won "Honorable Mention" for plein air paintings he entered in both the 2007 & 2008 "Paint San Clemente" competitions. The event featured over 100 artists and 200 paintings.