Rick Bankhead nurtures his passion for painting by taking classes with David Addison Small at Mass College of Art and with Ed Stitt at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (now affiliated with Tufts University), Hilda Neilly and John Clayton at The Cape School of Art and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM).  He is inspired with the magical lighting of Provincetown and seeks to capture that light in his work.