Rick Bayers has been collecting fine art for over 30 years. Following are just a few the artists representing local, regional and national regions The artwork can be viewed at Buckcreek Gallery in Festus, MO by appointments only.  Call Gallery for more info: 314-616-5875

Ste. Genevieve Art Colony

Joesph Vorst, Bernard Peters, Joe Jones, Matt Ziegler, Charles Rhinehart, Miriam McKinnie, Jesse Beard Rickly, Betty Geraghty, Roscoe Misselhorn, Dolly Dufour

St. Louis Regional/WPA

Ernest Trova, Thomas Hart Benton, Frank Nuderscher, Fred Conway, Janet Cummings, Kathleen Daly Matteuzzi. Lillian Thoele, Michael Chomyk, Russel Kraus. Tanasko Milovich, Philip Gronemeyer, Mary Gronemeyer, Michael Eastman

Hoosier Saloon Artists

Carl Krafft, Gustave Bauman, Charles Hirsch

Western Regional Art

Fred Oldfeld, Joshua Kydd, Kelly Moore, Maria Martinez, Phil Stark, Walt Gonske, Southwestern Pottery

Other Collections

Rembrandt etchings, Remington Bronzes, Susie Dubek Bronze, Victor Minkin, Hezekiah Baker (Original Highwayman Painter), Duncan Carlton, Carl Christian Dahlgren, Leslie Benson, Religious Art, American Art Glass, (Vintage and modern) Signed American and European Etchings, Early American Potter, (Weller Roseville, Rookwood)

Local Artists

Michelle Spenser, Dan Jefferson, Derek Gallagher, Chiara Moeschel, James Woodridge, Leon Basler, Tom Dolan, Jean Rissover, Jim Wilson, Julie Snidle, Mark Green, Ray Harter, Thomas Ricks, Bud Adams, Bob Uding