Riva Sweetrocket Sold at Auction Prices

Riva Sweetrocket was born in Oregon and has been drawing, painting and creating since she could walk. Her father was an architect and her mother a poet and short fiction writer, having published 12 books to date. Sweetrocket grew up surrounded by literary and artistic talent and success. She received a degree in psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder but abandoned the field to pursue a career as a professional artist. Although she has had extensive art course work, Sweetrocket is essentially self-taught.

Her solo show, Handle With Care was chosen as one of Denver's Top Ten Art Shows of the year by The Denver Post. Sweetrocket’s primary medium is pastel on paper and her huge iconic images have the feel of oil paintings. She currently lives and works in New York City, where she is pursuing her next big endeavor.