Artists Registry

Born and raised in Manhattan’s East Harlem, Ralph Papa now resides in Boynton Beach. His artworks range from studio paintings composed of real and imagined themes from larger than life faces, to figurative, portraits and plein air paintings that reflect his admiration for nature and individuality. Papa studied art and architecture in New York at Queens College and City College and painted under Henry Gasser at the Art Students League.

Ralph Papa teaches drawing and painting at his Delray studio and at the Delray Center for the Arts at Old School Square. He is a member of the Garrison Art Center, the Delray Art League, former President of the Artists’ Guild of the Boca Raton Museum and and organizer of ‘Plein Air Painters of Palm Beach’. Papa’s artworks are in public and private collections in the U.S. and Canada. His work can be seen in galleries in Boynton and in Delray Beach at his studio, the Artists’ Guild Gallery and on his website at www.papagallery.com.