Richard Riverin is one of the bestselling artists in the USA and Canada. His heavy textured paintings never cease to excite the admiration to all art lovers and artists. Born in 1942, he received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Sherbrooke University and worked as a chemist for Laurentides Paint before starting his own specialty coatings business, Encoat Chemicals Ltd. In 1976 he sold it and bought his first gallery. He has been in the art field ever since.What makes people fall in love with his work? The color harmony? The unusual texture? The diversity and appeal of his unique compositions? Riverin's answer is: "It is more than the above mentioned; it is the connection! People who own one of my paintings sense it every day; they sense a connection to my worlds, my dreams, a connection to a superior universe."In his third hard cover art book "Riverin Modern Impressions 3", you can read a few short stories and amongst them: "The Perpendicular World", "One Step to Eden", "Meeting with God", and "The Notebook".Riverin is also a novelist and the author of "Ghama-2, An Afterlife Story" trilogy. That trilogy is available at Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com