1923
Mr. Rippey is born in LaGrande, Oregon to Harry and Inez Rippey.
1929
As a creative child, his youth is highly concentrated toward art and music.
1941
He studies courses at the Northwestern University School of Music in Evanston, Illinois.
1942
He was inducted into the Infantry Division of the Army, serving through multiple wars.
1944
Mr. Rippey marries his high school sweetheart, Marcia Sanford.
1949
The artist receives a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Stanford University and becomes an art professor at Bakersfield College in California.
1949
He celebrates the birth of his first child, a son named John.
1951
His second child, a daughter named Barbara, is born.
1955
Mr. Rippey studies postgraduate courses at Institute Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and at San Jose State, California.
1956
Mr. Rippey is appointed chairman of the Department of Art when Bakersfield builds a new campus.
1960
He takes a sabbatical leave with his family, visiting museums, galleries, palaces, castles, and touring Europe for a full year.
1967
The artist holds his inaugural one-man show at Cezanne International, owned by Todd and Maris Madigan in Bakersfield, California. He also assists in creating the Art Department for Maui Community College in Hawaii.
1972
He purchases a summer home on Orcas Island in Washington.
1974
He goes on a sabbatical research painting tour of the South Seas including New Zealand, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, China, and Bangkok.
1980
Mr. Rippey retires to become the owner of Sea Spirit Gallery in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii.
1982
He returns to Orcas Island to do painting research, traveling to Mexico, Costa Rica, Africa, China, Scandinavia, and Alaska.
2002
His wife, Marcia, passes away.
2008
He marries Elizabeth and establishes summer studios in Cedar City, Utah and winter studios in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2015
Maris Madigan passes away, ending a 47-year art business relationship.
2017
Mr. Rippey is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.