Artist Rico Martin dies near Lake Shasta

[Barry]

So Sad



Artist Rico Martin dies near Lake Shasta
LORNA SHERIDAN INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER | July 31, 2017, 9:51PM

Richard “Rico” Martin, the artist responsible for the dramatic bright-hued transformation of more than a half dozen Springs businesses, died last weekend, according to social media posts by family and friends.

On Monday evening, news reports from KOBI in Siskiyou County confirmed that Martin, 62, drowned while snorkeling in Cliff Lake, 16 miles southwest of Mt. Shasta, on Saturday. His body was located on Sunday some 70 feet down in water of about 38 degrees.

The accident took place only days after Martin returned from a two-month-long trip to Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

Martin is best known in Sonoma for transforming eight storefronts along a two-mile stretch of Springs neighborhoods on Highway 12 with a bright palette of colors that garnered him both loyal fans and some harsh critics.

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[Scott McKeown]

Rico Martin was a great soul, a presence for good, and friend of many in the West County area for the past several decades, and places far beyond. He was my dear friend and brother. He will be deeply missed.

Scott