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The third son and namesake of their father, Rick is the tallest and best looking of the four bothers. He strives to be fun and playful with his brothers but secretly is a little intimidated by them and their girlfriends. He continually tries to compensate for his lower view to demonstrate that he is just like them but feels he falls short.
Rick ultimately is a man of dichotomy. He doesn’t see himself as the tallest, or the smartest, or the best looking. He looks up to Utah Blaine as the family patriarch and loves each brother dearly but at the same time he is subconsciously competing with each, trying to prove that he can fill the role as well as they can as leader and father figure. He sometimes looks at his brothers and believes them to be overly flamboyant, witty, and overbearing while thinking he is shy and a bit of a recluse
However, Rick is by far the most over the top in appearance of the brothers; not flashy but big. He over compensates his perceived inferiority by being dramatically large at everything. This largeness drives his personality and character. He tries to emulate his brothers in every way but changes it unknowingly by adding elements which make him look bolder. He is Mr. Shotgun (x3), Mr. big truck, Mr. big ideas. His plans and schemes are large and at times overly complex. When he commits to something he gets very zealous about the idea and has a hard time listening to anyone else. He will work on it until he succeeds or totally fails. He can be obstinate and will only learn by doing things himself.
Finally for those who count him as a friend, Rick is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, cheerful, thrifty, brave, and clean. Almost everything a perfect boy scout should be. But these traits are not extended universally. His enemies find him to be aggressive, violent, underhanded, moody, wantonly destructive, unrestrained, vengeful, and downright mean.
8x10 oil on canvas board
Description taken from the Coontail Brother's Blog: