Artist :

Ritch Gaiti

Title :

The River Where Time Stands Still

Medium :

Oil

Price :

$1,750.00

Purchase :

SOLD

Artist Bio :

Ritch Gaiti’s ethereal paintings commemorate the west — a horse runs free on the open range; a buffalo oversees the plains that he rules; a proud people enjoy a rich culture and oneness with the land. The paintings are about change, evolution, and extinction: something emerges, something disappears. Each represents the spirit of a time long gone.

One of Gaiti’s signatures is his use of textured layers, reminiscent of the relief found on cave walls. The series is executed primarily in oils, enhanced with variety of mixed media including sand, to resonate with the ancient traditions.

Gaiti is rapidly building a strong following with galleries and collectors throughout the world. He is an emerging self-taught artist who has been painting for more than 20 years and only recently began to exhibit publicly. He became attracted to the west by the warm colors and the spiritual nature of the people and the land. Through his paintings, he attempts to recapture the ethos of a civilization lost.

Gaiti won the Judges Award of Merit in the Trail of Painted Ponies National Art Competition in 2006 and is a member of the Oil Painters of America and Cowboy Heritage Artists and Photographers Society (CHAPS). He is also an aspiring writer, having written several novels, his first to be published shortly. He enjoys tennis, skiing, and is a private pilot. He is currently exhibiting his works in galleries in Santa Fe, Scottsdale, Jackson, Edwards, Delray Beach, and Lincoln.