PicketPost Mountain Painting

Picketpost Mountain (Superior, AZ)

Picketpost Mountain – 9″ x 12″ oils on canvas From a recent trip to Superior, AZ to visit the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. It was nice to paint something different (other than Moab stuff). The winter weather in Superior was amazing, but my wife Katie and I were sick with the Read more

A painting of Turret Arch From North Window

Turret Arch From North Window

Turret Arch From North Window – 8″ x 10″ oils on canvas This is one of six paintings commissioned by @madmoose.events for this month; total will be 34 paintings for 2023-2024. Thanks Justin & Denise! Calls for 8×10 format, but I’m definitely looking forward to painting this one bigger. It was a Read more

Painting of Morning Glory Arch

A Day At Morning Glory Bridge

Morning Glory Bridge 8″ x 10″ – oils on canvas Just a little painting for you of Morning Glory Bridge in Grandstaff Canyon near Moab. A rare moment when this place was not crawling with tourists holding smartphones. I’ve been working on finally getting out of our laundry room, where Read more

Dragonfly #3 oil painting by Rich Cleveland

Dragonfly #3

Painted this one for the third time, a commission from Moab local Jeanette Kopell, someone my wife and I have known more than 25 years. Thank you Jeanette! Every time I painted this one, I made small improvements (in my opinion). The second one went to Anita Hallberg of La Read more

Untitled!

Just trying to paint something larger than usual. I paint a lot of small studies, 8x10s or 9x12s, every week for practice. For this one, I did something different that always ends up making the final result turn out sort of…not as expected. For this one I did a detailed Read more