Bighorn Sheep on a mesa in Moab, UT

Bighorn On The Mesa

SOLD – Latest painting! Bighorn sheep on the mesa in Moab, Utah. Working title “Harold” 16″ x 20″ Oils on stretched canvas. Desert Bighorn Sheep are named ‘Tse’tah Dibe’ in the Navajo Language, which translates to ‘Sheep of the Rocks’. Bighorn sheep are sacred to the Navajo People. This is Read more

Somewhere In Arches

Wintertime At Arches

Somewhere in Arches National Park. I’m not sure what or if this particular spot has a name, but you’ll see it in wide shots that have Turret Arch sometimes. I did this painting just for practice on a 9″ x 12″ canvas pad, but it turned out better than I Read more

Red Wash Balanced Rock

Red Wash Balanced Rock

Moab is known for the famous Balanced Rock in Arches National Park. It’s so famous, it doesn’t even need any clarification on where it is. This is a painting of the far lesser know Red Wash Balanced Rock. If you stood next to it, you would take up maybe 1/10th Read more

Mary Jane Canyon Falls - Oil Painting by Rich Cleveland

First Painting of 2023

Mary Jane Canyon Waterfall in Moab, Utah. Oils on paper, 6″ x 8″. This is a study for a future painting (not for sale). I’ve been experimenting with different surfaces, mediums, canvas toning and more. I also built a new plein air painting easel and palette box, with a nice Read more

Yesterday & Today

New Landscape 18″ x 24″

This landscape is entitled “Yesterday & Today” and features a rider on horseback at a natural feature in Kane Creek Canyon (Moab, Utah) known as “The Devil’s Golf Ball” and also, by rock climbers, as “Happy Turk Hoodoo”. It was my first time painting on stretched linen. I liked it! Read more

Paintings By Commission

I was recently asked to repaint these two paintings by request/commission. Both are scenes I have done before, but the first one came out better (according to the purchaser, but I agree) and the second is larger…but I think it’s better too. Here they are: