The T-Ride – 100TH POST on Instagram! A while ago I took a pic of this Pontiac in Thompson Springs, UT with my friend Mark. Finally got around to painting it.
9″ x 12″ oils on canvas.
I also just realized that my cellphone camera has been ruining photos of my paintings. Pumping color, sharpening edges, exaggerating darks, sharpening canvas texture…dammit man. For like, the entire last year. I went back to my 35mm style digital camera. No take-backs either. How did I not notice?? ????
I am Rich Cleveland, artist, musician, bike rider, & former web developer. I enjoy painting landscapes around my hometown of Moab Utah. Occasionally I will paint something from my imagination, using the desert or other landscape as inspiration. I also paint a few portraits and still lifes here and there.
Here are six paintings commissioned by @madmoose.events for their Arches Ultra event in Moab. All are 8″x10″ and went to the top six finishers. Total number of commissioned paintings to date for Justin & Denise Ricks Read more…
Dragonfly – 11″ x 14″ oils on canvas New version of one of my favorite scenes to paint here in Moab. One of the first places shown to me by locals when I moved here Read more…
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 Read more…