This page is currently under construction, check back for updates!    A collection of 15 new works all painted in the last eighteen months   Opening Reception 11 am-1 pm Saturday May 10, 2023 Show closing July 1*   Crossroads Art Center 2016 Staples Mill Road Richmond Virginia 23230 804-278-8950 M-F 10-5, Sun. 12-4   Let me know if a painting interests you. The right of refusal will be given in the order that I receive collector requests.    Work can be viewed in the gallery as early as May 5. Pre-sale runs May 5-9 for collectors who have ..read more

My work life can easily be summed up as follows: Preparing for an exhibit, or presenting an exhibit.   Since I just had a large show close, I'm back at the preparation part, rebuilding my inventory. I don't have any major projects happening just yet, or even have a major exhibit planned (that'll come after I have a variety of new work, both large and small, under my belt). But I am having fun doing some spontaneous painting exercises to keep my skills honed.    The Behind The Scenes  blogs are an ongoing work-journal, so here's what I've been up to in the summer/fall of 20 ..read more

My work life can easily be summed up as follows: Preparing for an exhibit, or presenting an exhibit. Since I just had a large show close, I'm back at the preparation part, rebuilding my inventory. I don't have any major projects happening just yet, or even have a major exhibit planned (that'll come after I have some new work under my belt). But I am having fun doing some spontaneous painting exercises to keep my skills honed.    The Behind The Scenes blogs are an ongoing work-journal, so here's what I've been up to in the summer of 2022:     From a newsletter sent July 22 ..read more

Opening Reception 6-9 pm Friday May 20, 2022 Crossroads Art Center 2016 Staples Mill Road Richmond Virginia 23230 804-278-8950   Let me know if a painting interests you. The right of refusal will be given in the order that I receive collector requests. Prices will be announced May 11. Pre-sale begins May 14 for collectors who have requested right of refusal.  All work, including Sold, remains in the exhibit thru July 1. Click on a painting for more information. The page is currently under construction, so check back for updates. I'm in the midst o ..read more

From a newsletter sent December 30, 2021:   It's almost the end of the year. I'm probably not alone in doing a little looking back and a little looking forward. For this newsletter, in the latter category, here are two new paintings, part of my upcoming May exhibition. And looking back, here's an older painting now available as a museum-quality print.   El Vaquero Cubano Oil, 22x28", 2021   El Vaquero Cubano will be one of the highlight paintings of the upcoming show. Vaquero is the Spanish word for "cowboy". I visited a tobacco farm in Cuba in 2017, and t ..read more

                                              Interlude: The Painter Cameron Ritcher In His Studio (oil, 36x24") was painted between August and November 2020. While the painting took dozens of hours to complete, in this video you can see various stages of the painting from start to finish in about 75 seconds.                                     Cameron is an artist friend here in ..read more

I'm busy preparing for a new exhibit opening in May with approximately 25 new paintings, as mentioned in the August newsletter. In the meantime, some new business cards got me thinking about a previous exhibit.    Yep, that's me at my easel.   But this is only a small portion of the original painting, called Model Break (oil, 30x24", 2016). If you haven't seen the painting before, there's a lot more to it, and I'd like to share a bit of its story with you.   Model Break, oil, 30x24", 2016    I began Model Break in late December 201 ..read more

On June 16 I painted a model for the first time from life since March of 2020. Like many artists who work with models on a regular basis, I had to stop during Covid. Post vaccination, it felt great to work with model Kim, who posed in the backyard of an artist friend. The photo shows the start of the painting. I'll show you more progress in a future newsletter.          This is a demo from June 29. My classes are still being held on Zoom, so this was done in my studio while my Zoom students watched and worked on their own paintings.    Here’s anoth ..read more

  In December of 2019, I received a phone call from my gallery congratulating me on the sale of my painting “Man With Violin” (photo above). The collector’s name was new to me, so I knew this was a first time buyer. I followed up with a thank you note and an email, and that began an email conversation that turned into phone conversations and eventually visits to my studio. Thus began a journey that has resulted in 60 paintings of mine now in his collection.   From the collector: “In Richmond, I would make a point to visit Crossroads Art Center every other month, just to walk through ..read more

  From a newsletter sent February 4, 2021:     "Interlude: The Painter Cameron Ritcher In His Studio was painted between August and November 2020. While the painting took dozens of hours to complete, in this video you can see various stages of the painting from start to finish in about 75 seconds..." Read Full Newsletter     From a newsletter sent March 17, 2021:  Painting Adventure In Southern Italy & Germany Part 1   From a newsletter sent April 11, 2021: Painting Adventure In Southern Italy & Germany Part 2 From a blog posted Marc ..read more