Spotlight Artist

Ryan Richey

Midwest
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The Family Quilt

Five smiling people in a car with a colorful patchwork road ahead, grass on both sides.

oil on panel

Midnight Movers

Cartoon city street with tall buildings, trucks, and an overloaded blue pickup truck.

oil on panel

Slow Dance

Two people embrace, surrounded by a circle of diverse, smiling faces under a dark blue sky.

oil on panel

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Artist Statement

 Ryan Richey’s works are honest and direct, concerned with connecting with the viewer and communicating without pretense. He depicts both the intimate and the mundane, the traumatic and the joyous, utilizing straightforward compositional strategies, relatable perspectives, and humor to build common ground with audiences and explore vulnerability, shared experiences, and life in America.

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