Few Western painters working today have captured the poetic spirit of the West as profoundly and vividly as R.S. Riddick.
Pony Coup Prize, oil, 42 x 42”
After classic training in painting in Southern California, Riddick was drawn to the West by Hollywood movies and an uncle who owned cattle ranches in several Western states. Later he would work in commercial art, but the West kept calling. And he answered. “I’ve loved open spaces, ranching and the Western adventure my entire life,” Riddick says in B. Byron Price’s book The Sons of Charlie Russell. “When I was young, my Uncle Jim owned ranches in California and Idaho where he raised cattle and quarter horses, and provided me with the vision beyond concrete and the smog of city life. Time shared with Uncle Jim planted the seed of desire that would draw me to the Southwest and lead me to painting the frontier life, disappearing Native cultures and the lifestyle of the working cowboy.”
Buckeroo Beginnins, oil, 32 x 38”
The Prayerful Song, oil, 46 x 28”
Riddick, who was inducted into the Cowboy Artists of America in 1997 (he has since become an emeritus member), is known for his technical ability as a painter as well as his brilliant use of color. His works have won numerous awards at events across the country and many are now in important Western collections, both private and in museums. He will have a major work at The Russell this August in Great Falls, Montana.
The painter is also known for his reverent depictions of Native American figures, as well as his classic images of cowboys that glorify the Western way of life with magnificent compositions, breathtaking color and sensitive portrayals of these classic figures.—
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