Painting titled "Fractured Rain" by Ritch Gaiti, Original Artwork, Oil

Fractured Rain Painting by Ritch Gaiti

Not For Sale

Original Artwork Painting, Oil on Canvas

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 30in, Width 40in
Categories Paintings under $5,000 Horse

Horses trudge through the rain. Lightly textured. Oil on canvas About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles Oil Paint consisting[...]

Ritch Gaiti

United States

Ritch Gaiti is nationally recognized for his moving oil paintings capturing the spirit, drive and emotion of horses and the American west— a horse runs free on the open range; a buffalo oversees the plains that he rules; a proud people enjoy a rich culture and a oneness with the land. The paintings are about change, evolution, and extinction—something emerges, something disappears. Each represents the spirit of a time long gone.

Ritch paints in oils, often using a warm palette and texture to add another dimension and give the effect of the passage of time. Gaiti says: “Somewhere deep inside the image of the horse, lies the essence of the horse; that is what I’m after.”

He is rapidly building a strong following with collectors through exhibitions in many museums and galleries. His work has been featured on the cover of Horses in Art magazine, as well as Elite Equestrian magazine, Sidelines, a national horse magazine, Southwest Art, and Art of the West magazines. He has exhibited in corporate venues as well as museums across the country.

“One of this country’s foremost equine painters.” Jan Purcell The Times of Trenton.

Gaiti says: “Horses embody beauty, grace, strength, but, most of all, freedom. Nothing compares to the exciting energy of horses running free on the open range. I paint their raw and gentle vitality in their natural environs — a pasture, an open range, climbing a hill or crossing water. There are no fences to constrain them, just the natural obstacles of nature.”

“No other contemporary artist captures the human/equine bond more sympathetically than Gaiti.” Gallery and Studio magazine

He is currently exhibiting his works in galleries in Whitefish MT, Fort Collins CO, Alpharetta GA, and Delray Beach FL. His entire portfolio may be viewed on . Ritch is also a writer, having written several novels. He also enjoys tennis, skiing and is a private pilot.