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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.
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Added Jun 14, 2004
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Ritch Gaiti, an emerging self-taught artist, has been painting for over fifteen years. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Ritch became visually attracted to the Native American subject by the warm colors and the spiritual nature of the people and the land. Inspired by the works of the legendary photographer Edward S. Curtis and his contemporaries, who chronicled Indian life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Ritch became sympathetic to the Native American culture, their history and their fallen journey. As he paints the people, the land and the spirits, he tries to recapture the ethos of a civilization lost. He is currently exhibiting his works in several galleries across the country.
Returning to the Spirits is a compilation of paintings, which commemorates the life and rituals of the Native American people and the southwest. The people, the horses and the buffalo are memorialized through a series of paintings portrayed in a pictorial voyage through a spiritual world founded in the earth and nature. This nostalgic journey begins with the voices of the ancient ones, spoken through the petroglyphs and early Anasazi cliff dwellings, and continues through the nineteenth century Ghost Dance, which celebrates the return of the land to a time before the white man’s intrusion.
This series of paintings celebrates a unique people in a unique time in American history.
Added Jun 14, 2004
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“These proud people, their rich culture, and tragic history haunt and provoke me. Reliving their journey on canvas has been my passion for the past ten years. I dedicate this series to a simpler life.”
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