Rich Arriagada

I've been drawing for as long as I can remember. I've taken a few drawing and painting classes in high school and college, but most of what I have learned is self taught. My great grandfather was a well known artist in Chile and I've been told that my artistic ability is in the genes. That may be so, but I also believe it to be a gift from God.

All of my work is done in my home. People have asked me where do I get my subject matter or what inspires me. I don't really have an answer for that other than something will appear in my mind and I always think it through and picture it many times over. Inspiration comes over me, I pray on it and I get to painting it. Some projects will take me just a few hours while others will go on for weeks, even months. Thank you for visiting my site, and please come back again as I will be updating.

PSALMS 139: 13-16


For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me was written in your book before one of them came to be.

There are few things that bring me greater peace than opening my soul on a bare canvas. Hours will seem like minutes and I become entranced by the challenge and reward that painting gives me. This is truly a gift from God. To create something out of a few tubes of color is fascinating. I am not afraid to put before you an image that might challenge your understanding of things around you, or something you have been taught, have accepted and grown comfortable in believing. Art is one of the truest forms of free expression and painting is the voice I choose to shout out to the world with.