Project Description
Rich Gallego
Rich has been painting the landscape since 1996. His love of nature has taken him from Arizona’s Canyon de Chelly to the beaches of Hawaii. From the rivers, gorges, and adobes of New Mexico to the glaciers of Alaska and so many places in between, all in search of the scenes he loves to paint. Referring to his obsession with painting as “my magnificent affliction”, he is constantly searching for ways to reveal the natural world to others through paint. Rich teaches plein air workshops in Southern California, has taught workshops for Cloudcroft Art Workshops in New Mexico, and for eight years, taught workshops for the Taos Art School in New Mexico. He was twice juried into the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association’s “Best of Plein Air” show. He has been featured in several articles on “Outdoor Painter” and appeared as a featured artist in “American Art Collector” magazine. Rich has been represented by several galleries in California and Wyoming. He has been a faculty member for the annual Plein Air Convention and Expo in Santa Fe, NM twice and for PACE23 in Denver. In 2024 Streamline Publishing released his first instructional Video, “Autumn Gold, Paint Landscapes With Impact”.
