Lesley Rich

Plein air painter Lesley Rich is a colorist who transforms her varied subjects with lavish brush strokes and rich color. "My paintings, even my landscapes, are more about people. Hopefully, they are an honest glimpse into the beauty of people's lives." Lesley's stunning compostions borrow elements from both the Impressionist and Expressionist movements, yet they remain highly individual. Her vibrant palette and lyrical brush work blend seamlessly to create exquisite landscape, figure, and still life paintings.

An avid traveler who paints in exotic places throughout the world, Lesley is never wanting for subject matter. Whether she is on a street corner in Zanzibar or by the canals of Venice, her oils are always at her side; the stories she tells with paint are spontaneous and unburdened.

Lesley Rich has exhibited in more than 30 invitational art shows around the country and is a member of the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, API, Allied Artists, American Artists Professional League, Pacific Art League and Oil Painters of America. She travelled with Chaparral's Plein Air Exhange trip to Italy in May 2003, and received a Best of Show award at the 2004 Masters in Montana festival.

 

White Umbrellas, Ferrara
oil, 9 x 12      $ 1,500

Enoteca Santa Margharita
oil, 8 x 10      $ 1,500

Jazz
oil, 14 x 7      $ 1,000

Giraffe
oil, 20 x 30      $ 2,800

A Cold One
oil, 9 x 11      $ 1,500

Tango in Green
oil, 16 x 16      $ 2,300

Main Street, Bozeman
oil, 7 x 21      $ 1,700

Edinburgh March
oil, 9 x 9      SOLD

Family Scrapbook
oil, 10 x 12      SOLD

A Table at Le Dieux
oil, 14 x 11      SOLD

Parisienne with Red Umbrella
oil, 12 x 8      SOLD