GL RICHARDSON

GL Richardson, (b. Richmond, VA 1993), is a self-taught artist living and working out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. His work is held in private collections internationally and been exhibited in both group and solo shows across the United States. He is best known for his paintings addressing the modern west. This artistic focus came after a transformational year working on a cattle ranch in central New Mexico. Since then, he has continued learning and engaging with the ranching world. Many of these relationships and stories are actively depicted in his work.

Sifting through troves of personal photography, film frames, historical photos and other far-flung source material is the first step in Richardson’s process. He then connects the dots; working these images and their explicit or implied meanings through a visual language that translates between ranching and urban life. 

Richardson’s paintings run parallel to his life and while quasi-biographical have been able to strike a chord with a broad audience. These works depicting the West can be found in ranch bunkhouses to high rise apartments. His work rouses the collective unconscious as we are not so far removed from the world that he portrays.