NADA New York 2023

Over the past two decades, the artist has forged his signature out of his explorations of color and its intertwining with form, his unmistakable pastel hues sprawling across canvases textured with delicate layers of fabric, paper and paint. Waves builds on this foundation, Ritchey’s cross-disciplinary approach assembling mediums and techniques used by the artist at various points throughout his career into a holistic body of work. From one painting to the next, the blur of colors gains a shadowy density, interrupted by rigid geometric forms which sit within like an object left in the sand by a wave receding from the shore. The dimensional applications of textile and paper to the canvases enhance the effect of this growing density.