Rich Gombar

Painter

"I am an American painter of my environment. Where once art needed nature to survive,

we now need art to help nature survive. While not politically motivated, in a sense--

because I paint nature, my work is a political statement. I paint to capture beauty, to hold

forever a passing moment, to memorialize that which may be fleeting, or in the case of

barns and industrial sites, falling. If my paintings, pastels and drawings help more

people become aware of what may be potentially lost, can invoke a sense of wonder as

in childhood, and can be emotionally moving and provoking, then a statement with a

profound impact may be the result. It is a search for the truth without sentimentality. My

work is of nature, but just as important, it is about painting, color, structure. The images

are about Romanticism, transcendentalism and pure emotion. I try to make the

immense intimate."

Website: https://www.richgombar.com