Artwork | Richard Righter

• Moonlight Music: Daniel Grindstaff Banjo

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16. Essence of Appalachian bluegrass music, picking in the moonlight. Inspired by times hanging out with my friend Daniel Grindstaff, an elite banjo player and recording artist who frequently plays on…

• Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence)

  Mixed, Paper, 16 x 12. Katniss Everdeen, heroine of The Hunger Games. [As played by actress Jennifer Lawrence] Mixed media artwork: graphite, charcoal, watercolor.

• Moonshine Run on Copperhead Road

  Oil, Canvas, 36" x 24". Moonshine Run on Copperhead Road The bootlegger sets out on his moonlit run in the latest edition of Righter's series on the moonshine traditions of Appalachia. Depicted here is the actual Copper…

• Moonshine Memories: the Old Still Site

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 16". "Moonshine Memories: the Old Still Site" 16x20 inches, framed oil on canvas. The latest in my series of reflections on Appalachian moonshiners history, and the biggest inspiration for starting th…

• Music in the Gypsy Camp

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 16". Music in the Gypsy Camp captures a contemplative girl by firelight. The tension of the night's energy and music's passionate potential is played against her quiet meditations and fingers paused o…

• Ghosts of Copperhead Road

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 16". ***Prints now available! See "Giclee Prints" tab. Newest painting, Ghosts of Copperhead Road, has been sold. Richard Righter's newest painting depicts the actual Copperhead Road in Johnson County…

• Green Cloche Hat

  Paper, 12" x 9"

• Evening Sun Storm

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 30". Original oil painting by artist Richard Righter. 24x30"

• Paco de Lucía

  Paper, 15" x 16". Portrait of Paco de Lucía, the great flamenco guitarist virtuoso. Charcoal on toned paper. Approx 15x16 in.

• Flamenco Dancer

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 18". Flamenco Dancer captures the passion of flamenco with energetic brush work and brilliant color. 18x24 canvas is framed with red tint and black, lacquer style frame. Ready to hang in home or offic…

• Maidens of the Ruins

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 20. "Maidens of the Ruins" was inspired by the artist's travel while deployed to the Mediterranean and time in the Greek Islands. Original oil painting is sold, but gallery quality giclee on canvas is…

• Coffee Shop Angel

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 20. This new Café Series painting captures the dramatic play of light through coffeehouse windows as it illuminates the pensive gaze of the artist's daughter. Original oil on canvas, 20x24"

• Garden Lights - Outside Eden

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16. "Garden Lights" -- A beautiful girl reflects on her coffee and unknown thoughts. The evening garden provides a fitting backdrop for her contemplations. For those who try to see more and wonder what…

• Flamenco Dancer, Stefany

  Pastel, Paper, 20 x 16.75. Framed, original artwork by artist Richard Righter. Gallery framed with double matte. [outer matte, black; inner matte, red; frame, burnished gold moulding] Grace and beauty of flamenco captur…

• Maiden in the Mist

  Oil, Canvas, 22 x 28. Defining Appalachia through an image “What is Appalachia to me?” That question is the subject of an upcoming art show, asking the artist to personally define Appalachia in an image. I have photogra…

• Fay Wray

  Charoal, pencil, conté crayon, 16 x 12. Custom framed and double matted. High quality giclee prints available.

• Café Lights

  Charcoal, Pencil, Conté, Pastel, Paper, 17 x 19.5. Custom matte & frame with UV, non-glare glass. **High quality giclee prints available.

• Tori in the Café

  Conté, Charcoal, Pencil, Ink, Paper, 16.5 x 14. Framed with double matte. **High quality giclee prints available.

• Cafe de Lune

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36

• Hotel Metro

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36. The original oil painting, "Hotel Metro" is an original oil painting by artist Richard Righter. Inspired by the actual view from a Manhattan hotel window, there is an ambiguous reality of era and m…

• Bailey in the Coffee House

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16

• Coins On The Rail

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 20"