Paintings by Richard Young

Born in Asheville, North Carolina, I grew up in the hills of West Virginia. I have lived the intervening years in the Alleghenies of Bath County and the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Following a satisfying first career as a school art teacher, I am now into my long-anticipated painting career, depicting the natural world around me.

I am blessed to be able to capture, in  brush strokes, some of the great beauty of the natural world. Using oils-on-canvas, I carefully craft each scene, each specific place, each season, each time of day. I reach for the drama, the mood, and the details unique to each place I have lived and visited. My intention is that each work will provide a pleasing sense of identity and connection.