Author Archives: Ricardo Ruiz the Elder

This idea was sparked by the news of a local young man who drowned after being pulled into deep water by a riptide. It reminded me of the times i had come close to drowning, then had me wonder what goes through a persons mind in those last moments, when he or she has givenContinue reading “Dream of the Drowning Man”

This began with a family superstition, on my mothers side. My Granma Tita believed that lightning reflected in a mirror could blind a person. She and her daughters would cover the mirrors during a storm and then cover their heads with towels. They would sit and talk with their heads covered that way until theContinue reading “A Memory of Lightning”

I felt the need to add watercolor to this drawing, there is a lot of detail but it’s all in the same value range. I needed to make it easier to see what’s going on in the work. I think the watercolor did the trick. The foreground has a primitive setting, down to the dirtContinue reading “The Last Unicorn (watercolor)”

Started this ink drawing a few days ago. The war in Ukraine certainly influenced the imagery…

Finally getting to work i began in December, 2021. This cat portrait is a commission and a lot of fun to paint…

Began this drawing with no title in mind, but as i was adding texture to one of the trees, i saw the phrase “el Paso” appear on the trunk. So, i added a few more lines to define it and kept it…i guess that’s the title now…