Richard Pence, a local artist and architect, works in bold abstract forms and vivid colors to depict the Montana landscape. Pence uses the landscape as a tool for self discovery. The strong brushstrokes and implied movement draws the viewer’s eye around the canvas, allowing them to explore something new each time.

I think that a good painting has the ability to change the viewer’s perspective and also be a sounding board for the thoughts of the viewer. With this in mind, I work to arrange the formal aspects of each painting as having more importance than the actual depiction of the place. I work to reduce each form to it’s essence in hope of leaving the viewer with the possibility of being more deeply affected by those forms and having a greater sense of place.

– Richard Pence

To view Pence’s available work, please click here