"Navigating with only part of the map."

 

For Merchán, exploration is imperative — traditional studies in serenity grow bold in hi’s newer work, taking on broad strokes and a Fauvist palette.

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Richard divides his time between California’s Sonoma County and Greenwood, Minnesota, revisiting, reimagining, and reworking subjects he has come to know over a lifetime’s work.

 

Two thousand miles and 180 degrees away, Merchán embraces a more intimate approach. Amid the vineyards and coastlines of his country home, Merchán turns to plein air painting — “one-take” studies, the province of the truly assured.