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I took one art class and have no formal training. I began this art activity in the year 1998 when I began to travel, mostly for other work purposes. I managed to go through every longitude line on the globe and have been above the Arctic Circle too.

My artistic style varies quite a bit but most of it can be consider photo art. All my photo work shown is original or has been digitally modified from my original photos unless otherwise stated. I hold the copyright for the same. Recently I have been experimenting in the abstract realms of digital painting and acrylic painting.

My work is duplicated on three sites: tim-richards.pixels.com, fineartamerica.com/profiles/tim-richards.html, and pixels.com/profiles/tim-richards.html. You can also check out my work and favorite art on http://www.pinterest.com/ETransformation, i.e. my collection of art: 'ad ven tures in art'. If you are a professional interior designer or art dealer, you may purchase my work on designerprints.com.

Keep in mind that a purchased item will not include the 'Fine Art America' watermark. Your printed image will be clear and devoid of imperfections such as haloing and chromatic aberration and will of course be printed at a much higher resolution as shown on your monitor. Also, keep in mind that any image you purchase will be printed on a textured material (even metal prints and glossy paper have a specific sheen!). That is why you do not see evidence of print material on the image as presented on this site. Just need a sheen, try the metallic print. If you simply wish a little texture, try the textured paper. For heavy texturing, go for the canvas. There is plenty of advice on the web if you are uncertain what substrate to choose. You should check out the Variations Gallery to see if there other versions of an image you are interested in, as I often make several versions.


As of 11/7/18 590 (or 64%) of my images have been featured in FAA groups. A featured image is an image favorably selected by an FAA group administrator and appears on the group home page.

On 11/6/18 I received seond place in FAA's 'Avant-garde Signature Artwork' contest for my digital art, Getting High at Lake Mead.
On 7/26/18 I received third place in FAA's 'West Australian Sunsets' contest for my digital art, Sun Go Down.
On 5/27/18 I received second place in FAA's 'Streetlampia Part Deux With a Twist' contest for my digital art, Alien Surveillance 2.
On 4/13/18 I tied for first place in FAA's 'Equations in Art' contest for my digital art, In Formulae for an Eclipse.
On 3/10/18 I received third place in FAA's 'Read Across America' contest for my digital art, In The Woods Book Cover.
On 3/5/18 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Bold Graphic Abstracts' contest for my digital art, Ten After.
On 2/27/18 I tied for second place by number of votes in FAA's 'Artist At Work' contest for my photograph, My Studio View BW.
On 12/7/17 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Roads' contest for my photograph, New Mexico Highway.
On 11/20/17 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Fall Landscape' contest for my digital abstract, Autumn Forest.
On 11/10/17 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Platinum Tint' contest for my monochrome photo, The Squeeze.
On 11/2/17 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'The Aliens Are Here' contest for my digital mixed media, I Saw Them In The Woods.
On 7/11/17 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Aliens Among Us' contest for my digital painting, Dancing with Disease.
On 5/26/17 I tied for second place by number of votes in FAA's 'Ancient Hieroglyphs' contest for my documentary art, The Rock that Tells a Story 2.
On 4/28/17 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Art and a Poem' contest for my digital art, Bear in Mind Poem.
On 3/14/17 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Digitally Altered Painting' contest for my digital altered painting, Your Matrix Cube.
On 3/9/17 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Prehistoric' contest for my black and white photograph, Jurassic Fern BW.
On 2/6/17 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Any Snapshot But' contest for my color photograph, Innocence.
On 1/24/17 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Best Monster Painting or Drawing' contest for my acrylic painting, Winged.
On 12/22/16 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Your best ICM Intentional Camera Movement photographs' contest for my digital color photo, And the Rockets Red Glare.
On 10/10/16 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Go to Mars' contest for my digital color photo, Another Planet.
On 6/20/16 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'A Portrait Of Your Brain' contest for my acrylic painting, Microscopic Insecticide 4.
On 5/6/16 I tied for first place by number of votes in FAA's 'Infographics' contest for my digital photo art, You Do Not Own The Land.
On 5/3/16 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Beauty of New Mexico' contest for my digital photo, Santa Fe Wall.
On 4/10/16 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Science Fiction Artwork' contest for my digital artwork, Far From the Sun.
On 3/18/16 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'True Triptych' contest for my paneled photo, Australian Waterfall P.
On 3/13/16 I tied for second place by number of votes in FAA's 'Astante Icon of new times contest' contest for my digital artwork, Liberation of the Matrix.
On 3/5/16 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Snowbird person' contest for my digital artwork, Nothing To See.
On 2/11/16 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Self Love' contest for my composite photo, My Studio View BW.
On 2/7/16 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'One photo - more parts' contest for my paneled photo, Saguaro Sunset Triptych.
On 8/26/15 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Black and white photographic textures' contest for my black and white photo, Just Another Crate.
On 8/7/15 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'The Iconic American Southwest' contest for my altered photo, Double Arch--Arches National Park.
On 7/29/15 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Video Games' contest for my altered photo, Source Of The Gold Rivers Of Xar.
On 7/11/15 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Nature - Photo-Painting Art' contest for my digital painting, High Desert 2.
On 7/9/15 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'My Favorite Blue Painting' contest for my digital painting, Moonlight Trek.
On 7/7/15 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Textures and Patterns' contest for my black and white photo, Just Another Grate.
On 7/3/15 I tied for second place by number of votes in FAA's 'Summer Fun in Colorado' contest for my black and white photo, The Men Return.
On 4/8/15 I earned first place by number of votes in FAA's 'Details of the Railroad' contest for my color photo, Critical Point.
On 4/8/15 I earned fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Details of the Railroad' contest for my color photo, Protection.
On 4/8/15 I earned fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Details of the Railroad' contest for my color photo, Electro Rail.
On 3/16/15 I tied for first place by number of votes in FAA's 'Quotes or Signs' contest for my black and white photo, The Pond WBW.
On 2/14/15 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Restored From Negative' contest for my restored film photo, Beautiful Tour Bus at Barrow.
On 1/30/15 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Upcycled Art' contest for my acrylic painting, Microscopic Insecticide.
On 12/20/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Stones' contest for my digital color photo, Precarious Picnic.
On 12/15/14 I tied for second place by number of votes in FAA's 'Passenger Train' contest for my digital color photo, Mirror of the Winter Sun.
On 12/14/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Off Colors' contest for my digital altered photo, Around Dove Lake N.
On 12/8/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Art you CANNOT Explain 2014 november contest' contest for my digital altered photo, Around Dove Lake N.
On 12/7/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Life Sucks' contest for my digital black and white photo, Winter Winds BW.
On 12/1/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'One photo - more parts' contest for my digital composite photo, Event Horizon.
On 11/7/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Getting There Unsaturated' contest for my digital altered photo, Moored at Hobart V.
On 10/11/14 my work was featured in the Member Spotlight in FAA's The Artistic Photographer group for my digital altered photo, Backyard Abstract.
On 10/10/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'That Lonesome Highways Byways and Backroads Panorama Photography' contest for my digital painting, New Mexico Highway.
On 10/8/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Lake Superior Lighthouses' contest for my digital painting, Tower of Light BW.
On 10/8/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Lake Superior Lighthouses' contest for my digital photo, Au Sable Point Light SC.
On 10/6/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Eerie Woods' contest for my digital photo, Wilderness of Desolation BW.
On 10/6/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Abstract Rules' contest for my digital painting, Moonlight Trek.
On 10/1/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Beautiful Creations' contest for my painting, Microscopic Insecticide 3.
On 9/30/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Emotions' contest for my digital photo, The Men Return BW.
On 9/17/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's '3-Deep Focus Photography' contest for my digital photo, Critical Point.
On 8/1/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Passenger Trains' contest for my digital photo, Mirror of the Winter Sun.
On 7/28/14 I tied for second place by number of votes in FAA's 'This Week in Pictures 7-18 thru 7-25' contest for my digital photo, Double Arch.
On 7/26/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Abstracts in Blue' contest for my digital painting, Moonlight Trek.
On 7/15/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Abstract Summer Contest' contest for my digital painting, Moonlight Trek.
On 7/7/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'The Charlton Art Contest' contest for my photo, Snowstorm in the Yard BW.
On 7/1/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Composite or Mixed Media - Landscapes' contest for my enhanced photo, Ciquique Meadow Pueblo.
On 6/28/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Shadow Lens Photography 2nd Annual Fine Art Photography' contest for my photo, The Men Return BW.
On 6/23/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Photographs Turned Into Cartoons' contest for two works, Around Dove Lake G and Vision of a Desert Night.
On 6/10/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Works Inspired by John Steinbeck..' contest for two works, Winter Winds P and New Mexico Highway.
On 6/8/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Variety' contest for my work, Open Pit Gold.
On 6/8/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Take A Look' contest for my work, Moored At Hobart.
On 5/6/14 I scored second place by number of votes in FAA's 'Poetry' contest.
On 4/13/14 I was featured in the 'Featured Artwork' Group, which features featured artwork of other FAA groups.
On 3/21/14 I scored second place by number of votes in FAA's 'Arizona in Black and White' contest.
On 2/28/14 I tied for third place by number of votes in FAA's 'Something To Say' contest.
On 2/28/14 I scored 1 point in the juried contest, 'Thought Provoking Contest', sponsored by The Once A Month group. 24 images received points.
On 2/25/14 I scored second and third places by number of votes in the 'Native New Mexico' contest, sponsored by the New Mexico FAA group.
On 2/18/14 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in FAA's 'Between the Lines' contest.
On 2/14/14 I scored 3 points in the juried contest, 'A Picture worth 1000 words', sponsored by The Artistic Photographer Group. Eight images received points out of 192 submitted.
On 12/25/13 I tied for third place by number of votes in the Fine Art America's 'Sailboat Contest' contest.
On 11/30/13 two of my photos were selected as Pick of the Day in the 'Minimalism in Photography' Group.
On 11/20/13 I was featured in the 'Featured Artwork' Group, which features featured artwork of other FAA groups.
On 11/27/13 I tied for third place by number of votes in the Fine Art America's 'Colorkey - Traditional and Digital Art' contest.
On 11/17/13 I tied for fourth place by number of votes in the Fine Art America's 'Photo to Drawing Conversion' contest.
On 9/25/13 I tied for third and fourth place by number of votes in the Fine Art America's 'Sheer Towering Impressive Cliffs' contest.

I have recently posted a number of political images recently. You can see them in the Social Critique collection on my main page.

Here is the core of my comments:

The current state of American politics is one of turbulence, frustration and tempestuous fate. I am concerned over recent events in the nation's capital which pose a threat to the American legal system and which could lead to a form of tyranny if not countered by the American voter.

Is it possible we could begin to lose our democracy in the next few years? That depends on whether the people of the United States of America stop being played for fools by the political establishment, while in the meantime the forces of totalitarianism steadily creep into our laws and into the partisan mindsets of our elected representatives. They have created a political career system that fosters fierce competition instead of cooperation and which excludes all other political parties. It has become a club of ambition, greed and power which serves only the members of the club instead of serving American citizens.

Sadly many congressional politicians are not stepping up to the challenge the USA is facing. They have put partisan politics above patriotism--shameful! Indeed some American politicians seem purposefully complacent in their implied belief that there is no threat from certain foreign powers. And to actively collaborate with adversarial nations is both stupid and dangerous.

Secondly, there has been a trend in American politics to increase the centralization of power in the single person of the President--as if this office is not powerful enough. This is no more than nostalgia for historical European autocracy. If you want a king and you are too irresponsible to participate in a democracy, then you don't deserve democracy.

The American flag is not only a symbol of a culture, it is a symbol of a government of the rule of law and the Constitution, not of some misguided knee-jerk reaction of sentimental "traditionalists", or cultural elitists, who want to turn back the clock, do not understand the American government or history and are only informed by a longing for a fabulous past that never was.

Democracy depends upon citizen participation. Without it, it will die.

Received Second Place in the Avant-garde Signature Artwork Contest

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