SINGLE-HANDED OIL STONE STUDIOS

My name is Zacharie Ruhter and I am an American Artist. I was born in Hastings, Nebraska in 1986. At the age of nine I moved to Littleton, Colorado with my mother. I began studying art when I turned eleven years of age. The arts called out to me and I began drawing. I drew all the time and in junior high school, the teacher gave me a challenge: a close-up drawing of Zachariah's face from the Sistine Chapel. In high school, I was introduced to ceramics. At first I could not throw at all; I mainly hand built. I also took drawing and metal shop classes. I started oil painting at Arapahoe Community College. Living in Colorado and getting to travel around the globe has had its advantages for being a painter. It has made a great impact on me as an artist. That may be why many of my paintings achieve all sorts of texture. Van Gogh was a superlative colorist who pushed and manipulated the colors to create a magnificent piece. That's why I work with the colors the way I do, to improve and..