Ruth Wright has displayed her work across the nation
since 1979. She works from memories, fleeting impressions, her own photographs and historical research. Emotional content is predominantly humor mixed with joy and love; to convey memories, nostalgia, and the recollection and longing for people and events that may have never been a part of the viewer's life. Some of the paintings involve complicated groupings of highly animated people in close communication, either visibly or subjectively through color, line and space, all depicted in a caricature style. Major works are executed in oil on canvas or gouache paper.