Tuesday, July 8, 2025

NRPS - "NRPS" / Ralph Rumpelton Collection of Fine Art (from the archives)

"The New Riders of the Purple Sage—seen here moments before the mescaline kicked in."

 

                                                  "New Riders of the Purple Scribble"
                                                                MS Paint, Digital
                                                         By Ralph Rumpelton

A loving tribute to the first New Riders of the Purple Sage album—rendered in all the raw, jagged glory that only MS Paint can provide. Somewhere between a desert sunrise and a psychedelic bar fight, this piece reimagines the high lonesome aesthetic through a cracked magnifying glass. The cactus, standing defiantly like it just walked off a spaghetti western set, anchors a landscape that's been flattened by sun, time, and questionable design choices. Cloud letters float in like stoned messages from the ether, while the band name spins around the border like it’s trying to escape the image entirely.

A joyful mess? Absolutely. But every pixel's got spirit—and maybe just a little dust from a cosmic trail ride.

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