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Museum Shows 2024

Two of my paintings will be in museum shows in the spring and summer of this year. Tetons at Dawn was chosen for the Spokane Watercolor Society’s national show at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, April 5 to May 5. Full Circle: Larch in Autumn Color was chosen for the second Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition at the Jundt Museum on the campus of Gonzaga University. The exhibition will be open until August 24. I’m honored to be included again as I had a painting in the first Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition several years ago and another in last year’s Spokane Watercolor Society show.

Full Circle, Oil on Panel

Tetons at Dawn, Watercolor on Paper

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Kingfisher

The watercolor of a kingfisher is one I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Finally this spring I watched a kingfisher and took good reference photos for this painting. It will be shown in the Montana Watercolor Society’s annual exhibition, Watermedia 2023, in Bigfork, Montana this fall.

Prints are available at Avenue West Gallery.

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Sandhill Crane Dancing

This painting of a Sandhill Crane is painted from Ladd’s photos taken at the Saltese Flats. It has been chosen to show at the Spokane Watercolor Society’s spring show in 2023.

Sandhill Crane Dancing
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Rainforest Stream

After a fall visit to the Quinault Rainforest in western Washington, Ladd painted this watercolor of the lush vegetation and crystalline water. It has been purchased and has gone to its new home.

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Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Oil on panel, 14×18, January 2022

It was a joy to paint this spring wildflower on a cold gray January day. After several requests, I plan to offer prints and greeting cards of this painting. Here in the Inland Northwest, this flower is a beloved part of spring as every open wild hillside blooms.

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Trail-inspired Oil Paintings

Many of my paintings are inspired by time on trails. Here, lupine blooms next to the Vision Quest Trail in the McKenzie Conservation Area, and a lone pine stands by the trailhead at the Saltese Uplands Conservation Area.
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Tetons in Autumn Snow

Tetons in Autumn Snow, Watercolor, 2019

In the fall of 2019 I was able to spend several days in the Tetons, with the aspens still in fall color and snow falling on the peaks. It was a memorable time, to say the least, and I was taking photos with my camera and phone and iPad. This watercolor was the first painting I did after returning to my studio, and has been my most popular print. I hoped to capture the amazing architecture of these mountains, and the warmth of the early October woods at their base.

This is available as a full-size print, a 5×7 small print and a greeting card at Avenue West Gallery.

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Short Draw Trail

Oil painting, Short Draw Trail, 2020

One of my favorite places to hike is the Saltese Uplands Conservation Area. It’s a hill with wide open views of sunny hillsides, hawthorn and golden grass. A glance to the south takes your eye up into the forested mountains. This painting is inspired by a summer evening, the shadows growing long and everything a bit golden in the setting sun.

Andrew Saltese (spelled Seltice in Idaho) was one of the last Coeur d’Alene chiefs in the area and lived below these hills. The former Saltese Lake, drained but now a wetland under restoration by the county, stretches out at the base of the hills.

Fine art prints of this painting are for sale. They are 9×12, the same size as the original, generously mounted and matted to 16×20.