Theodore Waddell
Border Angus, Oil, Encaustic on Canvas, 72" x 72"
Solo Exhibition • August 21- September 2, 2017
Artist Reception: August 31, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Altamira Fine Art Jackson
Altamira Fine Art is pleased to
welcome Montana artist Theodore Waddell for a highly anticipated solo exhibition opening August 21 at our Jackson gallery. Please join us Thursday, August 31st from 5:30 -7:30pm for an artist reception and book signing. The newly released book, Theodore Waddell: My Montana, Paintings and Sculpture, 1959-2016, is richly illustrated with the artist’s work, as well as images from his Pre-sales available. Call (307) 739-4700 or email connect@altamiraart.com
personal archive and is available at the gallery. Waddell’s sophisticated modernist paintings have attracted widespread recognition. A former cattle rancher, Waddell most often paints freely rendered range animals roaming the vast plains of Eastern Montana. His art draws a deliberate parallel between his subject and abstract art elements. Cattle and horse motifs are arranged formally on the flattened, painted “ground�; characteristic of modernism.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Theodore WADDELL
ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON connect@altamiraart.com
Theodore Waddell was born in 1941 in Billings, Montana, and raised in Laurel, Montana. He studied with Isabelle Johnson, Montana’s first modernist painter, before earning a scholarship to study at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He received his MFA from Wayne State University. Waddell’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Denver Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Booth Museum of Western Art, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art, among others. Theodore is the recipient of the 2015 Montana Governor’s Arts Award. The 288 page book, Theodore Waddell: My Montana was released in 2017 and features paintings and sculpture from 1959-2016.
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ART CATALOG “I tell people that I’m a Western artist in that the subject matter that I do has tied me to Western art. I’m painting a contemporary slice of the West. I’m living what I paint.” ~ Theodore Waddell
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Angus Nursery, Oil, Encaustic on Canvas, 30" x 36"
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Aspen Horses #5, Oil, Encaustic on Canvas, 24" x 30"
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Border Angus, Oil, Encaustic on Canvas, 72" x 72"
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Picabo Angus #4, Oil, Encaustic on Canvas, 48" x 72"
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Twin Bridges Angus #10 Oil, Encaustic on Canvas, 42" x 48"
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Winter Angus #6 Oil on Canvas, 48" x 54"
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Winter Horses #8, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 54"
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Zambezi Monkeys, 1992 Oil on Canvas, 54" x 60"
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Angus Dr. #7, 1983 Oil, Graphite on Paper, 20" x 26"
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Angus Dr. #65, 1984 Oil, Graphite on Paper, 20" x 26"
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Angus Dr. #107, 1984 Oil, Graphite on Paper, 20" x 26"
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Angus Dr. #204, Oil, Graphite on Paper, 20" x 26"
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Angus Dr. #262, Oil, Graphite on Paper, 20” x 26”
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Bob’s Place Dr. #1, Oil, Graphite on Paper, 22” x 30”
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Iris Creek Dr. #6, Oil, Encaustic, Graphite on Paper, 22” x 30”
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Necco Zebra Dr. #18, Oil, Graphite on Paper, 22” x 30”
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Red Willow Angus Dr. #12, Oil, Encaustic, Graphite on Paper, 30” x 40”
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Rockvale Angus Dr. #4, 1992 Oil, Graphite on Paper, 22" x 30"
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Join us for our
upcoming 2017 shows in Jackson, including:
Theodore Waddell: Solo Exhibition August 21-September 2, 2017 Artist Reception & Book Signing: Thursday, August 31, 5:30-7:30pm Duke Beardsley: Solo Exhibition September 4-23, 2017 Artist Reception: Friday, September 8, 5-8pm Greg Woodard: Solo Exhibition September 11-23, 2017 ArtWalk Reception: Wednesday, September 13, 5-8pm
2 LOCATIONS: JACKSON, WY + SCOTTSDALE, AZ
172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700 7038 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona | 480.949.1256 For more information on gallery artists visit www.altamiraart.com