Theodore Waddell
Theodore Waddell December 4, 2020 – February 13, 2021
1005 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.954.5700
24 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075 212.628.9760
@geraldpetersgallery gpgallery.com
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THEODORE WADDELL I am a western artist in that I live in the West and have been making art for 61 years. My first big trip out of my home state of Montana was to study art in New York where I could absorb the influences of abstract expressionism. When I returned home to begin ranching and raising cattle, those influences intersected with western subject matter: mountains, seasons, cattle, horses and sheep. Thus, my work is primarily about the animals and landscape of Montana and Idaho, subjects I see every day and understand well enough that the references are implied, not realistic. Recently I’ve been painting elk and buffalo. Ted Turner has beautiful ranchland in Montana full of buffalo, and our own back yard pasture in Idaho is full of elk. Much of western art depends upon narrative and past history. To me, the West is as it is today, right now. I feel very fortunate to travel between two states that I love and paint whatever is present in the landscape.
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Winter Horses #10 oil and encaustic on canvas 36 x 36 inches
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Stillwater Angus #4 oil and encaustic on canvas 30 x 40 inches
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Clark Canyon Buffalo #5 oil and encaustic on canvas 30 x 36 inches
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Winter Horses #14 oil and encaustic on canvas 66 x 72 inches
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Rapelje Angus #3 oil and encaustic on canvas 36 x 36 inches
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Cottonwood Moose oil and encaustic on canvas 60 x 60 inches
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Red Willow Angus #14 oil and encaustic on canvas 36 x 36 inches
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Winter Buffalo #2 oil and encaustic on canvas 30 x 32 inches
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Bellevue Reds #3 oil and encaustic on canvas 54 x 72 inches
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Mariah and the Mules oil and encaustic on canvas 66 x 72 inches
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Vincent’s Angus #4 oil and encaustic on canvas 84 x 156 inches
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Arrow Creek Horses oil and encaustic on canvas 72 x 72 inches
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“I can’t tell you anything about clouds, horses or bison that you can’t see for yourself. But I can tell you how much I love them and how much I love the West. To me, it’s spiritual.” —Theodore Waddell
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PUBLICATIONS
Cheatgrass Dreams by Theodore Waddell 2020
Memories of Childhood by Theodore Waddell 2018
Theodore Waddell, My Montana Paintings and Sculpture, 1959 – 2016 By Rick Newby 2017
Available at Amazon.com and other fine booksellers, or by contacting Farcountry Press / Sweetgrass Books: www.sweetgrassbooks.com 800-821-3874
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Tucker Tees Off Illustrations by Theodore Waddell Text by Lynn Campion Poems by Stoney Brown 2015
Tuckers Seasonal Words of Wisdom Illustrations by Theodore Waddell Text by Lynn Campion 2014
Tucker Gets Tuckered Illustrations by Theodore Waddell Text by Ted Beckstead 2006
Available at Amazon.com and other fine booksellers, or by contacting Farcountry Press / Sweetgrass Books: www.sweetgrassbooks.com 800-821-3874
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For information please contact Maria Hajic mhajic@gpgallery.com
1005 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.954.5700
24 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075 212.628.9760
@geraldpetersgallery gpgallery.com
1005 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.954.5700
24 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075 212.628.9760
@geraldpetersgallery gpgallery.com