The Guild of Adventure Painters: Yellowstone
| 09.27.2024 - 11.08.2024 | 6 - 8 PM
Artists: Jen Hitchings, Rachel Rickert, Sarah Schlesinger, Sophia Heymans, Johnny Defeo, Aaron Zulpo, Mike Piggot, and Jeb Todd.
Visions West Contemporary is pleased to announce the exhibition The Guild of Adventure Painters: Yellowstone. This group show features paintings of the Greater Yellowstone Region by 2023's Adventure Painting residents and friends of the program. In 2023, the Guild of Adventure Painters took six artists on an expedition through the Yellowstone region. The trip was graciously hosted by Visions West. Led by residency founders Aaron Zulpo and Johnny DeFeo, artists Jen Hitchings, Sarah Schlessinger, and Sophia Heymans left the comfort of their studios to confront the terrain and the elements head-on. For two weeks in August, they traveled in a fully stocked RV, staying at pristine campsites and vast ranches, all while producing two paintings each day, rain or shine. Attendees painted and explored many astonishing features such as geysers, buffalo, canyons, mountains, the Livingston foothills, and the wonderful Yellowstone River and its falls. At the conclusion of the two-week adventure the residents, now friends, returned home with their small studies in hand, tasked with creating additional works back home in their studios inspired by the Yellowstone region. This exhibition is comprised of those additional works one year in the making as well as a selection of the plein air paintings created by the group in 2023. This effort aligns with the mission of the Guild of Adventure Painters, which strives to keep nature at the forefront of the arts through its residency programs, community initiatives, and curated exhibitions. Founded in 2017, the Guild encourages artists to actively engage with the outdoors, fostering a greater appreciation for nature and contributing to its preservation. The Adventure Painting Residency, a unique mobile program, invites artists to immerse themselves in the natural world, creating paintings daily while building strong relationships with fellow artists. Previous residencies have taken place in the Canadian Rockies, the Pacific Northwest, Coastal California, and the Southwest. In 2023, the residency expanded to Yellowstone National Park, offering artists an opportunity to capture its extraordinary wildlife and breathtaking scenery. Image Credit: Rachel Rickert, Big Sky Sunrise, 2024, oil on panel, 12 x 12 inches
Solo Exhibition of Theodore Waddell
| 10.04.2024 - 11.02.2024 |
Artists: Theodore Waddell
Join us Friday, October 11th, 6-8 pm to celebrate the opening reception for Theodore Waddell’s retrospective exhibition. Visions West Contemporary is honored to present a retrospective exhibition of acclaimed American artist Theodore Waddell. Spanning decades of his prolific career, this exhibition will showcase a diverse selection of Waddell's work, including his renowned paintings, works on paper, and sculpture. This comprehensive exhibition provides an intimate look at Waddell’s exploration of the Western landscape and his signature depictions of cattle and horses, which have become iconic elements of his visual language.
Marc Etherington
| 11.07.2024 - 12.07.2024 |
Artists: Marc Etherington
Marc Etherington’s works take pop culture, childhood memories and everyday domestic life as their subject matter, rendering them through a darkly humorous and sometimes absurd lens. References to Jurassic Park, Freddy Krueger, old-school video game aesthetics and boom-boxes point to experiences of coming of age in the 1980s and 1990s, while landscapes and interiors are depicted with an eye for amusing detail. Self-taught, Etherington has maintained a consistent practice in painting and small sculpture for over a decade and more recently has worked with larger scale sculptural installations and ceramics. His sculptural works touch on themes such as mass production and collectibles.