"Bette Ridgeway is one of a very few whose works stand with and up to the standards of greatness set by Morris Louis and Charles Schucker who developed the poured paint style of painting in the late 1930's."
~ Walter Wickiser, New York 2025
View her newest film, “Romancing Color.”
Noteworthy Awards:
The artist has been awarded the 2025 Leonardo daVinci International Prize by the Effetto Arte Foundation in Rome. Last year she won the Goya & Velasquez Prize. In 2023 the artist received both the Leonardo DaVinci International prize and the Michelangelo Prize. Other notable awards include: 2022 Caravaggio Prize, Top 60 International Contemporary Masters by Art Tour International Magazine and the Oxford University Alumnae Award at Chianciano Museum in Florence, Italy.
Selected Collections:
The Mayo Clinic, Federal Reserve Bank and the John Deere Corporate Collection, the Boro Tower in Tysons, Va are amongst Ridgeway’s many permanent public placements. Others include: The Sammons Trauma Center, Methodist Hospital, Dallas, TX, Northwestern University, Nexus Health in Santa Fe, NM , the University of New Mexico Hospital and the Christus St. Vincent Cancer Center in Santa Fe.
Exhibitions:
Global exhibitions in 85+ museums, universities and galleries, including: Palais Royale, Paris, Embassy of Madagascar , DC and the inaugural London Art Biennale.
Recent Press & Publications:
Interview with Contemporary Art Magazine, Monk Magazine UK Interview, Its Liquid, Apero Magazine , Click here for a film on her largest public commission.
“Tango with Red” acrylic with bronze & gold on canvas 58 x 46 inches (stretched)
WINNER OF THE 2024 LEONARDO DA VINCI INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
acrylic with bronze & gold
52 x 46 inches (stretched)
“It Was Just A Flirtation” acrylic on canvas
64 x 48 inches (stretched)
“Please Don’t Break My Heart” acrylic on canvas
64 x 52 inches (rolled)
x 124 inches (stretched)
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“Aspects of Love”
acrylic with gold on canvas
58 x 50 inches (stretched)
x 84 inches (rolled)
x 84 inches (rolled)
“Improv with Gold”
acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas
62 x 48 inches (stretched)
“Into the Cosmos”
acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas
60 x 48 inches (stretched)
“The Speed of Thought” acrylic with gold , silver & bronze on canvas 60 x 48 inches (rolled))
“It Was Just A Flirtation” acrylic on canvas 64 x 48 inches (stretched)
60 x 54 inches (rolled)
“It Was More than a Flirtation” acrylic on canvas
60 x 50 (stretched)
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Acrylic with copper & gold on canvas
68 x 48 inches (rolled)
“Be Still My Heart”
Acrylic on canvas
32 x 52 inches (stretched)
48 x 76 inches (rolled)
“Haiku ith Emeralds”
68
76
60
“Into the Wonder”
acrylic with bronze on canvas
42 x 56 inches (rolled)
“Some Like it Hotter”
64 x 48 inches (stretchd)
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64 x 48 inches (rolled)
72 x 48 inches (rolled)
“Monsoon Season”
acrylic on canvas
36 x 52 inches (rolled)
68 x 52 inches (stretched)
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62 x 48 inches (stretched)
42 x 46 inches (stretched)
“Spectral Window”
acrylic with gold on canvas
48 x 29.5 inches (stretched)
“Memories of the Future” acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas 62 x 48 inches (stretched)
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acrylic on canvas 51 x 79 inches (framed)
“We’re Havin’ a Heat Wave”
acrylic
on canvas
52 x 80 inches (rolled)
“ A Day at the Circus”
60 x 48 inches (rolled)
