"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 won the 2026 Leonardo daVinci International Prize by the Effetto Arte Foundation in Rome. She is included in Top Investable Artists 2026 published by Art Marketing Experts in Hong Kong. She was awarded the Michelangelo Prize in 2024..
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 88+ 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.
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66
50 (rolled)
Beyond Blue” on canvas ((stretched)
“The Winds of Change”
over the Valley”
78 x 112 inches (rolled)
“Spectral Memory
”
50 x 66 inches (stretched)
“
”
acrylic stain on canvas
96 x 78 inches (rolled)
58
acrylic with gold on canvas 52 x 48 inches (stretched)
“Spectral Window”
acrylic with gold on canvas
48 x 29.5 inches (stretched)
“
A Windy Day
”
acrylic stain on linen 120 x 72 (rolled))
“
Passion I & II” on canvas
each
“Fleeting Thoughts”
52 x 48 inches (rolled)
68 x 64 inches
Sunrise”
copper and bronze on canvas inches (stretched)
Above: “Etude with Blue” acrylic on canvas
42 x 48 inches (stretched)
Opposite: “Dancing Again”
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 38 inches (rolled)
Emissary” on linen inches (framed)
in Red” (heavy palette knife) (framed in black ebony)
46 x 78 inches (stretched)
42 x 56 inches (rolled)
“Fleeting Glory” acrylic with gold & silver on canvas 56 x 48 inches (stretched)
of Passion” on canvas inches (stretched)
for a Balloon Ride” on canvas inches (stretched)
Above: “On the Edge of Time”
Acrylic with gold on canvas
27 x 30 inches (stretched)
Opposite: “Chasing Moonbeams”
acrylic on canvas
66 x 48 inches (stretched)
90 x 68 inches (stretched )
Four panels - total size
66 x 52 inches
with Time”
bronze & gold on canvas size 66 x 208 inches
each (rolled)
52 x 58 inches (rolled)
with silver, gold and bronze on canvas inches (stretched)
“Serenity” acrylic stain on canvas 64 x 64 inches (stretched)
“Calypso” acrylic on canvas
87 x 50 inches (stretched)
“Origins” acrylic on canvas
48 x 84 inches (rolled)
silver, bronze and gold on canvas inches (rolled)
silver and bronze on canvas
inches (stretched)
“
Messages” acrylic on canvas
62 x 48 inches (stretched)
x 68 inches (rolled)
“Chasing the Stars” diptych framed acrylic with gold on canvas 24 x 20 inches each
“Reach for the Stars” acrylic on canvas 66 x 50 inches (stretched)
acrylic with gold on canvas 52 x 44 inches (stretched)
acrylic
60 x 50 inches (stretched)
“
Quantum Entanglement
”
acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches (stretched)
“Prelude to a Dream”
acrylic with gold and silver on canvas
68 x 52 inches (stretched)
78 X 68 inches (rolled)
48 x 62 inches (stretched)
with gold on canvas inches (rolled)
with gold on canvas inches (rolled)
64
acrylic on canvas
inches (stretched)
58 x 46 inches
96
90
68 x 52 inches (stretched)
“Memories of the Future”
acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas
62 x 48 inches (stretched)
Two to Tango” x 46 inches (framed)
the Flame”
x 46 inches (stretched)
