Walter Wickiser Gallery presents
Romancing Color
by
Eros
"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"
by Bette Ridgeway
~ Walter Wickiser
“My paintings are a spontaneous occurrence, born of experience, but maturing reflexively in the process of creation. My technique is controlled improvisation. Gravity is my medium. Images are caught with intent”. View “Romancing Color” the film.
Photo: Jo Ellen Thompson
Cover painting: “Etude in Blue”
Recent Awards:
The artist has been awarded the 2025 Leondardo da Vinci International Prize by the Effeto Arte Foundation in Rome. Last year she won the Goya & Velasquez Prize. In 2023 Ridgeway 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: Nexus Health Center in Santa Fe, the Sammons Trauma Center, Methodist Hospital, Dallas, TX, Northwestern University, Nexus Health in Santa Fe, NM , the University of New Mexico Hospital. and the St. Vincent’s Cancer Center, 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.
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“An Awakening”
acrylic with gold on canvas
x 54 inches
48 x 32 inches (wired for horizontal and vertical display
“Etude in Blue” acrylic on canvas
“Contemplation acrylic with gold on canvas
Contemplation” canvas
50 x 78 inches
“Double Vortex”
acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches
60 x 38 inches
“Dancing Again”
acrylic on canvas
“Weaving Life Together” acrylic on canvas
104 x 54 inches
“Turning the Tide” acrylic on canvas
52 x 64 inches
“Chasing the Stars” diptych acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas 24 x 20 inches each panel )
“Desire”
acrylic with gold & bronze on canvas
56 x 48 inches
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“Afterglow”
acrylic with gold , silver & bronze on canvas
x 46 inches
“Lotus” acrylic with gold and bronze
bronze on canvas 50 x 84 inches
“Lotus II” acrylic with gold and
bronze on canvas 50 x 84 inches
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50 inches
“Pas de Deux” acrylic canvas
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“A Star is Born”
acrylic with gold on canvas
56 x 42 inches
46 x 76 inches
“Interlude” acrylic on linen
“
Fleeting Thoughts” acrylic on canvas
58 x 50 inches
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“Sea Breezes” acrylic with gold & bronze on canvas
x 48 inches
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52 x 48 inches (stretched)
Arrival II”
acrylic on canvas
“ Mary’s Mums”
60
acrylic on canvas
x 48 inches
44 x 44 inches
“Twin Flames” acrylic on canvas
The artist in her Santa Fe Studio
Photo:Audrey Durrell for Trend Magazine
