Walter Wickiser Gallery presents Romancing Color by Bette Ridgeway

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Walter Wickiser Gallery presents

Romancing Color

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April 18th - June 18th, 2025

“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”. It is best explained in this short film.

Photo: Jo Ellen Thompson
Cover painting: “Spectal Memory”

Recent Awards:

The artist has been awarded Artist of the Year 2025 by the Effeto Arte Foundation in Rome. Last year she won the Leonardo daVinci International Prize and 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: The Sammons Trauma Center, Methodist Hospital, Dallas, TX, Northwestern University, Nexus Health in Santa Fe, NM and the University of New Mexico Hospital.

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.

58 x 54 inches (rolled)

“An Awakening”
acrylic with gold on canvas
“Contemplation
acrylic with gold on canvas

” canvas 50 x 78 inches (rolled)

Contemplation
“Double Vortex” acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches (stretched)

60 x 38 inches (rolled)

“Dancing Again”
acrylic on canvas
“Weaving Life Together” acrylic on canvas
104 x 54 inches (rolled)

“Turning the Tide” acrylic on canvas

52 x 64 inches (stretched)

“Chasing the Stars” diptych acrylic with gold and bronze on canvas 24 x 20 inches each panel (stretched)

“Desire”

acrylic with gold & bronze on canvas

56 x 48 inches (stretched)

“Afterglow”
acrylic with gold , silver & bronze on canvas
56 x 46 inches (rolled)
“Lotus” acrylic with gold and bronze
bronze on canvas 50 x 84 inches (rolled)
“Lotus II” acrylic with gold and bronze
bronze on canvas 50 x 84 inches (rolled)

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50

“Pas de Deux” acrylic canvas
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inches (stretched)

“A Star is Born” acrylic with gold on canvas 56 x 42 inches (rolled)

48 x 32 inches (stretched)

“Etude with Blue” acrylic on canvas

IInterlude

acrylic on linen

46 x 76 inches (stretched)

“Fleeting Thoughts” acrylic on canvas

58 x 50 inches (rolled)

56 x 48 inches (rolled)

“Sea Breezes”
acrylic with gold & bronze on canvas

52 x 48 inches (stretched)

Arrival II”
acrylic on canvas
“ Mary’s Mums”
acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches (rolled)

44 x 44 inches (stretched)

“Twin Flames” acrylic on canvas
“A Star is Born”
acrylic with gold on canvas 56 x 42 inches (rolled)
Self portrait of the artist

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