Bette Ridgeway
Website: https://www.instagram.com/ridgewaystudio/
Country: United States
“My paintings are a spontaneous occurrence, born out of the experience, but maturing reflexively in the process of creation. My pouring technique is controlled improvisation. Gravity is my medium. Images are caught with intent.” _________ Celebrated for her large-scale, luminous poured canvases, Bette Ridgeway has devoted five decades to developing her unusual pouring technique; garnering international recognition in the process. Her mentor Paul Jenkins (1923-2012), the acclaimed Abstract Expressionist, encouraged the artist in 1979 to work large, eliminate subject matter, and focus on color, space and time. Ridgeway followed his advice and has developed and refined her signature technique. Located in Santa Fe, NM since the mid-1990s, Ridgeway is represented by numerous galleries and has been shown in over 80 gallery and museum exhibitions, internationally. Her work is included in many public and private collections. Her recent awards include the 2023 Leonardo DaVinci International Prize, the Caravaggio International Prize 2022, the Michelangelo International Prize 2021, and “Top 60 Contemporary Masters 2017” by Art Tour International Magazine In addition, she won the Oxford University Alumni Prize at the “Art of the Mind” exhibition at the Chianciano Art Museum in Tuscany.
All That Glitters, 2023. Acrylic with metallic pigments on canvas. 152 x 111 cm.
Twilight, 2023. Acrylic with metallic pigments on canvas. 122
Coherence, 2021. Acrylic on canas. 148 x 122 cm.
Journey into Blue, 2023. Acrylic with metallic pigments on canvas. 188 x 143 cm.
The Road Less Travelled, 2022. Acrylic with metallic pigments on canvas. 152 x 122 cm.
Firebird, 2023. Acrylic with metallic pigments on canvas. 160 x 112 cm.