Featured artist
Ron Larson
Utah, USA
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Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Landscape
A Long Way Down
60" x 48" Oil |
Secret Canyon
72" x 60" Oil |
Water Under the Bridge
72" x 60" Oil |
Painting/Drawing - Nature
Splendor on the Rim
24" x 36" Oil |
Sunrise Fire
40" x 30" Oil |
Double Arch
20" x 24" Oil |
Artist Statement/Bio
“Art, both its creation and the experience of enjoying it, is a wonder that can heal the soul. As a landscape painter, I feel a closeness to the natural world, and if my art can help people to connect in a deep and meaningful way to the beauty that surrounds us, my hope is that people will have a greater desire to appreciate and preserve this beautiful earth we live on. All of my art is meant for such an outcome, and I experience a great satisfaction when someone feels something from my art.”
Ron Larson paints what he feels. With an art career spanning 40+ years, his philosophy is that everything presents itself as art. "Sometimes I use the bold colors of oil, and sometimes the softer feel that watercolor offers, but always finding contrasts, where there are deep, dark shadows and striking reflections of light. I spend my time in nature looking for places that speak to me, that give me a special feeling of peace and beauty.”
Ron has been in numerous juried shows throughout the United States, and has won myriad awards and recognitions, most recently winning Best of Show from the Outdoor Painters Society, Honorable Mention from the Oil Painters of America, Merit Award from the National Oil and Acrylic Painter Society, and having his art featured in Southwest Art magazine as a finalist for two years running in their Artistic Excellence competitions. Ron’s current activities have included the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational, having six paintings chosen by Utah universities in their public art calls, and having three paintings currently showing in major exhibits in California, Massachusetts and Missouri. Ron’s latest major project has become a traveling exhibit: “Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau,” is a solo exhibit of paintings from an area 130,000 square miles in size that contains 17 national parks and monuments, as well as myriad state parks, and which was first on view in Northern Arizona, then traveled to Northern Utah, and has just finished three months in Southern Utah. The Exhibit featured approximately 45 of his paintings, a looping powerpoint, and the work-in-progress building of an interpretive book, which besides highlighting his art, explained the geography, history, anthropology, geology, biology, and archeology of the Colorado Plateau. Ron’s book is scheduled for print publication in September 2018.
“Art, both its creation and the experience of enjoying it, is a wonder that can heal the soul. As a landscape painter, I feel a closeness to the natural world, and if my art can help people to connect in a deep and meaningful way to the beauty that surrounds us, my hope is that people will have a greater desire to appreciate and preserve this beautiful earth we live on. All of my art is meant for such an outcome, and I experience a great satisfaction when someone feels something from my art.”
Ron Larson paints what he feels. With an art career spanning 40+ years, his philosophy is that everything presents itself as art. "Sometimes I use the bold colors of oil, and sometimes the softer feel that watercolor offers, but always finding contrasts, where there are deep, dark shadows and striking reflections of light. I spend my time in nature looking for places that speak to me, that give me a special feeling of peace and beauty.”
Ron has been in numerous juried shows throughout the United States, and has won myriad awards and recognitions, most recently winning Best of Show from the Outdoor Painters Society, Honorable Mention from the Oil Painters of America, Merit Award from the National Oil and Acrylic Painter Society, and having his art featured in Southwest Art magazine as a finalist for two years running in their Artistic Excellence competitions. Ron’s current activities have included the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational, having six paintings chosen by Utah universities in their public art calls, and having three paintings currently showing in major exhibits in California, Massachusetts and Missouri. Ron’s latest major project has become a traveling exhibit: “Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau,” is a solo exhibit of paintings from an area 130,000 square miles in size that contains 17 national parks and monuments, as well as myriad state parks, and which was first on view in Northern Arizona, then traveled to Northern Utah, and has just finished three months in Southern Utah. The Exhibit featured approximately 45 of his paintings, a looping powerpoint, and the work-in-progress building of an interpretive book, which besides highlighting his art, explained the geography, history, anthropology, geology, biology, and archeology of the Colorado Plateau. Ron’s book is scheduled for print publication in September 2018.
Gallery Representation & Exhibition Schedule
11th Street Gallery, St. George, Utah
435-773-8780
435-773-8780
