{"product_id":"theodore-waddell-rick-newby-9780976968474","title":"Theodore Waddell: My Montana: Paintings and Sculpture, 1959-2016","description":"Born in 1941 in Billings, Montana, painter, sculptor, and rancher Theodore Waddell stands as one of the West's most celebrated contemporary artists. His late modern \"landscapes with animals\" couple abstract expressionist technique with creatures--Black Angus cattle, horses, and bison--that populate the high plains and mountain valleys of today's ranching West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Heavily illustrated with the artist's own work, as well as images from his personal archive, \u003ci\u003eTheodore Waddell: My Montana\u003c\/i\u003e traces Waddell's influences, ranging from the Cezannesque works of Montana rancher and teacher Isabelle Johnson to the abstract expressionism of Robert Motherwell, the expressionist figuration of Robert DeNiro Sr., and the classic western paintings of Karl Bodmer, Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, Thomas Moran, Joseph Henry Sharp, and Maynard Dixon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With access to Waddell's journals and letters and an extensive oral history recently completed, author Rick Newby offers unprecedented insight into Waddell's first years as an avowed artist and his period of struggle and disciplined creativity. Newby portrays Waddell's decades as a practicing rancher and the years of his success--when his sculptures and vast canvases have found homes in leading museums. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, Theodore Waddell's works are important, not simply because they bring together disparate traditions but because they stand as emotionally and sensuously resonant works of art that speak of landscapes and animals, life and death, austerity and abundance. They possess, in the words of \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e critic Robin Updike, an \"immense, poetic dignity.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume also includes a gathering of essays celebrating the life and art of Theodore Waddell by the Montana curators, critics, scholars, poets, and fiction writers who have known him best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors include the Honorable Pat Williams, Robyn Peterson, Bob Durden, Gordon McConnell, Mark Browning, Donna Forbes, Greg Keeler, Patrick Zentz, Scott McMillion, William Hjortsberg, Paul Zarzyski, and Brian Petersen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Newby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0976968479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976968474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drumlummon Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 9.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Rick Newby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947525898495,"sku":"9780976968474","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d2076bec-9459-4304-95ee-39f6bbdedf62.jpg?v=1681519223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theodore-waddell-rick-newby-9780976968474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}