David Ridgway



b. Seattle, Washington -1949

David Ridgway' is currently interested in painting small to medium scale oils often done with expressive brushwork and high saturation color. Ridgway painted in the studio for many years and continues to when the weather dictates, but also enjoys working outside with the changing light and sense of immediacy it demands. Many of his paintings continue to investigate the relationship between man and the rural and sub rural landscape. Architectural and atmospheric elements are prominent.
Occasionally he paints in watercolor, pastel and on the Macintosh computer with a graphics pad. He currently resides on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State.
Ridgway is primarily a self-taught artist. He attended the University of Maine where he studied art and philosophy. Artists with whom he has studied include Lau Chun, Honolulu; Richard Nelson, Maui; Betsey Heiusler, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore; Sharon Yates, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Charles Sovek, Connecticut; Charles Movalli, Gloucester.
Ridgway is an award-winning artist whose work is represented in public, corporate and private collections from Japan to England.

Collections:
MBNA, Camden, ME
Lambiel Museum, Eastsound, WA
Kaiser Permanente, Wailuku, HI and Lahaina, HI
Hyatt Regency, Waikaloa, HI
Breezeway Hotel, Japan
City and County of Honolulu
Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii

Exhibitions:

2006
September, Rally to Save Turtleback, Art Auction, San Juan Preservation Trust, Eastsound, WA
September, David Ridgway - Oil Paintings, one person exhibit, waterworks gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
July, Polar Arts Program, participant, Circumnavigation of Baffin Island, Quark Expeditions, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
July, Home and Abroad, group exhibition, Crow Valley Pottery and Gallery, Eastsound, WA
June, Camp Orkila Centennial Art Exhibition, Eastsound, WA
April, Selected Works, group exhibition, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA

2005
September, Featured Artist, San Juan Preservation Trust, Crow Valley Campaign, Eastsound, WA
August, Ridgway Returns, Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound, WA

2004
May, One Person Exhibit, waterworks gallery, Friday Harbor, WA

2003
May, Landscape Show, waterworks gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
August, 2 Person Exhibit, David Ridgway and Christa Malay, Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound, WA

2002
Watercolor Show, Village Gallery Contemporary, Lahaina, Maui
Island Images, David Ridgway and Christa Malay, Crow Valley Pottery

2001
Cigar box Show, Waterworks Gallery, Friday harbor, WA
Now and Then, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA

2001
Life Drawing, The Living Room, Eastsound, WA
Now and Then, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA

2000
Open Invitation, Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound, WA
Men's Show, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA
Ridgway and Rippey, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA
Robert Moran Festival, Rosario Resort, Orcas Island, Artist in Residence

1999
Small is Beautiful, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, ME
12X12, Village Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, HI
Art 99, Benefit Exhibit for The Baltimore Choral Arts,
Shepperd Pratt, Baltimore, MD
Hometown, USA, Paper Rock Scissors, Baltimore, MD
Ridgway Does Orcas, Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound WA
Men's Show, Orcas Center, Eastsound WA
Members Show, Orcas Center

1998
Art 98, Shepperd Pratt
Group Exhibit, Paper Rock Scissors, Baltimore, MD
Group Exhibition, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, ME

1997
ART 97, Shepperd Pratt
Group Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore Architecture Foundation,
AIA Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Group Exhibition, Harbor Square Gallery
Three Landscape Painters, Clock Gallery, Gilman School, Baltimore, MD

1996
Art 96, Shepperd Pratt
Group Watercolor Exhibition, AIA Gallery
Group Exhibition, Harbor Square Gallery
One-Person Exhibition, Donna's, Towson, MD
'Shared View: Solo Vision', Sheldon H. Knorr Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Picturescapes Gallery, Jarrettsville, MD
Group Exhibition, Village Gallery Contemporary, Lahaina, Maui, HI

1995
Art 95, Shepperd Pratt
Group Exhibition, Harbor Square Gallery
Artist Members' Show, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Baltimore, MD

1994
Art 94, Shepperd Pratt
Art Maui Retrospective, Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI
Island Watercolors, Village Gallery
Group Watercolor Exhibition, AIA Gallery

1993
Group Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Nantucket, MA
'Move It'. Gallery One, Rockland, ME

1992
Invited Artist, Tri-Hue Juried Exhibition, Lahaina, HI
Group Exhibition, Village Gallery
'Regarding the Chair', Gallery One

1991
Featured Artist, Sun Gallery
Two Person Exhibit, Village Gallery


1990
Maine Coast Artists" Annual Juried Exhibition, Rockport, ME
'Go Fish', Gallery One

1989
'Landscapes of New England', Hobe Sound Gallery North, Brunswick, ME
Juried Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Bath, ME
Haleakala Ranch Centennial Exhibition, Hui Noeau
One Person Exhibition, Village Gallery

1988
Juror's Choice, Juried Watercolor Exhibition, Center for the Arts
'Art and Architecture', Hobe Sound North, Portland, ME
Three Person Exhibit, Gallery One
'Above and Below the Sea', Hobe Sound North
Featured Artist, 'Maine Boats and Harbors' Magazine, Camden, ME

1987
One Person Exhibition, Village Gallery
Juried Exhibition (Best of Show), Hui Noeau Visual Arts center
Acquisition Award, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Juried Exhibition, Lahaina Arts Society, Lahaina, HI
'Seven Watercolorists' Hui Noeau
Art Maui Annual Juried Exhibition, Acquisition Award, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art Maui Poster 1988, Hui Noeau

1986
Two Jurors' Awards, Membership Juried Exhibition, Hui Noeau
Best Watercolor, Statewide Juried Exhibition, Lahaina Arts Society
'Eight Maui Artists', Lahaina Arts Society

1985
Statewide Juried Exhibition, Lahaina Arts Society
Art Maui Juried Exhibition, Wailuku, HI