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"I invite the viewer to look more closely at the natural world in which we live."
Born in Boston and raised in Maine and New York, Alan Paine Radebaugh moved to New Mexico in 1979. Never having left behind his Maine roots, he continues to spend part of each year working in Maine. He studied photography and jewelry making at the College of Wooster in the 70's and printmaking at the University of New Mexico, receiving a BFA. During the 80's he designed sculptural furniture, exhibiting in Los Angeles, New York, and throughout New Mexico. Since 1988 Radebaugh's predominate medium has been painting.
In 2005 Radebaugh changed his palette, moving from lush, saturated color to more muted colors, creating the Night Series. Although his palette changes, Alan's composition continues to be the abstract patterns or fragments of nature. The Night paintings echo fractal patterns inherent in the unfolding of natural processes.
“I paint fragments because that's what I see. Seeing fragments is, for me, seeing form without association, without name.”
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Image: © 2005 Alan Paine Radebaugh
"Night Two" · Diptych, Oil on canvas
14" x 22", US$900.00 |
In the spring of 2001, when Alan traveled from the deserts of New Mexico to the mountains of Alberta, the fragments evolved. From the Canadian Rocky Mountains, he gathered not only new images but also pigments, selecting rocks and other organic materials that he crushed and mixed with medium, creating the Alberta Fragments, portraits of Alberta. During his second residency in Alberta in 2002, he painted the Fragment Dialogues, again using natural pigments from the area.
Following a 2002 stay in Maine, where Radebaugh sought fragments in and near bodies of water, he set aside natural pigments and returned to oils, a medium he had used extensively before 1995. The paintings that emerged, Fertile Fragments and the Delphic group, form a dynamic world of saturated color. These images, as in previous work, are the abstract patterns or fragments of nature.
Of his work Alan says, "I paint fragments because that's what I see. Seeing fragments is seeing form without association, without name. Annie Dillard writes about this—about seeing without language. In my earlier works, both 3-D and painting, although I based designs and images on fragments, I transformed them to fit my purpose. Since I began my Fragment Series, I transcribe the fragments exactly as I see them. My paintings are portraits." |
Image: © 2005 Alan Paine Radebaugh
"Night Seven" · Polyptych (4), Oil on canvas panel
32" x 24"
US$2,500.00 |
Image: © 2005 Alan Paine Radebaugh
"NIght Eleven" Polyptych (4), Oil on canvas panel
40" x 32", US$3,500.00 |
Public Collections |
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
College of Wooster, Ohio
New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts
New Mexico State Capitol Art Collection
Ohio State University--Arden Shisler Center
Portland Museum of Art, Maine
University of New Mexico, Jonson Gallery
University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center
Washington & Jefferson College, Pennsylvania
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Awards/Residencies |
Artist-in-Residence, Gushul Studio, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 2001 and 2002
Artist's Grant and Residency, Vermont Studio Center 1997
Purchase Award, Albuquerque Museum 1983 |
Solo Exhibitions |
2007 University of New Mexico - Jonson Gallery
2006 Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
2005 Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
2004 James Reid Ltd., Santa Fe, NM
2002 516 Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
2001 Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
1999 4th Floor Gallery, HSC, University of New Mexico
1999 Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico
1999 James Reid, Ltd, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Peter Eller Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1998 Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM
1997 James Reid, Ltd, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Firehouse Gallery, Del Rio, TX
1994 First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, NM
1993 St. Michael Episcopal Church, Albuquerque, NM
1991 Artichoke Cafe/Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
2006 artspace 116, Albuquerque, NM
2005 artspace 116, Albuquerque, NM
2004 International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
2004 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2004 Albuquerque Museum, Magnifico
2004 Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
2003 Butler Institute of American Art
2003 Anderson Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
2002 Albuquerque Museum, Magnifico-Art of Albuquerque
2002 Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
2002 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
2001 Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
2001 Site Santa Fe, College of Santa Fe Monothon
2000 University of New Mexico Jonson Gallery
2000 William Rainey Harper College
1999 San Diego Art Institute
1998 Coos Art Museum
1998 Site Santa Fe, College of Santa Fe Monothon
1997 University of New Mexico Jonson Gallery
1997 Kanagawa Kenmin Gallery, Yokahama, Japan
1996 Washington & Jefferson College
1995 San Bernardino County Museum
1995 College of Santa Fe Monothon '95
1995 Kanagawa Kenmin Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1995 Magnifico--Art of Albuquerque
1994 Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1994 Museo Regional Universitario, Mexico
1993 Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1993 Magnifico--Art of Albuquerque
1992 San Francisco State University
1992 University of Oregon
1992 Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center
1992 Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1991 Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
1991 Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1991 McNeese State University
1991 Central Missouri State University
1990 eleven east ashland gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1985 Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles
1984 Contemporary Craftsman, Santa Fe, NM
1984 Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1994 Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA
1983 Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA
1983 Palisander Gallery, Taos, NM
1983 Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles |
Publications |
American Art Collector, Alcove Books 2005
Abstract Art: New Mexico Artist Series 2003
The Capitol Art Foundation Collection, Santa Fe, NM 1998
Fine Woodworking: Design Book III, 1983
Illustrated Catalogs and Journal Articles
ABQ Arts February 2003
Art of Albuquerque Exhibition Catalog 2002
Beaux Arts 2000, Plan B Catalog
23rd Harper College Exhibition Catalog 2000
Hanga: 19th International...Kanagawa '97 Catalog
Hanga: 18th International...Kanagawa '95 Catalog
MedArt Internat'l 1992 World Congress on Arts & Medicine Program
4th Annual McNeese National Catalog 1991
Fine Woodworking May/June 1984
Fine Woodworking March/April 1983
Recent Newspaper Reviews
Alibi, 05/03/04
Crosswinds Weekly, 09/18/03
Alibi, 09/18/03
Albuquerque Journal 09/07/03
Albuquerque Journal, 10/27/02
Crosswinds Weekly, 10/24/02
Alibi, An Albuquerque Weekly, 5/30/02
Crowsnest Pass Promoter, 5/28/02
Albuquerque Journal 02/18/01 |
Recent Professional Activities |
Created nine works of art for Albuquerque Arts Alliance to be given as Bravos Awards 2004
Designed images for posters for University of New Mexico Department of Music for performances of Bradley Ellingboe's Requiem, 2002; Maurice Durufle's Requiem, 2001; and Ernest Bloch's Avodath Hakodesh, 2000
Juror, exhibition of UNM College of Fine Arts alumni 2000
Board member, UNM College of Fine Arts Alumni Chapter 1998
Gallery curator, Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque 1997-98
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Represented by |
Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art  3812 Central Ave SE, Albq, NM 87108, 505-232-0224
James Reid, Ltd. 114 East Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM, 505-988-1147, 800-545-2056 |
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