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According to Newsweek art critic Mark Stevens, Ted Waddell’s
paintings evoke both “the quirks of cattle and their
almost eerie rootedness—their magnificently dumb,
earthy force.” Waddell’s expressionistic, heavily-loaded
brush strokes create an energy of their own, turning the
surface into a swirling labyrinth of thick, serpentine
paint.
Title: |
Angus #68 |
Artist: |
Theodore “Ted” Waddell (b. 1941)
Ted Waddell was born in Billings and raised in
Laurel. He was formally introduced to art at Eastern
Montana College where he studied with Isabel Johnson,
Montana’s “first modernist painter.” In
1968 he joined the art faculty at the University
of Montana where he specialized in three-dimensional
sculpture. In 1976 he resigned his post at the university,
obtained a job as the manager of a large cattle ranch,
and returned to painting and drawing. Since that
time he has had more than ninety one-man exhibitions
of his work. |
Medium: |
Oil |
Date: |
1983 |
Dimensions: |
48” x 60” |
Location: |
Justice/State Library Building, 3rd floor lobby,
south wall |
MHS Number: |
X1985.18.06 |
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