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Ridgeway is best known for her large-scale,
She explores the interrelation and change of color in various conditions and on a variety of surfaces. Her artistic foundations in line drawing, watercolor, graphic design, and oils gave way to acrylics, which she found to be more versatile for her layering technique. Ridgeway has spent the last thirty years developing her sig- nature technique, called “layer-
luminous poured canvases.
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ing light,” in which she pours and manipulates many layers of thin, transparent acrylics onto linen and canvas, to produce a fluidity and viscosity similar to traditional watercolor.
Temperatures Rising
acrylic on canvas 34'' x 72''
Bette Ridgeway
