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Shenandoah Dreaming
acrylic on canvas 36'' x 46''
In the 1970s, acclaimed abstract expressionist painter Paul Jenkins saw a light in Ridgeway and closely mentored her over several decades. Forty years hence, her signature technique of “Layering Light” on large-scale, luminous poured canvases and metal sculptures has been per- fected. Her work has been exhibited in over eighty museums, universities, and galleries, in- cluding the Palais Royale, Paris, Embassy of Madagascar and the London Art Biennale. Awards include Top 60 Contemporary Masters, Leonardo DaVinci Prize, Rome, and the Sandro Botticelli Prize, Museum of Florence, Italy. Numerous books and publications have featured her work, among them, International Contemporary Masters and 100 Famous Contemporary Artists. Ridgeway has also penned several books about art and process. Her work has previously ap- peared in The Woven Tale Press Vol. VII #2.
