Discover Sleeping Salmon Studio's Artistic World
Biography
Gregg spent many years painting plein air acquiring a visual vocabulary but found that while he could create pretty pictures, they didn’t tell the story he wanted to depict in his work. Now with dozens of one-person and group shows behind him Gregg paints from his heart and from his fears about climate change and our vanishing natural world, he often usies salmon as his “canary in the coal mine.”
Gregg’s concern for the environment resulted from 45 years living off the grid and working horses in the woods and farm on his homestead on the Colville Reservation, where he works with the tribes planting red band trout, kokanee and chinook salmon in an effort to re-establish the life giving waters of the Cascadia Bio-region, to children of the future.
As a life long fisherman he has experienced the demise of fish in the Pacific Northwest. Gregg hopes that by turning his fishing pole into a brush he can get others to reflect upon their impact on the world we all share.
Gregg’s work can be found in many private collections and at Art House Design in Olympia, the Winthrop Gallery in Winthrop, Washington, frequent shows at the Confluence Gallery in Twisp, Washington and at the Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, Washington as well as on-line at www.greggcaudell.com
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Self taught with a little help from my friends...
Gregg Caudell
Republic, WA and Olympia, WA
https://pleinairartist.blogspot.com/
Ranch; 509-775-2130 msg
Cell; 509-690-0528
Summary of Juried Shows and Events:
2024 Top 3 regional award, Gonzaga University, Juried Regional Tri-Annual Landscape Show
2023 Confluence Gallery, one man show.
2022 MAC Art Source, art rental program, Spokane, WA
2022 Perspectives, group show, Confluence Art Gallery, Twisp, WA
2022 Community Gallery, solo show, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
2021 Wenatchee Valley Museum of Arts and Culture, 3rdplace winner for “Hidden”
2021 Barringer Winery, group show with M.A.D. member artists, Spokane, WA
2021 Member M.A.D. art Lab, Spokane, WA
2020 MAC Art Source, art rental program, Spokane, WA
2020 Liberty Gallery, Spokane, WA
2020 Color of Words, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
2019 Batdorf and Bronson, Olympia Fall Artwalk
2019 Pop Up Show, Olympia, Wa Spring Art Walk
2019 Exhibiting current work at Winthrop Artist’s Co-op
2019 MAC Art Source, art rental program, Spokane, WA
2018 Ferry County Memorial Hospital public art collection
2018 Confluence Gallery, Group Invitational
2018 Exhibiting current work at Winthrop Artist’s Co-op
2017 MAC Art @ Work, Spokane, WA
2017 Confluence Gallery, Group Invitational
2016 Olympia, Wa., Spring Art Walk
2016 MAC Art @ Work, Spokane, WA
2016 Confluence Gallery, Group Invitational
2015 Moses Lake Museum and Art Center, one artist show,
2014 Olympia, WA Fall Art Walk, featured at the Art House Designs Gallery
2013 Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR plein air event
(Juried in to show annually since 2008)
2013 Parklane Lane Gallery, Kirkland, WA Summertime Show
2013 Art House Designs, Olympia, WA one artist show
2012 Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, two man show with sculptor, Simon Kogan
2012 Scotch Peaks Wilderness, Sandpoint, Idaho, plein air paint out
2011 NW Museum of Culture, Spokane, WA, group show and auction
2010 Scotch Peaks Wilderness, Plein Air Paint Out, Sandpoint, Idaho
2009 Coos Museum of Art, Expressions West, Coos Bay, OR group show
2009 Barrister Winery, Featured Artist for Art Walk, Spokane, WA
2009 US Plein Air Open, Langley, WA
2009 Parklane Gallery,Juried Kirkland, WA
2008 Red Hawk Gallery, Plein Air Invitational, Sandpoint
2008 Moses Lake Museum Central Washington Regional Juried Art Exhibition
2008 Museum of Arts and Culture, Kress Gallery, Spokane, WA, one artist show
2008 Wallowa Valley Art Festival and Paint Out, Joseph, OR
2008 Coupeville Art Center, U.S. Open Plein Air Paint Out
2008 Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Paint Out, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
2008 Coos Bay Coos Bay Art Museum, 'Expressions West' Regional Competition
2008 Western Paper Company, 2008 Invitational Show, Kintsler Gallery, Seattle
1979 Spokane Museum of Native American Culture Western Art Show
Awards:
2024 3rd place, Gonzaga University, Tri-Annual Regional Landscape Show, Spokane, WA
2021 3rd place Wenatchee Museum Winter Invitational
2015 Best of Show, Confluence Gallery, Invitational
2013 Purchase Prize Award, Hood River Plein Air Paintout, Hood River, OR
2012 Best of Show, Scotchman’s Peak Plein Air Paint Out, Hope, ID
2012 Artist Choice Award, Scotchman’s Peak Plein Air Paint Out
2011 Best of Show Annual Gallery Exhibition, Coulee City, WA
2007 Best of Show, Moses Lake Museum of Arts and Culture,
Regional Competition
Galleries:
Winthrop Artist Co-op, Winthrop, WA
Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
Art House Designs, Olympia, WA
Washington State Capitol Legislature, by invitation
NW Museum of Culture, art rental program, Spokane WA
M.A.D. Art Laboratory
References:
Simon Kogan, Olympia, WA
Susie Englestadt, Arthouse Designs, Olympia, WA
Tammy.gabbert@northwestmuseum.org
The Inimitable Kally Thurman, Hope, ID
Terry Lawhead, Waitsburg, WA
Publications, Instructional Videos and Illustrations;
Farmer’s Almanac
Small Farmer’s Journal
Rural Heritage Magazine
Publisher, Horse Logger’s Int. News
Author; Horse Logger’s Manual
Co-producer, Video; A Day Horse logging, The Basics
Education:
1972 – 1975 Eastern Washington State College
Print making with Bruce Beal
1975-76 Fort Wright College
Oil painting with Charles Palmer, Al Ring
Sculpture, Sister Paula Mary Turnbull
1974-76 Life drawing, Stan Taft
1976-1977 Spokane Community College
Certified Welder, Ironworker’s Local #14 apprenticeship
Workshops Taught:
2011 Organized and hosted an artist plein air retreat and workshop at Sleeping Salmon Studio, on the Sanpoil River near Republic, WA
2013 Basics of Oil Painting, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, BC
2014 Basics of Oil Painting, Grand Coulee, WA
2015 Basics of Oil Painting, Coulee City, WA
Workshops and mentors:
1987 Ned Mueller, Clarkston WA
2005 David Alexander, Kelowna, BC
2007 Glenn Grishkoff, Sandpoint, ID
2007 William F. Reese, Wenatchee, WA
2008 Leonid Gervits, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA
2010 Elio Comacho, Hood River, Or
2011 Simon Kogan, Olympia, WA
contact;
1-509-775-2130
Cell; 509-690-0528
Life on the Ranch and Sleeping Salmon Studio
45 years raising, training and working draft horses on the ranch, came to an end a while back with my last team. Today I spend my time mending fences, chasing grand children and painting. I figure I can push paint around for quite a bit longer. Thanks for checking in. I'll keep you posted.