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Biography

Paul Waldum - Landscape Painter from Montana and Wyoming:


Paul Waldum developed an appreciation for nature as a young boy while he hiked and climbed the mountains near his home?Livingston, Montana. The memories of those adventures, he recalls, left lasting sketches on his mind. "Nature's elements," he describes, "are driving forces in producing my artwork." As a young boy, Waldum had a passion for drawing and painting. When he was fourteen, he won his first painting award. The prize was a set of oil paints. While attending high school he had his first one-man exhibition. This was arranged through the encouragement of his art instructor. After high school, he received his formal art training and degree from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. During the years at MSU, he developed a unique style for serigraphy printing and soon his serigraph images of the western landscape appeared in major galleries in Jackson, Wyoming; Scottsdale, Arizona; New York City; and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Today, Waldum devotes most of his time to painting with pastels and oils. He states, "I like the opportunity to work out in the field, creating images that are fresh and have a direct tie between the environment and the canvas or paper."

Over the past 25 years, Waldum has spent many days backpacking, hiking, or skiing to remote areas of the Cloud Peak Wilderness in the Bighorn Range and the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness in Montana.

Waldum says, ?While creating my paintings, I traveled numerous times to various locations in and around these areas. This encompasses the ranch lands in the foothills to elevations above 12,000-13,000 feet in the heart of the mountain ranges. These mountain ranges provide artists with a wide diversity of subjects to paint. Some of the larger studio paintings were created from field studies and may be recognized by their geographical location or landmarks. Observing and studying the landscapes' constantly changing moods; Its light?a pink glow, a misty morning, dusk, dawn, and the season are illuminated in my images. Hopefully, these images allow the viewer to be drawn into the painting, creating a feeling of peacefulness and tranquility. It is gratifying for me to capture moments of nature as an art piece."

Waldum's paintings have appeared at the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Invitational in Cody, Wyoming; the Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum, Big Horn, Wyoming; the Yellowstone Art Museum Invitational, Billings, Montana; the Nicholaysen Art Museum Invitational, Casper, Wyoming; the Hockaday Museum Invitational, Kalispell, Montana; the CM Russell, Great Falls, Montana; and Settlers West Miniature Show, Tucson, Arizona.

Waldum is represented by the Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming, and Tierney Fine Art in Bozeman, Montana. His work is in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada.