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Represented by:
David Eriscon Fine Art
418 So. 200 W.
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Terzian Galleries
P.O. Box 3359
309 Main Street
Park City, Utah 84060
435-649-4927
www.terziangalleries.com
Studio:
P.O. Box 116 Tropic, Utah 84776
435-679-8406
wagstaffart@scinternet.net
www.WagstaffStudios.com
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My paintings are kind of self-portraits in still-life. I don’t look for things to paint, but rather paint what becomes—usually over time—compelling and necessary for me to paint. I paint pottery I own and have lived with, “treasures” my daughters bring to me, fruit from my backyard (and my childhood), flowers, assorted poultry and weeds that grow in my yard, and objects I have picked up while walking out in the hills. Though my paintings are often formal in composition, and imply geometry, I don’t calculate my compositions, but paint intuitively. The elements in each painting are symbolic for me—basically, I paint my life. Or, in other words, the elements of my life reappear as elements in my paintings—and those elements, which often happen to have universal symbolic meaning—always have personal symbolic meaning.
Selected Invitational Exhibitions
2004 Terra Nova Gallery
Remembrances: Recent Works by Rebecca Wagstaff
Provo, Utah
2004 St. George Art Museum
Familial Painters: Three Artist Show
St. George, Utah
2004 Springville MOA
Two Points of View: Clay & Rebecca Wagstaff
Springville, Utah
2003 Springville Museum of Art
E-Spousing Art: Utah Artist Couples
Springville, UT
2001 Red Butte Garden & Arboretum
Home Sweet Habitat
Salt Lake City, Utah
2000 Robert and Peggy Sears Invitational, Dixie Invitational 2000,
St. George, Utah
1995 Dolores Chase Fine Art
Dreamscapes: Group Show
Salt Lake City, Utah
1993 Salt Lake Art Center
Intimate Views
Salt Lake City, Utah
1992 Finch Lane Gallery
Art Feast
Salt Lake City, Utah
1992 LeftBank Art Gallery
Art Feeds the Soul
Salt Lake City, Utah.
1988 Wilkinson Center Gallery
Quotidian Reflections: 4 Artist Show
BYU, Provo, Utah
Selected Juried Exhibitions and Awards
2005 UVSC Woodbury Art Museum
Lucille T. Stoddard Women's exhibit
Orem, Utah
Best of Show
2004 AAUW: Utah Women Artists Exhibition
Bountiful/Davis Art Center
Bountiful, Utah
Helen W. Allen Award
2004 Springville Museum of Art
80th Utah Spring Salon
Springville, Utah
Merit Award
2004 Cedar City Art Committee
61st Annual National Art Exhibition
Cedar City, Utah
Honorable Mention
2003 St. George Art Museum
The Regional—7th Annual Juried Exhibition
St. George, Utah
Juror’s Second Place Award
2003 Provo City Library
Litartcy--1st Nat’l Juried Art Exhibition
Anderson Gallery, Provo, Utah
First Place Purchase Award
2003 A. R. Mitchell Museum
Trinidad National Fine Art Exhibition
Trinidad, Colorado
Merit Award
2003 Springville Museum of Art
79th Utah Spring Salon
Springville, Utah
Merit Award
2003 Museum of Church History and Art
Sixth International Art Competition
Salt Lake City, Utah
Merit Award
2002 Springville Museum of Art
78th Utah Spring Salon
Springville, Utah
Jurors Second Place Award
1993 Alvin Gittens Gallery
Year of the American Craft: Utah Crafts 1993
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Travel Award
1993 Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Utah ’93: Crafts
SLC, Utah
Purchase Award
Reviews
The Deseret News, Carma Wadley, Home Sweet Habitat, May 3-4, 2001, photos of outdoor installations created by Clay & Rebecca Wagstaff.
The Salt Lake Tribune, Brandon Griggs, Home, Home on the Range—And the Cave And the Tree, May 4, 2001, photos of installations by Clay and Rebecca Wagstaff.
Artists of Utah, Swanson, Olpin, Seiffert, p.279, 1999.
The Deseret News, Dave Gagon, Dreamscapes: fruitful imaginations add a Touch of the unexpected to Dolores Chase Exhibit, May, 1995.
Utah Holiday, The Art of Giving Art, painting reproduced pg. 26, December, 1992.
Collections
2005, 1993 State of Utah Fine Art Collection
2004 Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
2003 Salt Lake County Art Collection, Salt Lake City, Utah
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