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Ruth LaGue grew up in Alaska, awed by the incredible vastness of the wild landscape. Gazing at the expansive skies and majestic mountains as a girl, Ruth recognized that she was a small part of something much larger than herself.
Traveling through India in her twenties, she became consumed by the landscape of the spirit — that limitless interior universe that lives in each of us. The marriage of the two experiences ignited a lifelong quest to connect the outer and inner within her paintings.
To her, landscapes represent fragments of time that will never be again; intimate moments of communion with something greater than herself; quiet meditations to which she bears witness. They compel her to paint.
She finds that the most exciting part of the creative process is observing the juxtaposition of colors and textures as they form a depth of field — how a simple dark line next to a light field of color can come alive and represent a landscape in its barest form.
Ruth LaGue strives for visual economy in her work: Can a block of color represent a field of dry grass on an early spring morning? Can a simple, dark blue line that runs across the canvas embody the ocean’s edge at sunset?
She wants her viewers to imagine themselves within the landscape, recalling a memory or pausing to remember their wholeness.
Exhibits
Exhibiting online at Ugallery.
2019
Fountain Street Gallery | Group show | Boston, MA
Newton Free Library | Group show | Newton, MA
Jamaica Plain Library | Landscape in its barest form | Jamaica Plain, MA
2018
The Mayor's Gallery – City Hall | Art in it's Barest Form | Boston, MA
Cape Cod Art Center | All New England | Barnstable, MA
BCEC | Environmental Textures | Boston, MA
Main Street Arts | Land & Sea | Clifton Springs, NY | best of show
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition | Wide Open 9 | Brooklyn, NY
Mena Art Gallery | Southwest Artists Association, Small Works | Mena, AR | prize winner
Gallery Sitka | Earth Day Show | Fitchburg, MA
Gallery 110 | 8th Annual Juried Exhibit | Seattle, WA
2017
Providence Art Club | Making Your Mark | Providence RI
Gorse Mill Gallery | Vantage Point | Needham, MA
2016
Golden Thread Gallery | Simplicity | West Hartford, CT
Fusion Art | Waterscapes | Boston, MA
Boston Film Gala | Boston, MA
Studio Visit Magazine | National Juried Artist Book | Boston, MA
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | Member Show | Boston, MA
2015
Encaustic Arts Institute | National Juried Encaustic/Wax Exhibition | Sante Fe, NM
Pearl Street Gallery | The Landscape | Chelsea, MA
Steamboat Springs Arts Council | Encaustic: Nature as Muse | Steamboat Springs, CO
Fountain Street Fine Arts | Visual Alchemy | Framingham, MA
28&Bank Studio | Ongoing | Harwich, MA
2014
South Shore Arts Center | Works on Paper | Cohasset, MA
Audrey Love Gallery | The Devil in the Straight Line | Miami, FL
Galatea Fine Arts Gallery | Solo Show: Wood Paper Wax | Boston, MA
28&Bank Studio | Ongoing | Harwich, MA
2012
Bromfield Gallery | Holiday 12 x 12 show | Boston, MA
Fuller Craft Museum | Member Show | Brockton, MA
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | Solo Show | Boston, MA
2011
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | Member Show | Boston, MA
South Shore Art Center | Wax Inc National Juried Exhibition, Cohasset, MA | Prize Winner
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | New England Collective II Annual Juried Show | Boston, MA
Viridian Artists - A Contemporary Art Gallery | New York, NY
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative | Pawtucket RI | Prize Winner
Needham Open Studios | Gorse Mill Studios
25th International Juried Show | Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | Summit, NJ
2010
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | August – Collective | Boston, MA
Collections
Works can be found in numerous private collections; the corporate collection of BioMed Realty, Inc. and on permanent exhibit at the
Encaustic Art Institute in Sante Fe.
Education
BFA – Rhode Island School of Design
MBA – Simmons College – School of Management
Ruth LaGue grew up in Alaska, awed by the incredible vastness of the wild landscape. Gazing at the expansive skies and majestic mountains as a girl, Ruth recognized that she was a small part of something much larger than herself.
Traveling through India in her twenties, she became consumed by the landscape of the spirit — that limitless interior universe that lives in each of us. The marriage of the two experiences ignited a lifelong quest to connect the outer and inner within her paintings.
To her, landscapes represent fragments of time that will never be again; intimate moments of communion with something greater than herself; quiet meditations to which she bears witness. They compel her to paint.
She finds that the most exciting part of the creative process is observing the juxtaposition of colors and textures as they form a depth of field — how a simple dark line next to a light field of color can come alive and represent a landscape in its barest form.
Ruth LaGue strives for visual economy in her work: Can a block of color represent a field of dry grass on an early spring morning? Can a simple, dark blue line that runs across the canvas embody the ocean’s edge at sunset?
She wants her viewers to imagine themselves within the landscape, recalling a memory or pausing to remember their wholeness.
Exhibits
Exhibiting online at Ugallery.
2019
Fountain Street Gallery | Group show | Boston, MA
Newton Free Library | Group show | Newton, MA
Jamaica Plain Library | Landscape in its barest form | Jamaica Plain, MA
2018
The Mayor's Gallery – City Hall | Art in it's Barest Form | Boston, MA
Cape Cod Art Center | All New England | Barnstable, MA
BCEC | Environmental Textures | Boston, MA
Main Street Arts | Land & Sea | Clifton Springs, NY | best of show
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition | Wide Open 9 | Brooklyn, NY
Mena Art Gallery | Southwest Artists Association, Small Works | Mena, AR | prize winner
Gallery Sitka | Earth Day Show | Fitchburg, MA
Gallery 110 | 8th Annual Juried Exhibit | Seattle, WA
2017
Providence Art Club | Making Your Mark | Providence RI
Gorse Mill Gallery | Vantage Point | Needham, MA
2016
Golden Thread Gallery | Simplicity | West Hartford, CT
Fusion Art | Waterscapes | Boston, MA
Boston Film Gala | Boston, MA
Studio Visit Magazine | National Juried Artist Book | Boston, MA
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | Member Show | Boston, MA
2015
Encaustic Arts Institute | National Juried Encaustic/Wax Exhibition | Sante Fe, NM
Pearl Street Gallery | The Landscape | Chelsea, MA
Steamboat Springs Arts Council | Encaustic: Nature as Muse | Steamboat Springs, CO
Fountain Street Fine Arts | Visual Alchemy | Framingham, MA
28&Bank Studio | Ongoing | Harwich, MA
2014
South Shore Arts Center | Works on Paper | Cohasset, MA
Audrey Love Gallery | The Devil in the Straight Line | Miami, FL
Galatea Fine Arts Gallery | Solo Show: Wood Paper Wax | Boston, MA
28&Bank Studio | Ongoing | Harwich, MA
2012
Bromfield Gallery | Holiday 12 x 12 show | Boston, MA
Fuller Craft Museum | Member Show | Brockton, MA
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | Solo Show | Boston, MA
2011
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | Member Show | Boston, MA
South Shore Art Center | Wax Inc National Juried Exhibition, Cohasset, MA | Prize Winner
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | New England Collective II Annual Juried Show | Boston, MA
Viridian Artists - A Contemporary Art Gallery | New York, NY
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative | Pawtucket RI | Prize Winner
Needham Open Studios | Gorse Mill Studios
25th International Juried Show | Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | Summit, NJ
2010
Galatea Fine Art Gallery | August – Collective | Boston, MA
Collections
Works can be found in numerous private collections; the corporate collection of BioMed Realty, Inc. and on permanent exhibit at the
Encaustic Art Institute in Sante Fe.
Education
BFA – Rhode Island School of Design
MBA – Simmons College – School of Management