Since 1978 painter Rod Weagant has lived and worked in North Central
Washington. For eleven years he operated an art gallery in the beautiful
Lake Chelan Valley. In 1990 increasing demand for his paintings and
his strenghtening belief in the value of painting directly from nature necessitated
closing his gallery. He began to work out of his studio in Manson, Washington
which was located in an apple orchard. In the summer of 2000 Rod and
his family moved to Haines, Alaska to find new inspiration for his painting
in the natural beauty of Southeast Alaska. He is doing the things that,
for him, make painting most enjoyable, standing before the natural world
and attempting to record it faithfully and simply, without pretense.
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- Education:
- 1974-1975 North Seattle Community College
1975-1978 University of Washington (BFA Painting)
One Man Exhibitions:
Gallery Chelan |
Manson WA |
1980 |
Sun Mountain Gallery |
Winthrop WA |
1992 |
Manson Gallery |
Manson WA |
1981 |
Wapato Studio |
Chelan WA |
1992 |
Gasparetti Galler |
YakimaWA |
1984 |
Ellensburg Gallery |
Ellensburg WA |
1993 |
Lake Chelan Arts |
Chelan WA |
1985 |
Wapato Studio |
Chelan WA |
1993 |
Frye Art Museum |
Seattle WA |
1985 |
Oak Hollow Gallery |
Yakima WA |
1994 |
Valley Gallery |
Ellensburg WA |
1987 |
Wapato Studio |
Chelan WA |
1994 |
Little Art Gallery |
Wenatchee WA |
1988 |
Kirsten Gallery |
Seattle WA |
1995 |
Sun Mountain Gallery |
Winthrop WA |
1991 |
Wapato Gallery |
Seattle WA |
1996 |
Eileen Ench Gallery |
Bellevue WA |
1991 |
Wapato Gallery |
Seattle WA |
1997 |
Signatures Gallery |
Chelan WA |
1991 |
Kirsten Gallery |
Seattle WA |
1998 |
Confluence Gallery |
Bellevue WA |
1992 |
Wapato Gallery |
Chelan WA |
1999 |
Works can be seen at:
Artique, Anchorage, AK
Artist Cove, Sitka, AK
Scanlon Gallery, Ketchikan, AK
Kennedy and Lynch, Skagway, AK
Weagant Gallery, Manson, WA
Grants:
Washington State Arts Commission 1986
Washington State Arts Commission 1989
Publications:
Artist Trust Magazine Winter
1991
American Artist Magazine April 1992
Selected Awards:
1994 National Arts for the Parks, Top 100
1993 North Central Artist of the Year
1993 Best of Show, North Central Washington Allied Arts
1992 Best of Show, Puget Sound Country; 1st Oil, North Central Washington
Allied Arts
1991 Best of Show, Puget Sound Country; 1st Oil, North Central Washington
Allied Arts
1990 2nd Oil, North Central Washington Allied Arts
1989 Best of Show and 2nd Oil, North Central Washington Allied Arts;
1st Award, Alcoa National
Send Rod an e-mail: sweagant@telebyte.net |
