Current and Future Artists

Artists have played an important role in the formation, preservation, and enjoyment of national parks. Over a century ago, by painting landscapes of the American West, artists publicized many of the natural wonders of a land little known to an eastern populace. Their body of work helped to foster appreciation for these national wonders which ultimately resulted in the establishment of many national parks. Artist’s interpretation of park landscapes through many types of media connects people to these special places, which is an essential part of the preservation and protection of America’s national parks.

Great Basin National Park
2024 Artists-in-Residence

 
 
A color painting of a burned out tree segment, likely the trunk or a large branch. The piece stands vertically with its edges a charred black and center a mix of blacks and natural brown. Texture is evident thoughout, with the many ridges of natural trees
"Larger than Life"

Suze Woolf

Suze Woolf

Winter Residency - February 2024

Suze is a lifelong hiker, backcountry skier, mountaineer, and professional artist from Washington state. Suze has exhibited in hundreds of locations throughout the West and has won dozens of awards for her artwork that focuses on the environment.

“I have watched glaciers shrink and burned forests increase all over the West. At first, I painted beautiful landscapes but was soon compelled to portray their ecological disturbances. Portraits of individual trees became my metaphor for human impact. Despite my anxiety, I also see unusual beauty. Fire-carved snags are all the same – carbonized, eaten away; yet different – fire physics and plant structure create sculpture. Painting them is a meditation on the climate crisis.”

Find more of Suze's work on her website by clicking here.

 
A cross-section like watercolor painting of trees sticking out of a stylized, sloped forest floor. The floor rises up like a hill covered in grass and rock, but is only a thin slice, showing textured and colored layers below, along with the many roots.
Eastern Forest

Bryce Lafferty

Bryce Lafferty

Summer Residency - July/August 2024

Bryce is the Department Head at Jacksonville State University’s Department of Art + Design and is a Professor of Drawing, Painting & Illustration. Bryce has had numerous exhibits and won several awards. Bryce relates,

“My watercolor drawings emerge as poetic expressions of my wonderment for the natural world. They provide a surreal, emotional, and ineffable response to the overwhelming beauty of nature. The paintings I plan to do at the Park include a series that will interpret pocket ecosystems and their connection to the greater ecological tapestry of Great Basin, with a focus toward the park’s geologic history, and how that has informed the past and present day landscape.”

Find more of Bryce's work on his website by clicking here

 
A color photo of the milky way stretching above a rock arch lit from within
Eye of the Heavens

Paul Atkinson

Paul Atkinson

Fall Residency - Oct/Nov 2024

An artist from Raleigh, North Carolina, Paul is an exhibiting artist specializing in night photography and infrared photography. His work celebrates not only the natural landscape, but also explores the human landscape from a detached examination of what is left behind. Paul is an advocate for Dark Sky International and his work has been exhibited nationally in numerous juried shows. Paul relates,

“I look forward to having the opportunity to use my art to further the appreciation and protection of our shared cultural heritage, dark night skies.”

Find more of Paul's work on his website by clicking here.

 
A color image of a painting of bare, twisted trees standing on a rocky slope. A large storm cloud dominates more than half of the sky, and mountains stand in the distance.
Somber Whispers of a Summer Monsoon

Alina Lindquist

Alina Lindquist

Alternate Artist

Alina is an emerging artist who graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2020. Well respected artist Phyllis Shafer shared with us that “Alina is one of the most talented, serious, and dedicated painters with which I have worked. Alina’s paintings show a reverence for the natural world and a celebration of the stewardship required to maintain wild places.” Alina relates,

“Direct experience with the landscape is a cornerstone of my artistic practice. I primarily paint en plein air with oil to capture my initial experience on location. Sometimes I will use watercolor or gouache, depending on how much I want to carry that day. No matter what materials I use, the marks and colors captured outside inform my larger work back in the studio. Ultimately, my work seeks to transmit my love and sense of wonder for the desert.”

Find more of Alina's work on her website by clicking here.

 

Last updated: January 12, 2024

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100 Great Basin National Park
Baker, NV 89311

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