Hadley Rampton

“I’m energized by the challenges and beauty of nature, by the dynamics of light, atmosphere, and temperature in the Rocky Mountains and in the deserts of the Southwest.” - Hadley Rampton

Rampton's work rests somewhere between abstraction and realism. Her paintings are an amalgamation of her love of composition, color, mark making and being present in the outdoors. “I prefer to work onsite where I not only see the scene before which I stand but feel its light, weather, and mood.” In plein air painting, there is an immediacy that takes hold and guides the process. Rampton grabs hold of that energy but also combines it with a more contemplative studio approach. Painting with a palette knife using bold strokes, she breaks her subject matter down into simplified form, composed of value and color.

Drawing and painting for as long as she can remember, Rampton graduated from the University of Utah in 1999. During her studies, she spent a semester in Florence, Italy at the Instituto di Lorenzo d’ Medici studying studio art, Renaissance Art History and History of Renaissance Architecture. Her professional painting career, which began shortly after graduation, is now nearing its 20th year.

With an Honors BFA in Painting and Drawing a...

EDUCATION:

1999 Honors BFA in Painting and Drawing, Minor in Art History, Studies in Architecture; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

1998 Semester of studies in Studio Art, Art & Architectural History; Centro de Lorenzo d’ Medici, Florence, Italy

1994 High School Honors degree with Distinction in Art; Rowland Hall-St. Marks; Salt Lake City, UT

INVITATIONALS:
2020 16th Annual Sedona Plein Air Event, Sedona Art Museum, Sedona, AZ
“Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
“American Crossroads”, Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, Helper, UT
2019 “Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
“Colors of the Canyons”, Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, Helper, UT
2018 10th Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational, Zion National Park, UT
“Art In The West”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
“Cowgirl Up!”, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
“Square One: Helper Artists of Utah”, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2017 “Nest: Women Artists of Helper”, Amjworks, Helper

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2019 95th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, Museum of Art, Springville, UT
11th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Art Center’s Carr & Hall Galleries, Idaho Falls, ID
2018 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
2017 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
93rd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Art Center’s Carr & Hall Galleries, Idaho Falls, ID
2016 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
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