Valley Frost by Ridgway Original Kaw River Valley Kansas in the Locale! & Style of John Steuart Curry

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You will love this amazing painting which captures that elusive dreamlike quality of an early morning first frost of fall. … Read more You will love this amazing painting which captures that elusive dreamlike quality of an early morning first frost of fall. This is a depiction is of the farmland landscape as one drives from upland Oskaloosa. Kansas down into the Kaw River Valley and it captures that special light.

Priscilla Ridgway is an amazing artist who had lived in Oskaloosa,, Kansas for some time when she painted this piece. Her art was deeply influenced by her daily drive through this beautiful landscape toward the Kansas) River Valley and Lawrence where she attended KU while working on her PhD and her groundbreaking work on patient centered mental health.
Although unsigned, this painting was one of P. Ridgway's pieces shown at a Kansas Art Guild Show in Wichita. It was later bought by myself directly from Ms Ridgway during her show at Paradise Cafe in Lawrence, Kansas.

Framed Canvas
21.5 inches wide X 12.5 inches high X .75 inches deep
In excellent condition
Early 2000s

We can see similar visuals in the Romanticism and depiction of rural Kansas by the famous artist, John Steuart Curry, who was influenced by the very same landscape moving down toward the valley. Curry was born on a farm in Dunavant, which is near Oskaloosa in Jefferson County, Kansas. His childhood home was moved to and is now preserved as a part of Old Jefferson Town Historic Site in Oskaloosa.

Curry’s work, particularly his murals, is known for depicting rural American life, often drawing from his Kansas roots. He is famous for his "Tragic Prelude" mural of John Brown in the Kansas State Capitol. See less