It's with great pleasure that Radius Gallery unveils a new series of paintings by Missoula's own Hadley Ferguson. Known for her murals in the Garden City and across the state, Ferguson now turns to smaller compositions, capturing in her distinctive style the potent energy of familiar places-their peacefulness, beauty and verve. This exhibit runs from October 6 - 26.

 

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These works will be available for pick up or shipping the week after October 26th.

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BIO

 

In these new, mostly small paintings in acrylic, Hadley Ferguson delights in the visual experiences of life in Montana-its wild contours of land, the stirring theatre of sky, its architecture, its occupants. Working from photographs, she demonstrates a deep attunement to this place, preserving it in memory and paying poignant homage to both its ephemeral and enduring beauty.

 

Hadley is a native Missoulian who grew up walking the towns surrounding trails, playing in the Clark Fork river, and marveling at the immense, ever- changing skies overhead. She draws inspiration for her paintings from this deep well of lived experience, illuminating and affirming the diurnal rhythms of everyday life in the Mountain West.

 

Hadley holds a BFA in drawing and sculpture from the University of Montana. After graduating, she moved to Portland, Oregon, where she worked as a contract artist painting murals and artistic details for the McMenamins Co. Returning to Missoula in 2001, she continued with her freelance artwork. Viewers will recognize her distinct style in the seven-panel "Heart of Missoula" mural on the southwest corner of Broadway and Higgins, and in the monumental "Women Build Montana" murals on the third floor of the Montana State Capitol building in Helena. Hadley’s work can also be found at Fort Missoula, Loyola Sacred Heart High School, the University of Montana's College of Forestry and Conservation, and other public venues in and around Missoula.