"Work work work work! Speaking to a packed auditorium on the University of Oregon campus, this was the advice James Lavadour offered to young artists. A self-taught artist whose daily practice involves heading to his Pendleton studio "before the sun comes up," it is clear that Lavadour knows a thing or two about work. It's not just that his long list of accomplishments -the prestigious awards and commissions, the inclusions in prominent museum collections across the country,"
"Lavadour describes his relationship to the land as a kind of symbiotic or constitutive work. It could be boiled down to a simple list: he is shaped by the land, it shapes him, and he paints it. However, this simplification fails to register both the depth and breadth of this relationship. It is not as if Lavadour is merely roaming the land in search of something to paint. He hikes, camps, drives, walks his dog, and even naps in the open space"
James Lavadour maintains a rigorous daily studio practice, often working before sunrise, that underpins decades of painting and printmaking. His work embodies a deep, reciprocal relationship with land, with practice including hiking, camping, driving, walking his dog, and even napping outdoors as a form of praxis. The 2015 oil-on-panel painting Land of Origin centers exposure, sensual perception, and the daily accumulation of bits and pieces of knowledge. Prestigious awards, museum acquisitions, commissions, and co-founding Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts mark a sustained professional influence. A comprehensive retrospective at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents visceral, dynamic works across varied media. The paintings and prints reveal labor, process, contemplation, and rigor.
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