Wisconsin native, Tom Uttech paints outside of Milwaukee in his converted barn-studio. The gallery has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the artist since his first exhibition here in 1990. His beautiful paintings feed our expectations of the wilderness, one that is both raw and wild, familiar and welcoming. Uttech's world is one of waterways, shorelines, and tumbling rocks precariously perched within thickets of growth. His world is woven together with both imagined and real elements. (see also Uttech Photography)
"Since these pictures are about nature and our role in it, the knowledge gained might grow into love of nature, and thus into concern for its well being. The best response to my paintings would be for you to…go straight to the wildest piece of land you can find and sit down to let it wash over you and tell you secrets." –Tom Uttech
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee, WI; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI; Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; Black Wolf Run/American Club, Kohler, WI; University Club, Chicago, IL; Wellington Management Co., Boston, MI; West Bend Mututal Insurance Co, West Bend, WI
FIRST SNOW ON SISKADINNA LAKE (#364), 1988, Oil on Canvas, 17 x 21" framed to 24 x 28"
WAWIYATJIWIM (847), Oil on Linen, 33 x 37"
SENASSAMISH KINJI GWEJAN (838), Oil on Linen, 17 1/2 x 13 3/4"
SISKWAN (848), Oil on Linen, 33 x 37"
BIBON KOKOKOKO (834), Oil on Linen, 16 x 19"
NIN KIKINGE (829), Oil on Linen, 38 x 42"
NIN NAGAMOTAWA (823), Oil on Linen, 57 x 61"
NIND ANGWABAMA (846), Oil on Linen, 16 x 22"
NIND ANGWAMIKAWA (841), Oil on Linen, 54 x 58"
NANAGATAWENINDISOWIN (828), Oil on Linen, 67 x 72"
