Brad Aldridge
Countryside at Evening
oil and acrylic on panel
34” x 75” panel, 43 ½” x 84 ¼” frame

Brad Aldridge exhibits An Ideal Country May 9 thru June 7. The show features landscapes from travels to France and England as well as near his home in rural Utah. 

Aldridge creates pastoral landscapes that evoke an Arcadian calm. His paintings conjure 19th century Romanticism while employing somewhat loose 20th century brushstrokes. In Aldridge’s paintings there is a sense of spirituality drawn through subtle beauty. His invocation of the tonalist movement allows his landscapes to become serene escapes. Aldridge states that his “ultimate goal is to create objects of beauty which nourish the viewer on a spiritual level.”

Brad Aldridge received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Brigham Young University, with an emphasis in lithography, and his Master’s from the University of Arkansas. His collectors include the Pinnfund Corporation; the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma; and the Springvale Museum of Art. He lives in Moroni, Utah with his wife and five children.