1. Ron Larson
b. 1955, Salt Lake City, Utah
Lives in Ivins, Utah, works all over the American Southwest
Social Media and Websites: ronlarsonfineart.com, 11thstreetgallery.com,
https://www.facebook.com/artistronlarson
Most Recent Calendar of Exhibits and Shows
2016 Events (to date)
 Solo Show began February 2015 and was slated to runs through January 2016;
however the Museum Board of Directors voted to extend show through June 30,
2016: “Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau,” 30 paintings, John Wesley
Powell Museum, Page, AZ
 Invited to participate in Art to Zion 2016, 11th Street Gallery, St. George, UT, Jan.
2016
 Invited to participate in the Dixie University Invitational Show, St. George,
Utah, Jan. through Mar. 2016
 Invited to participate in the St. George Art Museum's National Call for Art of the
National Parks: First show is "Close to Home, Our Own Spectacular National
Parks," Jan. through May 2016
 Art conversation Lecture, St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT, April 2016
 National Park Lecture for Glen Canyon Natural History Association, Page, AZ, May
2016
 Invited to participate in the OPS Plein Air Southwest Salon 2016 at the Southwest
Gallery, Dallas, TX, April through May 2016
 Invited to participate in Art Market of Estes Park, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain
National Park, CO, May 2016
 Invited to participate at the Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2016
 Solo show, July 7 through Aug. 4, 2016, George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Gallery,
Salt Lake Community College South, Salt Lake City, UT
 Invited to participate in the Park City Kimball Arts Festival, Park City, UT, Aug. 2016
 Invited to participate in Grand Canyon Celebration of Art Plein Air Art Invitational
event, South Rim of the Grand Canyon, AZ, Sept. 2016
2015 Events
 Invited to participate in Art to Zion 2016, 11th Street Gallery, St. George, UT, Jan.
2015
 Invited to participate in the St. George Art Festival, St. George, UT, March 2015

2.  Invited to participate in the Dixie Invitational, Sears Art Museum Exhibit, St.
George, Utah, April 2015
 Invited to participate in the Dixie State University Art Museum Exhibit, “One x
One,” St. George, UT, June through Aug. 2015
 Public Art Call: selected as one of four out of 310 national applicants to present to
the University of Utah School of Dentistry for their public art commission for the
newly completed Noorda Dental Building. Three paintings were chosen and one was
commissioned, Aug. 2015
 Invited to participate in the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art Plein Air Art
Invitational event, South Rim of the Grand Canyon, AZ, Sept. 2015
 Invited to participate in the Sedona Arts Festival, Sedona, AZ, Oct. 2015
 Invited to participate in the Salt Lake Community College President's Art Show, Salt
Lake City, UT, Oct. 2015
 Invited to participate in the Oil Painters of America’s 2015 Salon Show at the Beverly
McNeil Gallery in Birmingham, AL, Oct. to Nov. 2015; Ron’s painting won cash, an
Honorable Mention award, and was featured as one of 11 on the Program/Invitation
 Invited to participate in the Outdoor Painters Society’s 2015 Associates Online
Showcase; Ron’s painting won cash and Best of Show award, Nov. 2015
 Invited to participate in the Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational, Zion
National Park, Springdale, UT, Nov. 2015
Select Juried Shows from the Western United States
California –
National Watercolor Society, San Pedro, CA
Art in the Mountains, Oakhurst, CA
Utah -
Visions of Zion, St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
World of the Wild, Hogle Zoo Annual Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
A Taste of Dixie Art in the Park, St. George, UT
Kayenta Art Festival, Kayenta, UT
Arizona -
Sedona Art Festival, West Sedona, AZ
Colorado –
Louisville Art Association, Louisville, CO
Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
New Mexico -
Farmington City Art Museum, Farmington, NM
The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM
Montana -

3. The Arts Chateau, Butte Montana Institute of the Arts, Butte, MT
Nevada -
Nevada Watercolor Society, Las Vegas, NV
Mesquite Fine Arts Center, Mesquite, NV
Bibliography
Doherty, M. Stephen, Artist Profile: “Ron Larson: Inspired by the Colorado Plateau,” Plein
Air Magazine, Expanded Digital Version, April/May 2016
Southwest Art Magazine's "Meet the Finalists," artists who made the final round of the
annual Artistic Excellence Competition: "Ron Larson, Canyon Dawn, Oil, 18x24,"
Southwest Art Magazine, December 2015, p. 81
Passy, Brian: “Art on the Lake: Ron Larson reflects on Lake Powell’s serene beauty,” The
Spectrum, March 9, 2015, Southern Utah Life Section cover page
Allen, Drista: “Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau Exhibit Opens,” Navajo Times,
February 12, 2015, Arts and Culture section, cover page
Additional articles on the Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau show appeared in
Southern Utah News, January 29, 2015 issue and the Lake Powell Chronicle January 14,
2015 issue, as well as three-page articles on both the exhibit and Ron’s National Park
Services lecture on the subject appeared on the Powell Museum’s website, the National Park
Services’ website, and the Glen Canyon Natural History Association’s website.
Rossiter, Shawn, “Ron Larson’s Studio Space,” Artists of Utah/15 Bytes, November 5, 2014,
artistsofutah.org/15bytes/index.php
Plein Air Magazine’s PleinAir Collector, “Featured Artwork: Ron Larson,” Court of the
Patriarchs, 46”x58” view of Zion National Park, September 2014 issue,
http://www.pleinaircollector.com/pages/19820319.php?
Van Roosendaal, Kathryn: “Local Watercolorist Gains National Recognition,” The
Spectrum & Daily News, December 21, 2007, Arts Life Section, cover page (additional
articles on this award and other shows appeared in the 2002 and 2001 Spectrum)
Public Collections
John Wesley Powell Museum, Page, AZ
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, National Park Services, Page, AZ
St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
Children’s Art Museum, St. George, UT

4. Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Utah School of Dentistry, Salt Lake City, UT
Works also held in corporate and private collections in Canada, the United States, and
Europe
Publications
 Interpretive narrative and photographic book on the 18-month-long experience of
the Colorado Plateau show, which gains new paintings every couple of months after
Ron has been in the field. The book is updated as a result of those new paintings in
the process of development; anticipated completion and publication is Fall 2016.
 “Vistas and Visions of the Colorado Plateau,” exhibition catalogue, John Wesley
Powell Museum, 2015
 Larson, Ron: “Canyons and Desert,” selected works and autobiographical, begun in
2014 -- latest version "Moods and Mysteries of the Colorado Plateau," March. 2016
 National Watercolor Society, exhibition catalogue, 2007
Education
1979 Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah, A.A.
1999 Dixie State University, St George, Utah, Independent Art Study with Master Artist
Wallace Lee
Most Recent Teaching and Lectures
2016 Art conversation Lecture, St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
2016 National Park Lecture for Glen Canyon Natural History Association, Page, AZ
2015 Glen Canyon Lecture Series, Guest Lecture
2015 Art Workshop in LaSal Mountain area of Colorado Plateau
2014 Zion Plein Air Art Invitational, Guest Lecture
2014 Scottsdale Celebration of Art, private art lessons for emerging artists – no charge
2013 Glen Canyon National Recreation Center, Guest Lectures
Artist Community Shared Space – provided space at studio for local artists to come and
paint – no charge
Tutoring/Mentoring art students – sterling scholar participants; Snow Canyon High
School; Tuachan Center for Performing Arts and High School; Dixie State University;
Brigham Young University –no charge
Affiliations and Recent Awards
 Signature Member, National Watercolor Society
 Associate Member, Oil Painters of America
 Associate Member, Outdoor Painters Society

5.  Associate Member, American Impressionist Society
 Grand Canyon painting, Awakening, wins Best of Show in OPS’ Associates Online
Show
 Lake Powell painting, The Sentinel, wins Honorable Mention at OPA’s Salon Show at
Beverly McNeil Gallery
 Monument Valley painting, Canyon Dawn, is finalist in Artistic Excellence
competition, Southwest Art Magazine
Awards at other juried shows include Council’s Choice, Purchase Award, People’s Choice,
Artist’s Choice, Grand Champion, Best of Show, Sweepstakes, First Place, Second Place, etc.

6. Most recent awards include:
 Honorable Mention for The Sentinel at the Oil Painters of America's 2015 Salon
Show at the Beverly McNeil Gallery, Sept 2015
 Best of Show for Awakening in the Outdoor Painters Society's Associates Online
Show, Oct. 2015
 Southwest Art magazine's Artistic Excellence Competition Finalists, for Canyon
Dawn, Dec. 2015
Residencies
2014 Scottsdale Celebration of Art, Scottsdale, AZ, Artist-on-Site, 3 months
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Lake Powell,
Arizona/Utah
Art Practice and Profession Objective
"Art, both its creation and the experience of enjoying it, is a wonder that can heal the
soul. As a landscape painter, I feel a closeness to my environment, and if my art can help
people to connect in a deep and meaningful way to the beauty of our natural world, they
hopefully will have a greater desire to protect and preserve it. All of my art is meant for
such an outcome, and I feel a great satisfaction when someone feels something from my
art." Ron Larson
Gallery Representation:
11th Street Gallery, 620 North 1100 East, #6, St George, UT 84770