Elise Richman | elisemariarichman@gmail.com

High Lonesome


The High Lonesome landscapes are love letters to place, to the rivers and streams where Snake River salmon and steelhead begin and end their remarkable and imperiled life cycle. These landscapes also serve as encounters with diverse and specific habitats the have shaped and been shaped by distinct salmon populations.
Dagger Falls, watercolor and pastel on paper, 66 x 46 inches, 2026
Bear Valley and Elk Creek Confluence, watercolor and pastel on paper,  49 x 66 inches, 2025
Lostine River, watercolor, charcoal, and pastel on paper,  40 x  20.75 inches, 2025
Red Fish Lake, watercolor on paper, 29 x 42 inches, 2026
Johnson Creek Meadow, colored pencil on paper,  28 x 46.5 inches, 2026
River of No Return Meadow Grass, colored pencil on paper, 43 x 34 inches, 2025
Lemhi Willow, colored pencil on paper, 34.5 x 46 inches, 2026
Catherine Creek, watercolor on paper,  14 x 15.5 inches, 2026
Minam River, watercolor and pastel on paper,  19 x 14 inches, 2025
Salmon River Headwaters, willow ink on paper, 14 x 15.5 inches, 2024