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, 2026Bear Valley and Elk Creek Confluence, watercolor and pastel on paper, 49 x 66 inches, 2025Lostine River, watercolor, charcoal, and pastel on paper, 40 x 20.75 inches, 2025Elk Creek, watercolor on paper, 24 x 28 inches, 2025Red Fish Lake, watercolor on paper, 29 x 42 inches, 2026The Grande Ronde River, watercolor and pastel on paper, 39 x 51 inches, 2026Sunbeam Dam, watercolor and pastel on paper, 51 x 39.5 inches, 2021Meadow Near Salmon River Headwaters, colored pencil on paper, 34 x 50 inches, 2024River of No Return Meadow Grass, colored pencil on paper, 43 x 34 inches, 2025Johnson Creek Meadow, colored pencil on paper, 28 x 46.5 inches, 2026Lemhi Willow, colored pencil on paper, 34.5 x 46 inches, 2026Minam River, watercolor and pastel on paper, 19 x 14 inches, 2025Catherine Creek, watercolor on paper, 14 x 15.5 inches, 2026Salmon River Headwaters 4, willow ink on paper, 14 x 15.5 inches, 2024 Hurricane Creek, watercolor on paper, 17.25 x 12.5 inches, 2025Salmon River Headwaters, watercolor on paper, 22 x 29 inches, 2026Salmon River Headwaters 1, willow ink on paper, 14.5 x 15 inches, 2024Salmon Headwaters 2, willow ink on paper, 14 x 14.5 inches, 2024Salmon Headwaters 3, willow ink on paper, 14.25 x 18.75 inches, 2024Tucannon River, watercolor on paper, 13 x 11 inches, 2025South Fork Salmon River, watercolor on paper, 21.25 x 15 inches, 2026Lochsa River, watercolor on paper, 18 x 22 inches, 2026Marsh Creek, watercolor and pastel on paper, 23.25 x 18.25 inches. 2026Middle Fork Salmon River, watercolor and graphite on paper, 42.5 x 54.5 inches, 2023Middle Fork Salmon Sketch, watercolor on paper, 22 x 22 inches, 2026Grande Ronde and Wenaha River Confluence, watercolor and pastel on paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2025Wenaha River, ink on paper, 15 x 11 inches, 2025Beaver Creek, watercolor on paper, 23 x 17 inches, 2026Main Salmon River, watercolor on paper, 30x22 inches, 2026
Tuccanon River, ink on paper, 14 x 13.5 inches, 2025Petitt Lake Sketch, watercolor and pastel on paper, 15 x 11 inches, 2023
About
I live and work in Tacoma, Washington where the Puyallup River flows into the Salish Sea. My studio practice feeds and is fed by engagement with students at the University of Puget Sound where I teach in the Art and Art History department and Environmental Studies and Sciences Program.
I love to facilitate and engage in conversation about art, ecology, ethics of care, and wild nature. I welcome recommendations, questions, and ideas. Contact me at elisemariarichman@gmail.com.