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
Elk Creek, watercolor on paper,  24 x 28 inches, 2025
Red Fish Lake, watercolor on paper, 29 x 42 inches, 2026
The Grande Ronde River, watercolor and pastel on paper,  39 x 51 inches, 2026
Sunbeam Dam, watercolor and pastel on paper,  51 x 39.5 inches, 2021
Meadow Near Salmon River Headwaters, colored pencil on paper, 34 x 50 inches, 2024
River of No Return Meadow Grass, colored pencil on paper, 43 x 34 inches, 2025
Johnson Creek Meadow, colored pencil on paper,  28 x 46.5 inches, 2026
Lemhi Willow, colored pencil on paper, 34.5 x 46 inches, 2026
Minam River, watercolor and pastel on paper,  19 x 14 inches, 2025
Catherine Creek, watercolor on paper,  14 x 15.5 inches, 2026
Salmon River Headwaters 4, willow ink on paper, 14 x 15.5 inches, 2024
Hurricane Creek, watercolor on paper, 17.25 x 12.5 inches, 2025
Salmon River Headwaters, watercolor on paper,  22 x 29 inches, 2026
Salmon River Headwaters 1, willow ink on paper,  14.5 x 15 inches, 2024
Salmon Headwaters 2, willow ink on paper, 14 x 14.5 inches, 2024
Salmon Headwaters 3, willow ink on paper, 14.25 x 18.75 inches, 2024
Tucannon River,  watercolor on paper, 13 x 11 inches, 2025
South Fork Salmon River, watercolor on paper,  21.25 x 15 inches, 2026
Lochsa River, watercolor on paper,  18 x 22 inches, 2026
Marsh Creek, watercolor and pastel on paper,  23.25 x 18.25 inches. 2026
Middle Fork Salmon River,  watercolor and graphite on paper, 42.5 x 54.5 inches, 2023
Middle Fork Salmon Sketch, watercolor on paper,  22 x 22 inches, 2026
Grande Ronde and Wenaha River Confluence,  watercolor and pastel on paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2025
Wenaha River, ink on paper, 15 x 11 inches, 2025
Beaver Creek, watercolor on paper, 23 x 17 inches, 2026
Main Salmon River, watercolor on paper, 30x22 inches, 2026

Tuccanon River, ink on paper,  14 x 13.5 inches, 2025
Petitt Lake Sketch,  watercolor and pastel on paper, 15 x 11 inches, 2023





High Lonesome

September 1- December 11, 2026

Opening, Friday September 25th



High Lonesome Series of Paintings and Drawings at

Whitman College's Sheehan Gallery


This fall I'm sharing new paintings and drawings —love letters to place, to the rivers, streams, and headwater meadows where Snake River salmon and steelhead begin and end their remarkable but imperiled life cycle.