Recent Acquisitions

March 4 - September 4, 2022

George Rose, Setting Moon, Santa Ynez Valley, California, 2018, Digital photographic print, Gift of the Artist.

Ed Musante, Barn Owl/White Owl, 2003 (top), Hooded Merganser/Marsh Wheeling, 2004 (left), Red Head/Marsh Wheeling, 2008 (right). Gift of Theodore Waddell and Lynn Campion.

The Wildling Museum’s focus is to inspire a conservation ethic by bringing art and nature together through our collection and exhibitions. While the Wildling’s permanent collection includes 145 pieces, the artworks highlighted in Recent Acquisitions represent the newest additions to the collection, all acquired in the last five years. Collectively, they highlight our institution’s efforts to represent art or artists of our region, as well as broader California and its environment.

As you visit these artworks, you will find unique views exploring our local and California landscapes and wildlife across a range of media, including sculpture and wall-hung works in pastel, acrylic, gouache, charcoal, ink, and photographic prints.

We are proud of the direction that our collection is headed and hope that the community will benefit from it for years to come.

Featured Artists

Ansel Adams, Bud Bottoms, Chris Chapman, Lockwood de Forest, Lynn Hanson, John Iwerks, Patti Jacquemain, Ellen Jewett, Ed Musante, Thomas Paquette, George Rose, Howard Warshaw, and Alan Woollett.