Bidspirit auction | JOHN WADDINGHAM ”THE LAST POST”

JOHN WADDINGHAM ”THE LAST POST” WATERCOLOR - Original watercolor painting on paper by listed Oregon artist, John Waddingham (1915 - 2002), signed lower left, titled on the verso ”The Last Post” and dated '98. Art measures 12” h x 8” w mounted in a frame measuring 20” x 16”.  Artist bio: John Waddingham is well known for his watercolor paintings and drawings, which have appeared in invitational and juried shows and galleries throughout the United States. His watercolors have twice been circulated throughout the USA by the American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition and Vincent Price purchased over a dozen of his works for the Vincent Price Collection. His illustrations have appeared in many periodicals, including Ford Times Magazine, Kiwanis International, C.A. Magazine, The Artist (London, Eng.), and Antwerpen(Belgium) Gazet. American Artist magazine featured him May, 1967 and June, 1990. During John’s long, successful career, he was Editorial Art Director at the Oregonian, an Artist Member of the Portland Art Museum, president of the Portland Art Directors’ Club, a frequent juror of art shows, and included in Who’s Who In America, and Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters and Sculptors.