Art Gallery showcases new wildlife painter

Local wildlife and landscape paintings are the specialty of Tom Seward, a Coulee City resident who brought his artwork to the Ritzville Art Gallery on July 27.

Seward focuses on acrylic paintings but also has experience with sketching and etching. An avid fisherman, Seward’s work is typically based on the animals and landscape native to the waterways of Eastern Washington.

Originally from Southern Illinois, Seward relocated to the area in 1978 because of a job opportunity in Hood River, Ore. Aside from his artwork; Seward had taken a great pride and interest in designing fishing lures.

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