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“September 26-29, 1996″ Poster 22″ x 28”
Harold Joe Waldrum (1934–2003) was an American artist best known for his vivid abstract studies of Northern New Mexico’s historic adobe churches. Initially using a Polaroid SX-70 as a tool for planning his paintings, he eventually produced thousands of photographs that became an acclaimed body of work on their own, shown in multiple museums and galleries.
Before becoming a full-time artist, Waldrum taught music and art in Kansas for more than 15 years after graduating from Western State College. He completed a graduate degree in 1970 and soon relocated to New Mexico, which became the center of his artistic focus.
Later in his career, Waldrum worked to protect the very churches that inspired him. In 1985, he founded an organization dedicated to their preservation and created documentaries highlighting their decline and destruction. During the 1980s and 1990s, he also collaborated with printmakers to produce aquatint etchings and linocuts that echoed the style of his paintings.
Waldrum passed away in 2003 and is buried in Columbus, New Mexico. His work is included in the collections of several institutions, including the Museum of New Mexico, the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Albuquerque Museum, and the Harwood Foundation of Taos.
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