Tom Uttech
Paintings
Early Works (1970s-1980s)
Drawings
Prints
Photographs
Past Works Exhibited
Watch the video to hear Tom Uttech speak to Milwaukee Public Television’s “The Arts Page” about his works and what influences him.
A conversation on photography with Tom Uttech
Tom Uttech
Wisconsin native Tom Uttech is one of the Midwest’s most acclaimed landscape painters, known for creating richly imagined scenes inspired by his travels throughout the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and the wilderness regions of Ontario and Manitoba. Working from his converted barn-studio outside Milwaukee, Uttech draws upon decades of firsthand experience in these remote landscapes, transforming them into poetic visions that blend observation, memory, and imagination.
His paintings evoke a world untouched by human influence—one of winding waterways, rocky shorelines, dense forests, and abundant wildlife. Both wild and welcoming, Uttech’s landscapes possess a quiet sense of mystery, inviting viewers into places that feel at once real and dreamlike. Through layered compositions and extraordinary attention to detail, Uttech creates landscapes that are as much emotional and spiritual journeys as they are depictions of place.
"Since these pictures are about nature and our role in it, the knowledge gained might grow into love of nature, and thus into concern for its well being. This concern could lead to action to protect nature and, therefore, ourselves. The best response to my paintings would be for you to…go straight to the wildest piece of land you can find and sit down to let it wash over you and tell you secrets." –Tom Uttech
Widely recognized for his contributions to contemporary American landscape painting, Uttech’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Museum of Wisconsin Art and numerous collections throughout the United States.
The Tory Folliard Gallery has represented Tom Uttech since his first exhibition in 1990.
Museum Collections
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
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