Having grown up on a northern New Mexico ranch, Leon Loughridge’s connection to the Southwest landscape came naturally. His grandmother’s involvement in regional art circles exposed him to the arts from an early age. Later study at the Colorado Institute of Art, along with private study, reinforced his abilities. While in the Army, stationed in Germany as an illustrator, he was able to travel extensively throughout Europe. On his return to Colorado, Loughridge began to study intaglio techniques and selling prints in mountain-town galleries. In 1998, he purchased his first letterpress and garnered immediate success with woodblock prints. In 2005, Loughridge started using the Japanese method of printmaking. The versatile layering of color in the woodblock process allowed him to better capture the atmospheric qualities of the Southwestern landscape that has such a strong meaning for him.

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