About the Artist
Sean Lamoreaux was born near Portland, Oregon but was raised primarily in Tucson, Arizona, where he developed an affinity for the Sonoran desert. Since childhood, his desert surroundings inspired his artistic proclivities, especially drawing. In early adulthood, he spent some time away from art (and away from Arizona) to explore other interests, including earning a BA in Film Studies while living in New York City. Eventually, he returned (for a time) to the region where he was raised, and fell in love all over again with the southwestern desert. That homecoming felt as if he was seeing the land with new eyes.
From then on, it became Sean’s passion to paint the landscape of the west. He received training in traditional methods, including two years of classes at the historic Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, and one year in a classical atelier at Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. Sean is currently based in Seattle, where he lives with his partner. He visits Arizona a couple times a year, going on desert hikes for artistic inspiration, and even when he’s away from that environment, his painting helps him maintain his spiritual connection to it. He also looks to the northwestern deserts of eastern Washington and Oregon for ample inspiration. Alarmed by the environmental crises reeking havoc on our Western lands, Sean’s hope is that his paintings will help others see why the wild west, especially the desert, is beautiful and why it deserves to be conserved.
Shows and Awards
-Arts of the Terrace 46th Annual Juried Art Show 2026 (Mountlake Terrace, WA) : First Place Award (Paintings, Prints, & Drawings)
-7th Annual “Art in the Pines” Prescott Plein Air Festival 2026 (Prescott, AZ) : Honorable Mention Award
-Modern Impressionist Magazine June/July 2026 Online Salon : Top 40 Paintings List
-Plein Air Washington Artists 11th Annual Exhibition of “Little Gems” 2026 (Anacortes, WA) : First Place Award
-Plein Air Washington Artists “Plein Air to Studio” Winter Exhibition 2026 (Edmonds, WA) : Third Place Award
-Parklane Gallery’s Winter Show of Small Works 2025 (Kirkland, WA) : Honorable Mention Award
-Arts of the Terrace 45th Annual Juried Art Show 2025 (Mountlake Terrace, WA) : Second Place Award (Paintings, Prints, & Drawings)
-Plein Air Washington Artists 10th Annual Exhibition of “Little Gems” 2025 (Anacortes, WA) : Best in Show Award
-Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2025 (Maryhill, WA)
-Oldfield Juried Art Exhibition 2024 (Puyallup, WA) : Second Place Award
-Arts of the Terrace 44th Annual Juried Art Show 2024 (Mountlake Terrace, WA) : Honorable Mention Award (Paintings, Prints, & Drawings)
-Plein Air Washington Artists 9th Annual Exhibition of “Little Gems” 2024 (Anacortes, WA) : Merchandise Award
-“Plein Air Views of Washington” at Magnuson Park Gallery 2024, 2025, and 2026 (Seattle, WA)
-Edmonds Arts Festival 2024 and 2025 (Edmonds, WA) : Honorable Mention Award (2025)
-Annual Peninsula Art League Open Juried Show 2023 and 2024 (Gig Harbor, WA)
-2nd Annual Edmonds & Beyond Plein Air 2023 (Edmonds, WA)
-Plein Air Washington Artists 8th Annual “Little Gems” 2023 (Anacortes, WA) : Honorable Mention Award
