Louis Archambault
331 West Lawrence
Helena, MT 59601
lcarch@mt.net


ABOUT

LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT

LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT THE ARCHITECT

Louis left his home in Massachusetts to study architecture and art at Montana State (’69), where he has practiced most of his + 35 year career. He first became registered to practice architecture in 1974 by the state of New York while working for a 180 person architectural office. Back to Montana, he did design-build, his own practice of art and architecture, and parking design and administration for the City of Missoula. From 1978 through 1986 the U.S. Forest Service employed him as an Architect, Facility Manager, and Regional Architect, where he was credited with over 30 completed buildings and specialties of daylighting, energy conservation, and solar heating and cooling. Back to the East Coast again, he added to his expanding specialties - environmental remediation of hazardous building materials and indoor air quality design while working for an environmental engineering company. These new skills allowed him to return to Montana in 1993 when an environmental engineering company recruited him. In 1997 he reestablished his sole practice of art, architecture, and environmental engineering. His somewhat unique combination of skills has brought in an expanding number of architectural rendering commission. 2006-7 employed as an architect for the DOD-Army in Hawaii.

LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT THE ARTIST

Louis has lived and painted his birthplace of New England, in the southwest, and Montana, where he studied Architecture and art at Montana State, and where he has practiced most of his career. Additional art education has been over 30 painting workshops with nationally known artists. In 1996 Louis began teaching his own workshops and classes on the unique technique of combining watercolor and pastel, his two media’s, perspective for the artist, and many other art subjects, but continues to learn via workshops from others. His subject matter is considered extremely varied, with a specialty of the human figure. His style is evolving from romantic realism to impressionistic. Louis' work can be viewed in galleries throughout Montana including the Upper Missouri Artists Gallery of Original Art in Helena. He is one of its ten founding members, and which is operated as a ‘joint venture’. Louis has just finished a one year stay in Hawaii. Although employed as an architect for the DOD-Army, he found the time to produced a significant body of watercolors painted on-site of the various islands; and upon his return to the mainland, presented two solo showings specific to this experience.

His artistic credits include:

  • The Orvis Company Award for Sporting Art,
  • Artist-in-residence at the American Fly Fishing Museum in Vermont, and twice with the Helena Forest, MT;
  • C.M. Russell Auction of Western Art;
  • Solo showings in Glacier National Park and the Holter Museum, Helena;
  • Acceptance into the Pastel Society of America,
  • Numerous awards in national watercolor and pastel competitions, and well as charter memberships.
  • He has had over 20 paintings published, including a series of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
  • In 2003 he first traveled Europe and painted in France and Italy, and resulted in the publication of Divine Inspiration.

 

RESUME '

ARTIST LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT

‘45 Springfield, MA of Italian/French decent / Resided: Bozeman MT, Saracuse NY, Missoula MT, Springerville AZ, Albuquerque NM, Berlin NY, Helena MT./ Estab. studio ‘80

 

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture, minor in Art, ‘69, Montana State University, Bozeman

Art instruction – instructor, institution, media, year(s):

Walter Hook, Univ. of Montana, watercolor, '74, '75 /  Valfted Thelin', watercolor, '76, '77 / Delbert Gish, watercolor, '78, '95 / Wiiiiam Reese, various media, '78, '96, '98 / Charles Reid, watercolor, '79-Fechen Institute, '84, '85, '92 / John Waddell, sculpture, '81, '82 / Robert E. Wood, watercolor, '85 / Albert Handell, Woodstock School of Art, pastel, '90 / Carlton Plumber, mixed media, '97 / Carolyn Anderson, various media, '97,’98, '99,’00 / Richard Segalman, Woodstock School of Art, '97 / Peter Rebino, Scotsdale School of Art, sculpture,'98 / Lorenzo Chavez, Loveland School of Art, pastel, '98 / Tim Holmes, sculpture, '98 / Mitch Billis, various media, '99

 

COLLECTIONS

Federal Reserve, Helena MT and Minneapolis MN / A. Nickolson Co., Helena MT / Jack Richardson Co., WI

 

GALLERIES (current)

Lee Morrison, Missoula MT / Art Focus, Hamilton MT / Kootenai, Bigfork MT/ Mary Montana, Helena MT/ Upper Missouri Artists, Helena MT (equal partner joint venture started in ’97 / Grizzly,  W. Yellowstone MT / Madison Crossing, W. Yellowstone MT / Art Fusion, Polson, MT / Ghost Art, Helena MT (reproductions only)

 

SHOWS – year(s), recognition

Northwest Watercolor Society '76 / Missoula Art Museum '77- solo, '78- award / Montana Art Council '79, two person traveling show / New Mexico Watercolor Society ‘84, '85- award / Degas Pastel Society, Nebraska '86 - award / Pastel Society of America New York City '91,'92,'93- Yarka Co. award and charter membership / Southern Vermont Art Center Manchester '92-Orvis Co. sporting art award, '93 / American Museum of Fly Fishing, Vermont '94-residency, '95-traveling show / Holter Museum Helena, MT, '96-solo, '99, ’00, ’01-solo, ‘03 / ‘Meadowlark of Montana’ '96-award, '97-best of show / Montana Watercolor Society '96-award, '97, '98-charter membership + sliver metal, ’00-award, 03 / New Mexico Pastel Society '97,'98- Schmincke Co award, '99, 01and charter membership / Holter Museum with US Forest Service, Helena ’97 +’02 residency / C.M. Russell Auction, Great Falls, Mt., ’98 / Cape Cod Pastel Society '99 with Richardson/Unison award in ‘03 / Lewis & Clark Center for Art and History, ID. ‘99 / Yellowstone Museum Auction, Billings MT, 01, 02,‘04 / Havre Art Assoc., ’01, Guest Artist / Univ. of Maine at Augusta, ’01, solo show / State of Montana Season’s Greeting Card, ’01 and ‘02                                                                                                                                          

 

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION

’96,’97,’98. Billings, MT, “Watercolor with Pastel, the portrait, still-life’s, landscape”.

“03 Helena, MT “Drawing the portrait and body”, “Painting the portrait and body”

Montana Watercolor Society – ’99, Lewistown, MT; “Combining Watercolor and Pastel, Perspective”.

Ben Franklin Stores,  - ’00, 01, ’02, ‘O3 Helena, MT, “Still-life in Pastel”, “Portraits in Pastel”, “Landscapes in   

Pastel”, “Still Life’s in Watercolor and Pastel”, “Beginning Drawing”, Advanced Drawing” , “Perspective for Artists”, “Methods to Improve Your Paintings”

Havre Art Association – ’01, Havre MT. Guest Artist and  “Still-Life’s in Pastel” workshop Univ. of Maine @ Augusta – 01, “Architectural Rendering”

 

REPRODUCTIONS

First issued in 1976, as of this rev. date - 21

 

331 WEST LAWRENCE, HELENA MONTANA, 59601

ph 406 443 8206  /  e-mail = lcarch@mt.net      WEB GALLERY = larchambault.com                 REV.  01/04

 

 

 

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