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Welcome to my
gallery page. After several people have encouraged me to set up a website with some of my paintings, here it is. I am still very much in the learning phase of this
art, and I still tend to make more mistakes than successes, but as
we learn from our mistakes, the successes
increase. So look over the paintings, and if you would
like comment on them feel free to e-mail
me
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Landscapes
have been by far my greatest motivation. Trying in some small
part to capture the grandeur of God's creation in acrylic
paint and place it on a canvas. While, I will never be
able to adequately reproduce the Master of all masters in this
endeavor, the process brings me great joy. Not all the
pictures here are anything I consider good, but they are all a
fair representation of me, and my art. |
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Fire
Sky |
| 8"x
10" Canvas Board |
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from an online Class |
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God's
Pond |
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16"
x 20" Canvas |
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Inspired
by a Jerry Yarnell Project |
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Redwoods |
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9'
x 12' Canvas Board |
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Inspired
by God's Creation |
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| Beach |
| 8'
x 10' Canvas Board |
| Inspired
by God's Creation |
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Furrows |
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16"
x 20" Canvas |
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Inspired
By a Farm Near Amsterdam CA |
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St
Helena |
| 16"
x 20" Canvas |
| Inspired
by a Vineyard in St Helena CA |
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Sequoia |
| 5"
x 7" Canvas Board |
| One
Of my First paintings Inspired By Creation |
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Deep
Blue |
| 16'
x 20' Canvas |
| A
painting inspired by Bob Ross |
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Snowmelt |
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16"
x 20" Canvas |
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Inspired
from Jerry Yarnell Project |
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Vernal
Falls 2 |
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8"
x 10" Canvas Board |
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One
of Many Yosemite Inspired Paintings |
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Goose
Valley |
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8"
x 10" Canvas Board |
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Inspired
by a Farm in Burney CA |
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Half
Dome |
| 8"
x 10' Canvas Board |
| My
Very First painting, warts and all. |
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| Barn |
| 8"
x 10" Canvas Board |
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Study done from a photo |
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Vernal
Falls 1 |
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16"
x 20" Canvas |
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One
of Many Yosemite Inspired Paintings |
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Pathway |
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5"
x 7" Canvas Board |
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A
Depth Study from a photo |
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Mariposa |
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16'
x 20" Canvas |
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A
painting inspired by Bob Ross and Creation |
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| It is the quintessential
truth that every artist copies something. In trying to evoke
feelings in their art, they will observe , take note and reproduce
in their own style what they see and feel. In my artistic life there
have been four sources of inspiration for me, only three are men. My
first source inspiration is and will remain my Heavenly Father, His
art in creation is the only true "original" art, the rest
of us copy from His hand. He remains, acknowledged or not, the
inspiration of all artists. The second source of my inspiration has
been Bob Ross, who though no longer with us inspired many like
myself to allow our brushes to move freely over the canvas and to
inhabit our paintings with ..the Joy Of Painting. Thirdly I am
inspired by Jerry Yarnell, whose precise and soft brush touches
reveal the magic of the understatement, allowing the viewer's eyes
to complete the scene, while leading us gently towards the subject of
his painting. Fourth, and most recent is my inspiration by the art
work of Phillip Craig, I cannot even define yet what it is about his
warm pallet and dimensions that draw me into his work but there is
something there, that I would like to add to my own style. As I
still remain a student of these and other artists, my paintings are
not for sale. When I have achieved "my style" perhaps this
will change. I'll let you know. Anyway, thank you for taking the
time to visit my little world, and I hope that we will meet again,
God Bless You
Craig Nolan |
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