Steve Hills sold his first watercolor to his fourth grade teacher! While still in art school, he worked for Bryant Galleries. During military service, Hills ran the graphics department of the Berlin Brigade.
For several years, the versatile Hills worked in commercial illustration and design in Louisiana and California. He graduated from the Art [...]
Hanging out at Etsy.com first brought this very talented and prolific painter of fishing boats to my attention! What made Robert Joyner stand head and shoulders above the rest? He often works in watercolor–he produces beautiful, unique art–he portrays both excitement and serenity with great skill!
Joyner’s energy and focus are obvious: he [...]
William R. McGrath of Summerfield, FL, is famous for his boat subjects–and also his historical passion for boats from the Civil War. His original art is usually in oil and alkyd on canvas or board. This artist seems to be unusually successful at marketing prints of his original work, and you can see why. [...]
Also tagged Civil War, Great Lakes, Naval Ships, William R McGrath Martin Fliglinski’s beautiful oil paintings are admirable! I especially like his subtle atmospheric effects: glowing sky, magical fogginess.
As Figlinski notes about Shrimp Boat in a Fog, “The mornings here have been foggy lately, mostly due the unseasonably warm air coming in contact with the cold waters of winter. The resulting atmosphere often creates [...]
Growing up in the Northern California hills, this plein air [open air] artist began painting landscapes in oil. Although he continued to study art and his medium, his main career was as a civil engineer, serving in this role for the US Air Force as well as for a time as a civilian in airport [...]
Also tagged Dave Cornell, David M. Cornell, Illinois, Northern California, oil painter, river boat, tug boat