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Jim
Gola OPG
A
comment from Jim Gola on goals and aspirations.
The
design of custom residences has been my primary mode of earning a living for the
past 40 years.
Most professional designers I know are involved in other forms of artistic
pursuits.
I am no exception.
These pursuits have traveled alongside the one that has put the bread and butter
on our tables.
Mine happens to be a continuous involvement with most forms of graphic art, in
particular,
that of my first love, oil painting.
Included on my web site (
www.jimgola.com ) are a few older artistic
"accomplishments"
coupled with my latest (See "Ireland Revisited”).
The above
quotes bordering the word "accomplishments" indicate that the challenges
are always great when re-entering the fine art arena when exiting a commercial
one.
After thirty plus years away from the brushes and colors, occasionally when
embarking in the making
of a picture one achieves close to what one sees in one's minds eye.
As an
artist, I am currently greatly enamored with landscape painting
especially plein air work.
My influences are mainly derived from French artists of the Barbizon School.
I have
also been an avid admirer of the late great American landscape artist George
Inness.
For the past twenty years I have ingested much of his work, both in actual
surfaces
and in the many excellent publications available on his life and work.
Hopefully my work might indicate
some traces of my admiration for the work of this great landscape master.
As I continue to hone my
eye for color -
along with the myriad of techniques involved in wielding the brush and knife, stay
tuned...
my next painting might even surprise me.
Your comments are always welcome at
jimgola@hotmail.com
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Jim Gola
34908 NW Toenjes Road
Woodland, WA 98674
PHONE: 1-360-263-2201, FAX:
1-360-263-4663
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