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The design of custom residences has been Gola’s primary mode of earning a living for the past plus 40 years. Most professional designers are involved in other forms of artistic pursuits alongside their main profession. Jim Gola has been no exception. The love of the fine arts often travel alongside the jobs that place the bread and butter on the tables for most professional business men and women. These men and women are involved with the graphic art industries including architecture. Even during his business activities, Jim Gola has maintained a continuous involvement with most forms of fine art, in particular, the graphic arts Included on this site are a few older artistic "accomplishments" coupled with some of his latest ( See "Ireland Revisited” on www.jimgola.com ). The above quotes bordering the word "accomplishments" indicate that the challenges are usually great when re-entering the fine art arena from the business world. Gola is currently greatly enamored with landscape painting. He also takes part in plein air activities during the spring and summer months as weather permits. Jim claims to be much influenced by the French artists of the Barbizon School, but is also an avid follower of the late great American landscape artist, George Inness. For the past twenty years he has ingested much of the work of Inness, both in studying his originals and also in the many excellent publications available on Inness’s life and work. Hopefully to the viewer, Gola’s work might indicate a few traces of his admiration for this great American landscape painter. As he continues to hone his eye for color - along with the myriad of techniques involved in wielding the brush and knife, Gola states “..my next painting might even surprise me”. Stay tuned...you may also follow Jim Gola on his Art Blog at http://jimgola.wordpress.com/ Your comments are always welcome.