Prickley Pear Cacktus Painting Sonora Desert

" Prickly Pear"

by George coll
Oil on stretched canvas
30x40 inches
Cost $1000 unframed

I love to visit Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona in March. I find it to be one of those inspiring spots to paint all the interesting shapes of cactus.

To purchase this original oil painting please click on the buy now button below and follow the pay pal instructions. If pay pal is not your thing please contact the artist at 970-635-9072 to pay by check.

Upcoming Events and Shows

June 13 and 14th 2009
Denver Art Students Summer Market

Classes

Oil painters only

Classes are kept small in size (four to five students pr class in Mr. Colls studio), enabling a hands on approach. Classes are ongoing, providing year round concentrated study. Join at any time. I cater to the serious artists who want to someday have a professional career. Students can join at any level of expertise. We therefore discuss marketing and learn how to make frames.
We meet weekly and jointly start a new painting every week from the same reference. Students are expected to complete the painting that week and return to class the following week for critique. I paints along with the students describing what to do next providing a continues demonstration in every class. Advanced students can paint from their own references if they choose to do so. Painting from photographic references is not ideal and painting from life is expected. Plein air expeditions are provided in the warmer months and portrait painting from live models is offered on Friday mornings.

Schedule and cost:

Tuesday afternoon class is from 1:30 to 4:30 at $95 a month.
Wednesday morning class is form 9:00 to noon at $95 a month
Wednesday afternoon class is from 1:30 to 4:30 at $95 a month
Monthly fees is required for above classes even if the student does not attend all the classes. Make up classes encouraged and provided.
There is a free Thursday evening "open studio" from 6:45 to 9:30 for students to work on their weekly assignments.
Friday morning portrait with live model is from 9:00 to noon. Cost is $15 pr session which includes instruction.

About The Artist

GEORGE COLL

About the Artist

George Coll lives west of Loveland, Colorado,
with his wife Jennifer. In 1994, they purchased their two-acre property with
a 1920s-built-home, a barn and several outbuildings that include a studio he
built in 1999. This rambling property at the base of the Rocky Mountains is
also home to George’s two pack llamas. Tony and Dolly llama who love to trek
into the backcountry with George to carry his paint supplies.

The beautiful northern Colorado countryside and
the many people who share his life inspire George. George’s attention has been
focused on landscape, cityscape and figurative painting. George is a
Renaissance man whose talents also include furniture and cabinet making. His
home is adorned with his handcrafted furniture, cabinets, two hand made looms
and numerous paintings.

“I always believed I had the ability to draw,
which is the foundation of my desire to paint,”
he
says. George started painting with watercolors in 1986 at the Denver Art
Students League. In November 1998 he focused on oil painting. George has
continued his ongoing support and involvement in the Denver Art Students
league since that time.

George works from life. George’s landscape
paintings are composed on location to capture the essence of light. His larger
landscapes/cityscapes are completed in the studio from his on-location field
studies. George’s figurative paintings are inspired by his friends and
acquaintances, which patiently model for him until completed.

George is
known for his landscape “road trips,” taking him often to neighboring states
to capture a two-hour segment of light. George enjoys surprising his painting
companions by taking impromptu plein air excursions that are hundreds of miles
away from his home. Caution is
advised for those weary painting companions. George’s wanderings by back road
and with the llamas have introduced him to the many vistas of the western
United States. Cityscape inspirations vary from the Manhattan skyline to
Butte Montana. George also takes inspiration from his artistic heroes, such
as

Nicolai
Fechin, Edward Hopper, Sorolla and Edgar Payne.

Gallery Representation by:

Centennial
Galleries, Ft. Collins CO, 970-221-5290.

For more information, please
contact George at:

Jengeocoll@aol.com

-or -

5391 Wild Lane

Loveland CO 80538

970.635.9072

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