92 of 140

|

women's t-shirts mountain women's t-shirts beacon rock women's t-shirts sunrise women's t-shirts columbia gorge women's t-shirts riverscape women's t-shirts rivers women's t-shirts river scene women's t-shirts oregon women's t-shirts washington women's t-shirts plein air women's t-shirts yellows women's t-shirts grays women's t-shirts morning sun women's t-shirts columbia river women's t-shirts

paintings mountain paintings beacon rock paintings sunrise paintings columbia gorge paintings riverscape paintings rivers paintings river scene paintings oregon paintings washington paintings plein air paintings yellows paintings grays paintings morning sun paintings columbia river paintings

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

A small format 8 X 10 plein air painting executed on Masonite board in oil.
The picture started in late afternoon. I was pushing the time envelope to
finish before the light faded on me. I then decided to use my intuition and changed the coloring to a nocturne type of work.
In reality this would be a sunrise based on the viewpoint I took painting
from the Vista Viewpoint side of the Columbia River in Oregon.

Born in Philadelphia in the late thirties, Jim Gola grew up heavily influenced by art and the cultural atmosphere contained in this bustling city. The city of brotherly love is still a thriving east coast art market that comprises some of the oldest art schools and galleries in America. Jim admits to spending numerous hours at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a youngster. Admiring much of the work of Americas past masters such as Inness, Moran, Chase, Homer and Bierstadt, among others. He then started to generate his lifelong love of oil painting. Moving to Oregon in the early sixties, while free lancing in art, Jim was introduced to the field of architecture. Upon receiving commissions to...