MY FAVORITE ARTIST OF ALL TIME.....

I suppose all of us have our favorite artist...

I discovered mine about 15 years ago.

His paintings, of course, are completely out of my price range...not even being able to afford his prints....(i do have the above POSTER of one of his paintings)

but I pull them up from his web site (g.harvey.com) and drool over each and every one of them and wonder...

"How can any ONE man have such talent?"

G. HARVEY

Mr. Harvey has painted many, many pictures and there was no way to show nearly as many as i would have liked...

the following are but a few of some of my favorites....


this first one is one of my very favorites...
to see a large printing of this one just takes my breath away....


Mr. Harvey uses a lot of AMERICAN FLAGS in his work....





i have seen this one, hanging in a bank...
it is so beautiful in a size 16x24 that it almost just HURTS to look at it....
simply magnificent...

i once was told that if the artist's water looked "wet", he/she was considered a very fine artist...

i do believe Mr. G Harvey's water looks WET !!

G. Harvey does a lot of Western art and I hope you will pull some up from his website to look at them... so amazing! just look at that snow...that ice....that light....


love this one so much, i put it in twice....
just to make sure you saw it !! ;O)
i love it so much i want to marry it ......

try to imagine how this would look in a LARGE size... in person...

O HONEY





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it is amazing to me that one man can do such a wonderful
job on horses and wagons and indians......
and.....turn right around and do such a magnificent job
on something as lovely as flowers.....

trollies and lights, flags and cold


every single one of these paintings just simply leave me breathless
and in such awe of such a GOD given talent...
i just wonder if he wakes up each morning, thinking, "Oh...I am so glad that I can paint well because there's so many things in this beautiful world of ours that
i want to capture...forever....on canvas.'
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The two blessings I would ask for is to SING and the other is to PAINT....


G. Harvey grew up in the rugged hills north of San Antonio, Texas. His grandfather was a trail boss at 18 and helped create an American legend. So the American West is not only the artist’s passion but his birthright. Harvey and his wife still live near the hill country of Texas. Harvey’s early interest in sketching and drawing slowly evolved into a passion for painting in oils. He abandoned the security of a full-time job in 1963 and threw his total energy into a fine art career. The year 1965 brought acclaim for Harvey’s first prestigious show. He was then awarded American Artists’ Professional League’s New Master’s Award.
Harvey paints the spirit of America from its western hills and prairies to the commerce of its great cities. The Smithsonian Institution honored Harvey by selecting him for a one-man show. He has been the recipient of innumerable awards and the subject of three books. Through his art, our history lives.

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If you've never seen one of MR. HARVEY'S paintings...or even a print...

in person, to be able to see his use of LIGHT, WATER, COLOR....

i hope you will get a chance, sometime....

These photos do not do justice to his amazing talent....

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i am soooo ready to hurry up and win that dang lottery....

i got places to go...

people to see....

and a

G. HARVEY painting to buy !!!!!

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love to ya...bj

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