Reflecting His Majesty, Limited Edition and 50 similar items

Reflecting His Majesty is a numbered limited edition print by G Harvey. This piece depicts a couple on horseback taking in the grandeur of a mountain scene. The image size is 22" x 18 1/4". Overall size is 27" x 22 1/4". It was published by Somerset House in 1996 as a part of the Focus On The Family Special Edition. About the Artist G. Harvey was a brilliant American artist. His rustic Western paintings with their wonderful depiction of cowboy life and nature, and his charming, nostalgic, turn-of-the-century American and European street scenes with their beauty and light are prized by collectors. His artwork conveys a pride in American culture and the foundations that make the country great, as well as the values that we hold dear. His faith was a guiding part of his life and his art. G. Harvey was born in Texas in November 1933. He studied the day to day life of cowboys and shares an authentic portrayal of them through his paintings. From the dramatic moments on a round-up to the quiet times in the evening, G. Harvey shares a glimpse inside the life of the cowboy through his art. The artist's street scenes incorporate the style and light of the famous Paris street scenes of the school of Cortes, into the world of Western Art, with G. Harvey's own unique style. Beautiful flowers are one signature feature often found in G. Harvey street scene paintings. The buildings and shops and the dress of his characters and the overall compositions remind viewers of simpler and more gentle times and an appreciation of the little things that are important. Other G. Harvey paintings depict some of our national landmarks like Capital buildings or the White House, and pride in America and what we have accomplished. G. Harvey original paintings have been in the collections of museums, major corporations, a US President and Governor, prominent business people and art collectors world-wide. He has received many awards and has had one-man shows at the National Archives. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Reflecting His Majesty is a numbered limited edition print by G Harvey. This piece depicts a couple on horseback taking in the grandeur of a mountain scene. The image size is 22" x 18 1/4". Overall size is 27" x 22 1/4". It was published by Somerset House in 1996 as a part of the Focus On The Family Special Edition. About the Gerald Harvey Jones, known professionally as G. Harvey, painted popular Western scenes, but also urban streetscapes set at the turn of the past century. His work was unapologetically nostalgic, casting a golden glow on views of an Americana that already were fading before his birth in 1933 in San Antonio. During his youth, Jones lived in Kenedy, Corpus Christi and Kerrville, where his family owned the Wagon Wheel Lodge and where he graduated from Tivy High School. He started his higher education at Abilene Christian College where he met his future wife, Patty Marie Bentley Jones. A graduate of North Texas State University, he was teaching industrial arts at O. Henry Junior High in Austin during the late 1950s when his wife bought him an oil paint set. Once he settled on a style, Jones? career took off, helped by the patronage of celebrities such as Texas Gov. John Connally and President Lyndon B. Johnson. If you visited the offices of a Texas lawyer, banker or legislator during the 1960s and ?70s ? or even much later ? you were likely to spy a scene from prolific Jones on the wall. An Austin street setting, for instance, hangs in a prominent spot at the Headliners Club. Some observers compared his work to the Impressionists, others to Texas artists Jose Arpa and Porfirio Salinas, as well as Robert Julian Onderdonk. Still others, later, made a connection to popular ?Painter of Light? artist Thomas Kinkade. He also worked in bronzes and his art was shown and sold in Dallas, New York City, Santa Fe and elsewhere. The first dealer to purchase Jones? work was D.C Bradford of the Country Store Gallery on Lavaca Street in 1956. In 1965, what later became Shoal Creek Gallery was founded by Jones with two partners, but he sold it after one of those partners died. In 1985, Jones moved with his family from Austin to Fredericksburg, where they owned the large, historic Weyrich-Arhelger complex at 424 Main St. His son-in-law, Tim Taylor, owns Whistle Pik Galleries, which represents Jones there. Starting in 1987, Jones donated yearly paintings to raise money for Focus on the Family, a Christian advocacy and education group.