HAROLD NELSON
ARTIST, INSTRUCTOR & COMPOSER OF COMMISSIONED ART
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Some of his recent and/or available works are posted here for you to view. Pricing will be based on size, content and sales history. Contact by email through Contact Page for current availability and purchasing. Specializing in an ongoing series of three catagories (many studio paintings created from on-location field studies) : To view some of the finished works as a result of my residency in the Badlands...please see the "Happenings" Page. CLICK ON LINK FOR A QUICK JOURNEY THROUGH THE BADLANDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, in paint. | ||
"Far Above" "A break in the clouds revealed a small village for only a moment. We were FAR ABOVE, watching the clouds and the way the light was hitting all these formations…I just happened to look down." |
Scenes Along Old Trails |
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"Tumbleweeds" "An over-grown old farmstead slowly fading away with someone’s faded hope. Makes one wonder where did they go….and why." |
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"An Ancient Call" "The haunting call of the Canada Geese stirs memories of any that have heard them. Even after the people have long been gone, the collective call continues every season." |
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"Many Came, Left, Never to Return" "Someone once told me that people come through our lives for just a Season, or for a Reason or for a lifetime.
This doorway is about that…..the worn threshold, the vines growing across the doorway, for a Reason, or just a Season
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"Forgotten Shadows" "Shadows moving across a back alley wall along old Route 66. A tough subject and difficult challenge to put into paint. ."
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"Geraniums" "A window on an ancient home in Cushing, Maine. Painted many times by a very famous artist….holds a special memory of mine ." |
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"A little town south of the border, nice people and a nice Spring day." |
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"Landscape Arch"
"Landscape Arch" Detail
"Arches National Park, Utah.
It was a rainy day, I had to hike to this spot so I could capture this image with the sky
under the arch.
It took 4 photos to get this image. There was a tour from Germany there, 10 are shown here in the painting, all wearing
matching white jackets, sort of gives you a scale of it." |
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"Sunny Days and Dusty Roads" "While painting on location, this old rattling pick up truck roared by and covered me and all my paint stuff with thick dust. I watched him disappear down the road and around that curve with the dust ligering in the air." |
"Leghorn Drive" "I consider this painting as one of my better efforts. I recently finished it after an eight year period from the beginning. Sometimes things don't come together as quickly as we like. It's where mental ability has to catch up with the message." |
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"Patches" "I was curious about the history of the different brick patches and also how the cast shadows fell on other shadows." |
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"Our Desert" "This contains most of the common desert plants found in the sonoran. With good spring rains the desert can turn into beautiful pastel colors." |
"The Crossing" "Just east of the Ancient Wall of the Taos Pueblo is this river crossing The south complex is in the background " |
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"The Final Farewell" "This scene I came across many years ago and always remembered the reverence and the finality. I have tried my best to depict that moment." |
"Morning Fires" "The sweet smoke of pinon along with the clear mountain air stirs the soul toward the beginning of a wonderous day." |
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"Elders of the Dance" "I have always believed that you should try to present to yourself challenges in order to expand your technical abilities in the works you choose to do. This one really pushed me to the edge and I realized that I was going to have to use all my skill in order to cross the finish line." |
"Tree Line" "All individual trees, yet really all the same - kind of like us. I liked the way the barn was nestled in under their protected limbs." |
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"Winter Waters" "Below the Arizona Rim, during November, the weather can be cold and damp. My color studies (painted on location) were finished at high 30's to low 40's temps. (about froze, no kidding). Ice was forming around the edges of the water flow. " |
"Faraway" "Somethings can remain distant in time and/or place and can remain abstracted and in a dream of something from the past or only out of a memory." |
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"The Spanish Peaks of Colorado " "A famed landmark of the Old Mountaineers and of the Santa Fe Trail. I recently completed some on-location paintings traveling around them on HWY 12." |
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"Majestic
Presence" Corporate Commission "From the West Rim, the river is a mile below and you could still hear the rafters' yell as they worked their way through the rapids. This commissioned painting fills a wall in a corporate's board room in Phoenix ." |
"October
Morn " "One morning visiting Desert View we experienced large wild fires on the North Rim. The sunlight was filtered through the smoke and turned all the colors into shades of brown." |
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"The Three Ancients of Zion" "Zion National Park is truly a National Treasure. I was lucky enough to be juried into their 100th year celebration." |
"Crossing the Nooksack" "A wet and chilly day when I hiked this riverbed...invisioned a rider from the past heading south toward a warmer climate with Mt. Baker looming in the background." |
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"Elk Country" "Spring growth of the Aspen give sharp contrast against the Pine …Oh, wait, is that Elk down there?" |
"Among the Manzanita" "Scenes like this can be found in the Devil’s Canyon area in Arizona, and if you look close you will see more of what’s really going on." |
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"Pick Up Day" "This painting was formulated from a back street scene I saw in Globe, Arizona. This probably is my favorite type of subject to paint." |
"Where
Children Played" "Something about old curving roads hold a certain mystery and makes me curious what might be around that next bend. I also wondered if those today played there years ago." |
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"Anna's Garden" FEATURED IN ARTBOOK OF THE NEW WEST "A life-long silent mentor whom I have always respected and admired is Andrew Wyeth. This is the kitchen ell you can see in his "Christina's World". I spent some time at the Olson's house in Cushing, Maine of which I'll never forget. This painting got away too soon." |
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"Arroyo
Hondo Valley" "A small on-location painting done in northern New Mexico. It was a great paint day." |
"Along
Old Trails" - Watrous, NM "Part of an on-going series of the same title. This is an old stage stop on the Santa Fe Trail. I passed by recently, not much left anymore, noticed now the big trees are gone." |
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"Lost At Stones River" "Civil War subjects are difficult to do because of the extreme nature of the conflict. Over New Years in 1863 the Confederates ultimately lost this battle after having to abandon cannon and position. My depiction includes a lost and prized St. Andrews Cross Battle Flag." |
"Summer
Rose" "Wild roses peeking out from the ditch grass along country roads in Eastern Nebraska. My favorite flower." |
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| Scenes Along the Coast Including beaches, boatyards, working harbors and yachts. |
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"SEMI-AH-MOO" "Looking across the water north to British Columbia, this old water craft has come to it's final place next to the remnant of an old and very large salmon cannery on Semi-Ah-Moo (cresent-shaped) bay." |
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"Trade Winds" - Poipu "Blowing in from the East, the Trade Winds would kick up the surf along Poipu Point on Kauai. I always love how the morning sun changes the colors in the breaking wave." |
"Rockport's
Own" "Motif #1 has been photographed and painted more often than almost any other building in the country. I chose to paint it from a little different point of view." |
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| THE FOLLOWING IS A CONTINUING SERIES FROM TRIPS TO VARIOUS COASTLINES. THE WAVE PAINTINGS ARE FROM STUDYING THE ACTION FOR 2 HOURS A DAY FOR 2 WEEKS AT THE SAME PLACE ALONG THE KAWAII COAST……IT’S ALL ABOUT VARIETY AND RHYTHM….THE MOVEMENT MAKES IT’S OWN MUSIC. THE MOORINGS ALSO CONTAIN THEIR OWN RHYTHM, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, FROM ST. MARTIN TO CAMDEN, MAINE. | ||
"Ocean Green" "Last of the “Coastal” series, this is #9. This subject is very fluid, but it was a chance to learn the hydraulics of water as it forms and breaks into and out of a wave. This was the most difficult of the Series to put into paint." |
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"Island Symphony" "The trade winds and the ocean waves combine to create a full orchestra of its own rhythm and sounds." |
"Ocean's Rhythm" "The ocean is the soul of all things living. Very sad when I have to leave." |
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"Surf Sounds" |
"Ocean Motion" |
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 "Ocean Mist" 10" X 20" Oil on panel $2,900 |
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"Mooring I" |
"Mooring II" |
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"Mooring III" Part of an on-going series. Very difficult subjects, takes lots of study. |
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Outside Still Lifes Including naturally found setups and inspiration. |
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"Old English" "This old squire lock hangs on the original log home of John Sevier, First Governor of Tennessee Marble Springs." |
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"Window Shadows" "Loved these old windows with the little bottles and aged curtains. Alternate title..."The Sophisticated Art of Valueless Accumulation." |
class="style132"> "Alley View " "A rather tedious subject because of all the bricks. This is the back door of a business in my home town...the type of subject I enjoy painting." |
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