More portraits Welcome to PursleyArt.com. featuring the paintings of artist, Craig Pursley.  Since April's National Portrait Society meeting in Washington D.C., I have been pretty fired up about painting more people. I am in the process of retaining an agent in New York for portrait commissions and hope to have that wrapped up soon.                                                                                                                                                                                    Handing over the Saint-Gaudens portrait to curator, Henry J. Duffy Early in June, I delivered a portrait of Augustus Saint-Gaudens to the National Historic Site in Cornish, NH where he used to live. His home, gardens and estate there are beautiful and should be visited by anyone in the area this summer. While there, I hope you'll stop in and see my portrait in the Visitors Center. Saint-Gaudens was the most celebrated American sculptor of the 19th Century and many (myself included) consider him the best  in our history, period.                                                                                                                                                Member of the Governor's Executive Council, Raymond S. Burton receives his portrait at his annual fund raiser,. Then on July 10th, we unveiled the portrait of Ray Burton. I was overwhelmed by the response. I had never received a standing ovation  for a painting, though I suspect a good part of that was due to how well respected Mr. Burton is here in New Hampshire. The painting also shows his hometown in the background including the church where he is still the organist and the covered bridge he has traveled through virtually every day of his life. Though I have been doing a lot of portraits, of course I still will be painting lots of New England and California landscapes. I can't ignore all this beauty around me! So many of the lessons learned at the conference apply as well to landscape and realist painting of all types so I anticipate making improvements here also. There are perhaps 50 new paintings here that I have done in the last six months that are being posted for the first time, so if you haven't checked out the site in a while, take a look. Some of these are available directly through us at the American Heritage Gallery of Art in Bath, NH while some reside in other galleries. If there is a particular piece in which you are interested, please email us at craigpursley@roadrunner.com or call (603) 747-3050 or (603) 747-3020 to check on availability and pricing. And if you like my work but don't see exactly what you're after, please feel free to contact me and discuss a commission. Thanks for visiting! To see paintings, click on the categories listed above.
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