A quick Getaway to Bella Italia
Warm Tuscan Afternoon 36x48
Midnight Lights 11x12
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A Bridge in Dorsoduro 11x12
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Tuscan Countryside 12x24
Sonoma Sunshine
Portuguese Beach Color 24x30
Windblown Cypress 24x30
Furry Forager 16x20
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A Blanket of Green 11x14
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Tiger Shade 11x14
LEADER OF THE PACK - 24X30"
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DUET - 24X24"
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THIRST QUENCHING - 24X18"
TWOSOME - 24X30"
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GUARDIANS OF THE POINT - 15X30"
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CONTEMPLATION 24X20"
Orange Surfboard 24x30
Beach House Baggies 16x20 SOLD
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Beach House Bikini 16x20
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Rocky Sonoma Coast (Portuguese Beach) 18x24
Heron Reflections 24x18
Holiday Paintings TO RAISE THE SPIRITS!
SANTA'S MAGIC BRUSH 22X28 SOLD
Harvest for the Holidays 24x18
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Christmas Chardonnay 20x16
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Santa's Sauv Blanc 12x12
Full Load Overhead 7x5 SOLD
Tropicana: Paintings from Cuba
Golden Cuban Morning 24x30
Cherry Red 16x20
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Purple Passion 24x30
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Havana Skies 24x36
Artemisa Hidaway 36x24
Cuban Color 12x24
Lush 11x14
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Havana Study 8x8
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Havana park Study 11x14
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San Miguel de Padron 24x30
Hemingway's Guesthouse 16x20
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Cloudy 12x16
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Hemingway's 12x16
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Pink Pride 24x18 SOLD
Havana Afternoon 18x24
Music In Havana 18x24
Old Havana 8x8 SOLD
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Congas 20x16
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Moon Over Havana 18x24
Faces and Places
"Travelin Man" 24x30 oil
"Lime and Violet" 20x16
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"Oh Yeah!" 18x18
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"Lavender Mood" 18x14
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"Weiss Wein" 24x30 oil
"sunlight in Soho" 24x18
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"Passers By (Atlas) 24x18
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"Espresso" 18x24 oil
"New Sheriff in Town" 16x20
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"Man with a Mission" 16x20
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"Green Apple" 16x20
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"Limited Parking" 30x30 oil SOLD
Summer Picnic 36x24 (Wine Road art work) SOLD
Nouveau Euro Art Show Fall 2018
Under the Rialto 15x30
Tuscan Hills 8x10
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Above Ravello 9x12
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Tuscan Vista 8x10
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Ligurian Coast 20x24
Up the Road (Cortona)18x25
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Tuscan Olives 16x20
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Delft Reflections 29.5 x 22.5 SOLD
Delft Color 20x16
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Bruegge 20x16
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Montgomery Street, San Francisco 30x40 SOLD
Cinque Terra Sunset 24x20
Yellow Truck on the Wine Road 30x24 SOLD
Fresh Paint: Large scale PLein Air Paintings by Craig Nelson
Wine and Roses 30x24
Sonoma Vista 24x36
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Above Sebastopol 24x36
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Young Cabernet 30x40
Wine Country Icons 24x30
Sonoma Bountiful 30x24 SOLD
Fountaingrove Barn 14x18 SOLD
Leaving Sorrento 30x40
Youthful Reflections 60x36
Quiet Passage 48x24
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Elba Cafe 11x14
Beyond the Rock 11x14
Sundown at the Mission 9x12 SOLD
Rocky Shore 11x14
Flavorful Spices 24x18
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Learn More About Craig Nelson
Since 1970, Craig Nelson has been depicting portraits, figures, landscapes, California coastal paintings, and European tableaux in rich, vibrant oils. His passion for his subjects relates directly to his brush work, weaving mood and emotion into each work of art.
With a career spanning nearly 50 years, Craig has won over 200 awards of excellence in various shows, five gold medals and four silver medals. In 1996, a painting of his was chosen for the Communication Arts annual cover. Craig participates in the national Arts for the Parks competition and has been selected in the top 100 exhibitors each year. In 1997 his painting “Dining Alone” won the Grand Teton Natural History Association Award and toured the United States for a year.
Craig Nelson exhibits work in fine art galleries throughout the United States, including California; Santa Fe, New Mexico and Charleston, South Carolina. Craig has completed commissions for clients in Germany, Italy, Holland, Canada, Japan, Taiwan and Austria, and remains dedicated to a prolific practice at home.
Given that Craig Nelson’s career began in Los Angeles, the likes of Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Disney and others have commissioned him to create countless movie posters, including “Garbage Pail Kids”, “Slap Shot”, “Dirty Harry”, “John Wayne and the Cowboys”, “Homeward Bound”, “Alive” and “Moscow on the Hudson”, just to name a few.
Working also with publishers, Craig has created several book covers, including “Evergreen”, “Eden Burning”, and the Nancy Drew series. The most prestigious works are the Broadway production posters for Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers”, and “ Proposal”, the originals of which remain in Neil Simon’s personal collection.
Album covers for Capitol Records, Sony and MGM are also among Craig’s accomplishments for artists including Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Rick Nelson, Sammy Davis Jr., Loretta Lynn, and Motorhead
Permanent collections include:
The US Air Force
Toyota Corporation
Walt Disney Studios
Sony Music
University of California Los Angeles
University of California San Francisco
Neil Simon
James Garner
Warner Brothers Inc,
Columbia Pictures
Craig has been teaching drawing and painting at a college level for over 40 years. Since 1990, Craig has been sharing his expertise with the students of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco as the Executive Director of the School of Fine Art, Undergraduate and Graduate schools.
In addition to teaching, Craig is a member of Oil Painters of America, American Society of Portrait Artists and a signature member of the California Art Club. Craig’s book entitled “Sixty Minutes to Better Painting” published by North Light available through amazon.com. His second book, “The Drawing Bible” is now on book shelves throughout the country.