18" x 36" original acrylic painting on masonite by Paul Kratter

Paul Kratter's paintings embody the light, atmosphere, and emotion that only an accomplished artist can convey. Paul, along with many experienced fine art painters comes from an illustration background that instills strong drawing and design skills and a robust belief in graphic shapes and storytelling. This is prevalent in Paul's work as a skillful and accomplished landscape artist. 

Visit Paul's website to see more of his inspiring art at Paul Kratter Fine Art

16" by 20" original oil painting on linen panel by Paul Kratter.

Paul Kratter's paintings embody the light, atmosphere, and emotion that only an accomplished artist can convey. Paul, along with many experienced fine art painters comes from an illustration background that instills strong drawing and design skills and a robust belief in graphic shapes and storytelling. This is prevalent in Paul's work as a skillful and accomplished landscape artist. 

Visit Paul's website to see more of his inspiring art at Paul Kratter Fine Art

Acrylic on Canvas, 16" x 12", gallery-wrapped deep canvas with painted edges for a contemporary, frameless presentation. Original artwork by Bay Area artist Nancy Roberts, painted on location at Curry Point in Mount Diablo State Park.

Artist Nancy Roberts is known for her bold color, dynamic design, and inventive slightly quirky style. Thinking of reality as just a jumping-off point, she loves allowing each new painting to emerge and transform, revealing hidden secrets with its own language. Her crisp lines and joyful color put a fresh new spin on the landscape tradition.

Nancy is an avid plein air painter, art instructor and retired architect based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She exhibits her work in several galleries, participates in regional shows and plein air events, organizes group paint-outs, presents demonstrations for art associations and teaches painting workshops. Her work has garnered many awards and is included in public and private collections across the country. Visit the artist's website to view more of her art.  https://www.nancyrobertsstudio.com/index.html

Original watercolor painting, framed 30" by 36" exterior dimensions.

Shirley Nootbaar has been painting the ridges, roads and ranches of the East Bay for 50 years. She exhibits at the Valley Art Gallery and is a regular contributor to Save Mount Diablo's Moonlight on the Mountain.

Many of the scenes have changed and evolved from quiet rural landscapes to busy urban developments. There is still subject matter left in our area that reflects the genre of the past and we are fortunate to have much natural open space saved. Mount Diablo's stunning dominance is a part of surrounding views and offers an outstanding image for artists.

Snow Day on Mount Diablo is a 16"x24" print of Mount Diablo covered in snow taken from the east side of the mountain. The image is printed on metal using a special process that results in a luminous and durable print.

Scott Hein is a freelance nature photographer whose passion is photographing the native plants, wildlife, and landscapes of the American West. Although his explorations have taken him from Alaska to Antarctica, the wild lands and parks surrounding Mount Diablo near his home in Northern California remain his favorite photo locations. Scott serves on the Board of Save Mount Diablo. Visit his blog at http://heinphoto.com/blog/author/sjhein

Archival Photograph print by photographer Neil McWee. 27 1/4" by 30 1/4" Framed. Enhance your home, office or school space! Consider pairing with Item #69

Neil McWee is a landscape photographer and master printer of Scottish and Canadian descent. His engagement with landscape photography is reflective of his previous study of forestry and long-held interest in the stewardship of trees. Photographic craftsmanship is of utmost importance to McWee, who worked as a master printer for many years, creating dye transfer prints for Ilford as well as for many photographers, including Paul Capanigro, Francis Caldwell, Art Wolfe, Mark Abrahamson, and Eliot Porter. McWee studied with John Bache and Judy Fiskin at the California Institute of the Arts. His work is held in several collections, including the Washington State Art Collection, Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Zion National Park Museum Collection in Springdale, Utah. McWee has lived in Seattle, Washington, since the 1980s. Find out more about the artist at  https://www.arts.wa.gov/artist-collection/?request=record;id=2148;type=701

Archival Photograph print by photographer Neil McWee. 27 1/4" by 30 1/4" Framed. Enhance your home, office or school space! Consider pairing with Item #68

Neil McWee is a landscape photographer and master printer of Scottish and Canadian descent. His engagement with landscape photography is reflective of his previous study of forestry and long-held interest in the stewardship of trees. Photographic craftsmanship is of utmost importance to McWee, who worked as a master printer for many years, creating dye transfer prints for Ilford as well as for many photographers, including Paul Capanigro, Francis Caldwell, Art Wolfe, Mark Abrahamson, and Eliot Porter. McWee studied with John Bache and Judy Fiskin at the California Institute of the Arts. His work is held in several collections, including the Washington State Art Collection, Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Zion National Park Museum Collection in Springdale, Utah. McWee has lived in Seattle, Washington, since the 1980s. Find out more about the artist at  https://www.arts.wa.gov/artist-collection/?request=record;id=2148;type=701

Original framed watercolor, 13.5" by 16.5". Artist Greg Piatt is a fine-arts printmaker specializing in lithography, monotype, and relief work in his studio/printshop in Pleasant Hill, California. Greg grew up in the wooded East Bay hills, and that environment fostered a deep love and respect for landscape and wildlife. This lasting attraction to nature has influenced his art, from the flowing brushwork of his plein air painting and prints to his mixed-media pieces. Known for his 30 years of plein air painting in watercolor and oil on wood, Greg has exhibited worldwide and has sold through galleries and his studio/printshop. 

Greg is a specialist in stone lithography, and maintains the presses and stones required for this unique discipline in his studio. He has taught as a guest artist and master printer in a variety of schools, including the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Kala Institute in Berkeley, and the California State Prison in Vacaville. Since 1992 Greg has served as co-curator of Mt. Diablo Summit Museum Art Gallery in Mt. Diablo State Park. His diverse interests range from archery to birding, collecting (ceramic elves, bows and arrows, carved wooden animals, colored LPs), music, Miwok Indian culture, planting, pruning, and skiing. Greg obtained a BFA and MFA at the California College of the Arts and Crafts and recently retired as Senior Adjunct Professor, Printmaking, at CCAC.