Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
b. 1958
Greg grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He studied architecture at Arizona State University, received his BFA from Art Center College of Design and his MFA from the University of Utah. After spending six years in Los Angeles and seven years in New York City, Greg moved to Park City, Utah, and then settled in southern Utah.
Greg’s Color Field paintings are freeze frame glimpses of nature’s creatures in abstracted color compositions.He experiences nature by watching the flight of birds moving through the sky, listening to leaves moved by the wind and the songs of birds. With time spent in the outdoors watching the clouds and listening to the wind, it is nature that has fueled a never ending passion of color and movement.
This series of paintings is a contemporary take on a typically traditional subject matter. The detailed rendering is cast into the minimal abstract composition of the highly developed complex surfaces. They are abstracted, voyeuristic portals to nature’s amazing visual gifts. These works bring nature indoors and give the viewer the opportunity to get lost in the calming simplicity and the seductiveness of nature.
“I experience nature by watching the flight of birds moving through the sky, listen to leaves moved by the wind and the songs of birds.”
Greg has shown in numerous galleries throughout the US and also in Bristol and London, UK. He has shown at the Sundance Film Festival and has done several public painting and sculpture commissions for the Park City Aquatic Center, Park City, UT and Salt Lake City, UT.to
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Artist: Greg Ragland
Mallard's in Red and Tan
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Anna's Red and Blue
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Sandhills
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Two Broadmoor Swans
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Broadtail Hummingbird in Cream with Red and Purple Shapes
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
2 Broadbills with Blue Swirl
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Quail in Blue
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red & Orange Around A Couple of Rufous
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chickadee's
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Quail in Cream
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Female and Male Costas
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brown in Red
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue and Purple with 2 Broadbills
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fusion in Cream and Colors
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Roufus Blue Red
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Greg Ragland Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Creating is an addiction. With all the highs and lows you would expect.
I am interested in the surface textures and creating paintings that portray them in realistic detail. Hopefully a viewer will feel they can run a hand over the feathers and moss, or grasp an object in the painting.
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The subjects of my paintings are usually based on the patterns and textures of nature and human interaction with nature. I have found subjects to paint in remote wilderness areas of the world, local parking lots, and my own backyard.
EDUCATION
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Pearson Art Scholarship
COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Rick Pas From moths to modern-day life." Southwest Art, January 2016
"Interpreting nature." American Art Collector, September 2015
"Abuzz About Bugs." The Artist's Magazine, July/August, 2015
The Lusitania Conspiracy, Walters Media LLC, Traverse City, MI, 2015 (cover illustrator)
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"Competition Spotlight." The Artist's Magazine, April, 2009
"Holland show features art inspired by nature." The Grand Rapids Press, July 27, 2008
"Don't Miss 'Natural Eye' exhibit at HAAC." The Holland Sentinel, June 12, 2008
"Softening the definition of landscapes." American Art Collector, May 2008
"Nature is in the Details." The Artist's Magazine, October, 2007
"Nature's Surfaces and Textures." Whisper in the Woods, Summer, 2007
"Arizona Best of the West-Animal Art." Southwest Art, May 2007
"Cover Competition Finalists." American Artist Watercolor, Spring, 2007
Pintores de la Naturleza, SEO/Birdlife, Madrid, 1997 (illustrator)
"A Dark, Dark Day Indeed." Audubon, March, 1988 (illustrator)
"Wildlife Artist of the Year." Michigan Out of Doors, December 1987 (article & cover illustrator)
"Music in the Men's Room." Audubon, July, 1985 (illustrator)
"Bird Art Takes Wing at Wausau." Milwaukee Journal, September 11, 1983
"Wildlife Artist of the Year." Michigan Out of Doors, December 1982 (article & cover illustrator)
AWARDS
Art Renewal Center Salon 2015-2016, Honorable Mention - Animal category
Art Renewal Center Salon 2014-2015, Third Place - Animal category
The Artist's Magazine Art Competition Finalist, 2006-2010, 2014
Art Renewal Center Salon 2012-2013, Honorable Mention - Animal category
Society of Animal Artists Patricia A. Bott Award for Creative Excellence 2011
Art Renewal Center Salon 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2014-2015 Finalist
Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence 2010
Art Renewal Center Salon 2009-2010, Second Place - Animal category
American Artist Cover Competition Finalist, 2007
Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International Honorable Mention, 2003
Arts for the Parks Region III Award, 1992
Indiana Migratory Bird Stamp Design, 1985
Michigan United Conservation Clubs' Wildlife Artist of the Year, 1982,1987
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