G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones, Texas, 1933-2017), "John's Studio" (studio of fellow Fredericksburg artist John Austin Hanna), oil on panel, signed lower right, dated by the artist's family to 2003

sight: 9 x 12 in., frame: 17 x 20 in.

Provenance: From the collection of the artist, accompanied by certificate and letter of authenticity from the family gallery, Whistle Pik Gallery

G. Harvey was close friends with fellow artist John Austin Hanna, and would routinely ask Hanna to critique his paintings. Harvey kept this painting in his studio until his death. 

Gerald Harvey Jones, "G. Harvey", was a celebrated artist and lifelong Texan whose youth spent in the Texas Hill Country helped inform his nostalgic and evocative imagery of Western scenes and scenes of Americana. Harvey was a prolific artist and often compared to Impressionist masters such as Edouard Cortes. His paintings have appeared in prestigious sites, including the White House, the National Archives, the Treasury Building, and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History.