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Craig Pursley

Artist ~ Illustrator

Born in Nebraska in 1954, Craig began drawing before starting kindergarten. Lacking unlined paper in the house, he would pull out the liners from his parents’ record albums and fill them with fanciful drawings of horses and wildlife.

With the encouragement of his parents, and better paper, Craig continued to grow in ability to the point he was doing freelance work before graduating high school. In 1971 he was chosen as Nebraska’s Outstanding Young Artist. 

After starting at Hastings College, he transferred to and graduated from Colorado State University in 1976 and immediately began teaching art at the middle school level. At the same time, he continued a part-time job he’d begun in college as a police composite artist for several law enforcement agencies including the F.B.I. Craig was credited with playing a pivotal role in the capture of many criminals. 

Also during this time, Craig began to exhibit in galleries in Northern Colorado as well as enter shows where he often won or placed highly, including a Best of Show in a National Art Show in western Nebraska in 1983. 

In 1983, Craig moved to Southern California where he began working for the Orange County Register newspaper as an illustrator, a job held for 23 years. He’s also been involved with several other aspects of art, including working as an artist for the (then) California Angels, Topps Baseball Card Co., and Upper Deck Baseball Card Co. 

His work is owned by many professional athletes and can be seen in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, The Nolan Ryan Museum, and The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. His paintings are also in private collections from coast to coast. 

In 2002, Craig and his wife, Julie, moved to New Hampshire; a place he finds very artistically inspiring. Here he paints the beauty of New England in addition to running the American Heritage Gallery of Art in Bath, New Hampshire. 

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Day Break

8x10 $750

Field of Faith

6x12 $750

The Breaking of Day

6x12 $750

The Pasture Sea

6x12 $750

Red Rock Canyon

16x20 $1800

Late Storm

6x12 $750

East Face

12x9 SOLD

Burning the Fog

12x16 SOLD

Another New Day

16x20 $1800

The Road to Morning

15x30 SOLD

The Long Shadows

8 x10 SOLD

The Tree at the end of the Day

8x10 SOLD

The Clearing

11x14 $950

Bernabette's Bench

18x24 SOLD

Santa Inez Valley

10x20 $1400

Dusk at Back Bay

10x20 $1450

Cliffs at the Montage

18x24 $1950

Heisler Park

14x18 SOLD

Low Tide

18x24 SOLD

Red Rocks

6x12 $750

Silverado Canyon

10x18 $1300


 

Alone on a Hill

8x10 $695

Along the Way

11x14 SOLD

Blackstar Oak

16x20 SOLD

Bringing Life

11x14 $1095

Coming Back Around

18x24  $1995

Coming Back to Life

14x18 $1495

End of a Perfect Day

16x20 $1795

First Light

12x16 $1295

The Road to Morning

15x30 SOLD

First to Fall

15x30 $1795

Laguna Morning

14x18 SOLD with full procedes donated to the Orange County Fire Authority Benevolent Association

Limestone Canyon

18x24 SOLD

Looks Like it Might Rain Again

16x20  SOLD

Mighty Oak

24x30  $2595

New Life

11x14 $995

Off the Trail

11x14 SOLD

Ortega Afternoon

8x10 $SOLD

Partly Cloudy, 62 Degrees

24x36  SOLD

Path of Least Resistance

11x14 $995

The Restoration

18x24  $1895

Silverado Sundown

12x24  $1495

Sunrise on Big Bend

16x20 SOLD

The Liberal Tree

8x10 $795

The New Day

8x10 $795

The Source

18x24 SOLD

Where Smoke Rose, New Grass Grows

11x14 $1095

Windmill at Starr Ranch

11x14 $1095

Laguna Canyon Trail

14x18 $1495

Lying in Wait

11x14 SOLD

Trabuco Canyon

14x18 $1495

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