|
|
In 1980 an artist began to document the War between the States, his name is Dale Gallon and he's bound to the war in another fundamental way: He researches and sketches on site at Gettysburg, where the ghosts of the past are as powerful as the monuments to their memory.
Dale wasn't born in Gettysburg. He was drawn there. The Southern California native moved his wife and three young sons to Gettysburg in 1984 to pursue his life's work.
Like no other artist working in the military genre, Dale's paintings are holly authentic. At home in Gettysburg, he's been able to tap the Military History Institute at the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barricks, Pennsylvania; the artifact collection at the Gettysburg National Military Park; and talk with the experts who are drawn to the site.
Dale believes that the battlefield's overwhelming living history inspires him in a way that working in a loft in the big city can't. Many collectors agree.
His works are currently on display at the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania; The Pentagon; Fort Stewart and Fort Leonard Wood; National Park Service Visitors Center in Gettysburg; Tanenbaum Park & Guilford Battleground Company in Greensboro, North Carolina; and numerous other private collectors throughout the United States.
"I happen to live within a mile or two of where General Robert E. Lee led the Northern Virginia into the pivotal battle of the War. The battlefield's my office. I don't need much more inspiration," he says. "I suspect people who collect my paintings feel that on the canvas."
Contact Valley Framing Studio & Gallery for current pricing and availability:
(800)821-7529
 valframe@cfw.com |
