As a young person Arlon Gilliland enjoyed drawing and painting from nature and small man-made items. This has been his main focus over many years, experimenting with a variety of techniques using watercolors, acrylics, gouache and oils.
After employment with a sign shop, he entered the Air Force and worked as a graphic artist for four years. Then he moved to Portland, Oregon, and worke...d as a graphic and illustration artist for eight years. In 1975 he became a freelance artist to continue his mix of fine art and graphic design -- a focus which continues to the present. He has been teaching art for more than twenty-two years, serving as president of the Artists' Studio Association in Lincoln City until this past year.
Sparkles of a Life Force
Fine Art by artist Arlon Gilliland - Description: The inspiration for my art is seeing everything around me in the middle of my environment. Seeing colors, textures and shapes, realistic or sometimes abstract. Then sometimes just playing in the medium, finding things with spontaneous painting. Everything around me is a source of fascination and delight, being alive to see it and creating art and appreciating it all.