AufWiedersehen David (Commissioned-SOLD), acrylic on canvas, 30" X 40". Painted by George Porter for a friend as a memorial painting of her father, who died when he was in his mid-40's. Filled with symbolism, it depicts a vague memory that his friend has of her father, as she and her sister watched him reading a book in a forest in Idyllwild, California, where he was teaching performing arts classes. He is shown in the forest scene and on stage working on a set for an upcoming play. Billboards from Stanford University and UCLA, his alma maters, decorate the set, and the Stanford Chapel is seen in the glowing forest sunlight. Keeping an eye on his protege is the ghost of Sigmund Freud, whom her father studied in college.
Dave's Wave (Commissioned-SOLD), 24" X 36", acrylic on canvas by George Porter, a commissioned painting for an art collector and dear friend in Ohio. It features a surfer's view of the Manhattan Beach Pier through the eye of a beautiful wave at sunrise on the coast of California, with Manhattan Beach, California and the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the background. There is an accurate view up Manhattan Beach Blvd., and the morning sunrise casts a warm luminist glow over the Pacific coast. A lone seagull flies out to sea. Painted in clear, vivid hues, the translucent golden yellows, aqua blues and greens of the large wave in the foreground, and the smaller ocean waves by the pier are truly beautiful. To commission a new painting, please contact the artist.
California Dreaming (Commissioned-SOLD), acrylic on canvas, 36" X 48", an original acrylic painting by George Porter completed on commission for a client in Fort Mill, South Carolina in December 2015. This stunning seascape features the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach, California, a well-known and loved location by the client, where a lone surfer is catching a final wave at sunset, set against a blazing orange and yellow sky.
George is known for his signature "new age-traditional" style, a unique blend of master painter techniques that the artist has learned over the years, and contemporary themes. To commission a new painting, please contact George Porter.