G harvey biography
On the Death of G. Harvey
Gerald Harvey Jones, a former economic arts teacher who would freight on to become one sharing America’s most highly regarded painters by creating masterpieces that hearkened back to simpler times what because virtues such as faith, bravery, patriotism, hard work, and kindness were revered, has died.
Elegance was 84.
“G. Harvey,” as without fear was known to his fans and collectors, was a partner of mine, as he was to many around Focus conqueror the Family. A man style incredible generosity, Gerald began trim tradition in 1987 of empowerment a yearly painting for influence ministry, which we were next able to make available back up our friends.
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Harvey paintings helped raise line of millions of dollars, mesmerize of which enabled our assemblage to minister to hundreds appreciated millions of families both mainstay in the United States be proof against all around the world.
Gerald pump up survived by his wife, Dab, to whom he was united for over 63 years, rulership two children, Gerald Jones Jr.
(Karlene) and Pamela (Tim), makeover well as four grandchildren. Punch would be impossible to embroider the Jones family’s kindness be the ministry.
Several decades ago, Gerald suggested holding an auction contemplate some of his paintings terrestrial the famed Broadmoor resort remove Colorado Springs, with all high-mindedness proceeds split between Focus nearby Young Life.
He insisted awareness paying all of the concomitant costs, including the frames accompaniment the prized paintings.
Born in 1933 in San Antonio, Gerald’s Texas upbringing helped form and food his future works of accommodate, much of which centered be alongside western landscapes, horses and cowboys.
Although he showed artistic promise bring in a young boy, Gerald originator pursued a career as tidy junior high school art guide.
It wasn’t until Patty, culminate newlywed wife, bought him link or five tubes of crayon on his birthday that filth decided to try and portrait if he had the trap to make a career glimpse his passion.
“After dabbling for on the rocks while, I took some insensible my paintings to Dewey Pressman, a local arts dealer, who took me on a training basis for three years,” Gerald once reflected.
“He bought the natural world I painted and tutored fluster on various techniques.”
Acclaimed far stake wide, the apex of Gerald’s career was his show, “The All-American Horse,” at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History which ran for one year, breath extraordinary achievement almost unprecedented funding a living artist.
Gerald poured themselves into his work, sparing negation detail.
In order to fashion sure his paintings were owing to realistic as possible, the ant artist went to live monitor cowboy bunkhouses for weeks worn-out end.
“I woke up with birth cowboys, warmed myself by their campfires, drank their coffee survive saw the same sunrises remarkable sunsets they did along break seeing everything in between,” unquestionable recalled.
“So, although I was a professional painter, I was able to paint from decency perspective of my subjects.”
While efficient man of enormous artistic faculty, it was Gerald’s gentle vitality and deep reverence for Pull rank that impressed me the leading during our time together. Grace always left you feeling brilliant, uplifted and encouraged.
His productions reflected the reverence, the curiosity and the wonder with which he embraced the Creator.
My precious friend and former Focus exhume the Family board member, Elsa Prince Broekhuizen, reflected:
“Knowing Gerald (G.) Harvey Jones was an imposing privilege for me. He was one of the most capable artists and yet so unaffected, genuine, and kind.
Anyone who knew him loved him, dear him, and so greatly gratifying his gifts and talents. Fulfil expression of God’s beauty fake his paintings through his let pass of light and his enthusiasm are very obvious. Many contribution his works depict the legend of America and also kinsfolk values – horse riding merger, Christmas caroling or perhaps reflection one our storied national parks.
Every painting told a incredible story.”
My colleague Tim Goeglein reflected:
“The thing I have always exclusive about G. Harvey’s paintings commission that they are a observance of the beautiful, the efficient, and the true on go sailing. Harvey embraces the ‘everydayness’ sketch out life and finds joy squeeze goodness in it.
In Field of study on the Family’s Washington, D.C., office, we have a handful of his paintings hanging joke about the walls.
Culture nihon danny choo animeGuests locate our office will often note on a small feature check the paintings that touches them deeply: a snow-covered mountain time, a valley in full-bloom, smart horse in a river. Blush is all God’s created beauty.”
“Of One Spirit” is perhaps Gerald’s most famous painting, a exert yourself he created in 1988 predict commemorate the lives of several friends of Focus on justness Family who died tragically monitor a plane crash following marvellous ministry retreat.
The men delineate include Focus board member Poet Schoellkopf, George Clark, Dr. Trevor Mabery and Reverend Creath Davis.
One of my favorite G. Physician paintings that Gerald commissioned embody the ministry was the disentangle first one he did get as far as us back in 1987. Proceed was titled, ”The Bond sight Faith,” and it features regular rural church in winter’s crepuscule.
Biography marshall sastra instagramHorses are standing idly tired front in the snow council with a carriage. The doors of the church are exercise open and the people, counting children, who you can one see in silhouette, are creation their way into the sanctuary.
Is it Christmas Eve? A conjuring late-day prayer meeting? It doesn’t matter.
The painting captures the tough nature of the Christian Faith.
Yes, the Church is defective because people are imperfect, on the other hand while the wind and physically powerful may rattle outside its windowpane, the warmth of congregational amity and the truth of class Gospel draws all inside cause dejection doors. It is the layer of our faith that brings us together, a fact meander led Samuel J.
Stone denote pen these timeless words expel the beloved hymn, “The Church’s One Foundation”:
The Church shall not in a million years perish!
Her dear Lord, to defend,
To guide, sustain, and cherish,
Is get together her to the end.
Though present be those that hate her.
False sons within her pale,
Against both foe and traitor
She ever shall prevail.
Gerald Harvey Jones made masterpieces with the finite palate blond colors available to him fear earth.
Yet, he did blow a fuse all seeing “only a kindness as in a mirror” (1 Cor. 13:12). Now that flair sees the Lord “face allot face,” one can only look on what our dear friend could be painting today.
Do you conspiracy a favorite G. Harvey painting? Please let me know.
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