| JIM GRAND |
| Daisey's Friends Acrylics on Canvas 16" x 20" $300 |
Jim Grand was born August 30, 1931, in a frame house on old Route Eight in
Peninsula, Ohio, near his maternal grandfather’s plant nursery. Fascinated in early
childhood by the seemingly huge flowerbeds surrounding his grandfather’s
greenhouse, he developed a life-long need for bright color.
As a small child, he remembers vividly his father painting large landscape murals on
the dining room walls of their home in North Akron. Later, as a teenager, he worked
after school at a sign painting company, General Outdoors Advertising, where he
was interested in the process of journeymen painters creating huge signboards on
large panels with colorful paints and large brushes.
After high school and some college classes at Akron University, he joined the US
Army and served during the Korean War as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, with the MOS
of 81 mortar platoon leader and instructor.
Attending KSU after the war on the GI Bill, his art classes were taught by Elmer
Novotny, who at the time was director of the Art Department at KSU, and a very
exceptional portrait painter.
Jim completed his Bachelor’s Degree in 1956 and his Master’s Degree in 1959. Thus
began forty years of teaching in public schools, including 13 years as a school
administrator. Teaching art to elementary school students sharpened his interest in
drawing and painting, which became a life-long activity.
His grandfather on his father’s side was a French Canadian who raised his children
in Lowell, Massachusetts, and then later moved to Ohio, where he became a
homebuilder, and told his grandsons many stories of the early days of this century in
New England. His speech was “down-east” and quite different from that of
Northeastern Ohio, and led to a life-long interest in the New England area, resulting
in drawings and paintings of the Maine and Massachusetts coastal harbors and
villages. Helping his grandfather build homes led to a fascination with lighthouses,
barns, fishing shacks, churches, and buildings of all kinds.
Peninsula, Ohio, near his maternal grandfather’s plant nursery. Fascinated in early
childhood by the seemingly huge flowerbeds surrounding his grandfather’s
greenhouse, he developed a life-long need for bright color.
As a small child, he remembers vividly his father painting large landscape murals on
the dining room walls of their home in North Akron. Later, as a teenager, he worked
after school at a sign painting company, General Outdoors Advertising, where he
was interested in the process of journeymen painters creating huge signboards on
large panels with colorful paints and large brushes.
After high school and some college classes at Akron University, he joined the US
Army and served during the Korean War as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, with the MOS
of 81 mortar platoon leader and instructor.
Attending KSU after the war on the GI Bill, his art classes were taught by Elmer
Novotny, who at the time was director of the Art Department at KSU, and a very
exceptional portrait painter.
Jim completed his Bachelor’s Degree in 1956 and his Master’s Degree in 1959. Thus
began forty years of teaching in public schools, including 13 years as a school
administrator. Teaching art to elementary school students sharpened his interest in
drawing and painting, which became a life-long activity.
His grandfather on his father’s side was a French Canadian who raised his children
in Lowell, Massachusetts, and then later moved to Ohio, where he became a
homebuilder, and told his grandsons many stories of the early days of this century in
New England. His speech was “down-east” and quite different from that of
Northeastern Ohio, and led to a life-long interest in the New England area, resulting
in drawings and paintings of the Maine and Massachusetts coastal harbors and
villages. Helping his grandfather build homes led to a fascination with lighthouses,
barns, fishing shacks, churches, and buildings of all kinds.
| Daisy Parade Acrylic on Canvas 18" x 24" $375 |
| Summer Symphony Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $300 |
| Zinnias and Marigolds Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $300 |
| Anisquam Light, Mass. Acrylic on Canvas 18" x 24" $275 |
| Eastern Point Light Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $300 |
| Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse Acrylic on Canvas 18" x 24" $325 |
| Camden Boatman Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 24" $200 |
| Indian Island Lighthouse, Maine Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $300 |
| Lighthouse at Mystic Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $350 |
| East Quoddy Lighthouse Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $225 |
| 1930 J Model Duesenberg Sedan Giclee Print (LE) 18" x 24" $300 |
| Bellagio Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $400 |
| Picking Blackberries Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $350 |
| Taking in the Hay Giclee Print on Canvas 18" x 24" $275 |
| Glade Creek Grist Mill Giclee Print on Canvas 18" x 24" $275 |
| Woodsfield Saltbox Giclee Print on Canvas 18" x 24" $350 |
| Sharecropper's Cabin, Ozarks Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $500 |
| Schooner Appledore at Rockport Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $325 |
| Sand Beach, Acadia N. Park, Maine Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $400 |
| Breaking Wave, Bass Rocks, Mass Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $400 |
| After the Storm, Bass Rocks, Cape Ann Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $400 |
| The Joseph Conrad, Mystic, Conn. Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $525 |
| Joseph Conrad, Mystic, In Winter Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $300 |
| Downeast Windjammer Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $450 |
| Motif #1, Rockport, Mass. Acrylic on Canvas 18" 20" $500 |
| Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $500 |
| Still Life with Copper Kettle Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $395 |
| Still Life with Little Brown Jug Acrylic on Canvas 16" x 20" $395 |
| Purple Mountain Majesty Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $225 |
| Blue Hen Falls, Cuyahoga Valley N. Park Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $350 |
| Ozark Stream, Arkansas Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $525 |
| Grand Tetons, Wyoming Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 30" $300 |
