Craig Shillam Artworks Gallery

• Walk this Way

  Oil, Canvas, 11" x 14" x 1"

• High Mountain Mist

  Oil, 16 x 20

• "The Storyteller"

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12" x 1". EJ60 - Oil on Panel

• An Edible Arrangement

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 24

• Everything

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 18. A Visual Ballad for the for the Vagabond spirit. Pack a suitcase, turn up the music and fly like a bird to a place where the light is warm, ocean waves serenade you, and there is no one else around.

• Farmington

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x 1". A tip of the cap to all of you that can actually grow something from dirt.

• Still Life with Fresh Peppers and Cup

  Oil, Canvas, 9" x 12"

• Still Life with Flowers and Blue Green Vase

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 12"

• Apple Orchard in Late Summer

  Canvas, 16" x 24"

• "Still Life with Pansies"

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 16". "Still Life with Pansies"

• "A Sweet Smile"

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 16"

• Sugar and Vice

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1

• "Summer Leather"

  Oil, Canvas, 14" x 24". This still life oil painting was fun in that all the items in the painting have meaning for me. The bat and baseball mit on the right are mine from high school, and yes, I am a lefty. The mit on…

• "Still Life with Grapes and Cantaloupe"

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 16". For more about this piece, go here

• "Feed the Dream"

  Oil, Canvas, 16" x 24"

• "Autumn Carnival"

  Oil, Canvas, 11" x 14"

• "The Liberty Barn"

  Oil, Canvas, 14" x 24". An Actual barn in Latah, Washington.

• "Carmel Gray"

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 16". Waiting for the sun to make an appearance near Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

• "The Lone Cypress"

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 16"

• "Still Life with Fresh Peppers"

  Oil, Canvas, 11" x 14"

• "Autumn Centerpiece"

  Oil, Canvas, 14" x 24". "Autumn Centerpiece" First Place in Painting Division, Avenue West Gallery Juried Show, 2011

• "Teal Pitcher with Fruit"

  Oil, Canvas, 16" x 20"

• "Boxed In"

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 16". A Simple still life set up, lots of fun to paint...

• "Roadside Royalty"

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. On a late summer trip back from Moscow, Idaho, big, dark threatening clouds were rolling across the horizon from west to east.There was a storm coming and it wasn't kidding. Around a curve in the r…

• "Beach Umbrella"

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". There was a young couple on the other side of the umbrella. I was thinking what a cool idea for a date that is. And cool it was, good thing they had a blanket to snuggle up in! I wonder who's idea…

• "The Summer Low"

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 30. The Spokane River, so strong and powerful during the winter and spring, yet so decievingly calm and mellow during "the summer low."

• "Passing Place"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 17" x 24 3/8". I have a soft spot for trees. I think they are beautiful and fascinating. There is no question that this tree has a lot of character and could tell some very interesting stor…

• "The Birds and the Bees"

  Oil, -18" x -24". An old barn in Idaho. I thought it was interesting because of the beehives, trees, and the way the light was hitting on the barn.

• "Back to Business"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 14 1/2" x 23". On the way Mt. Kinabalu (the tallest Mt. in Southeast Asia), there a a few of these roadside markets where the locals sell their fruits and vegetables. The girl in the foregr…

• "The Apple Polisher"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 17 1/2" x 26". On a late October weekend with my family, we stopped at many farms in Green Bluff, Wa. We were about to leave when I noticed the man rubbing the apples with a cloth. I talked…

• "Bird, Mind and Soul, - Cannon Beach"

  Oil, Canvas, 18" x 24". A favorite place of mine is Cannon Beach, Oregon. When I go to the ocean, it is soothing to my soul. The man in the painting was soothing his soul and sharpening his mind by working on a crosswor…

• "Carversation"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 13 1/2" x 23 1/4". Street Rods are a work of art themselves. They reflect the vision, passion, and the wallet size of the owner. The three men here are engaged in some very serious "carvers…

• "Cloudy Sunday Morning"

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". A small study for a painting I was thinking about doing bigger. I haven't painted the bigger version yet.

• "Applewood"

  Oil, Canvas, 18" x 24". That's a lot of apples.

• "Kampung House"

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24. A traditional "Kampung House" near the city of Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. The interior rugs have just been washed and hung on the rail, and some laundry also hangs out i…

• "Palouse Falls"

  Canvas, 20" x 16". How Palouse Falls looks in May. You would never know it's there if you didn't know it was there.

• "Orange Harvest"

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 30". All shapes and sizes - people and pumpkins. Autumn is a fun time of the year and some of the traditions are timeless, such as picking pumpkins.

• "Boy on the Beach"

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 30. This painting features my son Connor, his green bucket, and a cold Cannon Beach. It did not bother him that the water was freezing, but it did bother him that the sea took his bucket. But alas, a h…

• "Riverdown"

  Oil, Canvas, -24" x -18". The banks of the Spokane River in February, when the water level is down, exposing big boulders that will submerged in the coming weeks.

• "Pike Street Stroll"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 13" x 20 1/2". Who doesn't find Pike Place Market in Seattle interesting? The vendors, the people, the stuff, the oddballs, it's all there. This man was strolling along, inspecting the good…

• "Above Cedar Creek"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 19" x 24". Almost everybody has a special place or places that are dear to their heart. This is one of mine. An old grist mill, a creek, birds, trees, rocks, all underneath a beautiful cano…

• "Yellow Sweater - Freeman Store"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 16 3/4' x 26 1/2". The Freeman Store, just south of Spokane Valley, Wa, looks nothing like this today. I took photos of this country store back in the '80's because I thought it had a lot o…

• "Autumn Cool"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 23 3/8" x 18". During the time after graduating from college, I would often walk through Spokane's Riverfront Park to and from work. Not a bad way to start a day for sure. This scene is fro…

• "Holding Pattern"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 11 3/8" x 19 5/8". It was kind of a slow day selling kites at the beach. The beach is Tanjung Aru Beach near Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

• "Corner Flower Shop-Kota Kinabalu"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 15 1/2" x 19 3/4". I don't know if I was more intrigued by the flower stand or by the lady's trying to figure out what to buy. I do know that seeing a patch of colorful flowers amidst a sea…

• "Ladies of the Sunday Bazaar-Tuaran"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 18 1/2' x 26 1/2". While visiting Malaysia in 2003, I had the opportunity to visit this Sunday Market in the town of Tuaran. The diversity of people and products was incredible. The whole p…

• "The Ginger Lady"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 10 3/4" x 8 1/2". This lady was at the Sunday Bazaar in Tuaran, Malaysia. She had her own spot away from the main market. I imagine her to be at the market every Sunday, in the same spot, d…

• "Fire Season"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 13 1/2" x 23 1/2". A 100+ degree day, the smell of smoke accompanied by the smokey haze in the distance, street rods with flames painted on them, it's fire season.

• "A View from the Top-Mt. Spokane`s Vista House"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 14" x 18". The Vista House on top of Mt. Spokane offers beautiful views and a peaceful getaway from the every day grind. This view is to the east into the Idaho panhandle.

• "Bob's Chili Parlor"

  Colored Pencil, Museum Board, 22 3/8" x 20 1/8". This was an actual restaurant in Spokane back in the early 20th century, and was torn down in 1949. Apparently their chili was to die for, and they served free meals to t…