Painting inspires and restores my spirit. I want to share this transformation- this renewed sense of connection. I aim to suggest both the reality and the hidden energy of things, to see nature in new ways, as if for the first time.
George Middleton paints nature-inspired scenes and visions, both real and imagined. He creates original and commissioned works, including landscapes, seascapes, studies of natural objects, and portraits and other expressions of the human figure. His mediums include oil, acrylic, watercolor, and digital painting. George exhibits and teaches classes at his studio at Lowell’s Western Avenue Studios & Lofts. He also conducts workshops in the area, and works commercially as a graphic artist and illustrator, and as a scenic and decorative painter.
Featured Paintings
Tri Town ©2026, 18 x 24 x 1 acrylic on a wood panel frame. A place I walk in a local state forest at the junction of Lowell, Dracut, and Tyngsborough MA.
Mahadevi ©2024, 14 x 21 watercolor on Johannot cold press watercolor paper. A vision of the Mother Goddess, inspired during travels in South Dakota and the Bighorn mountains in Wyoming. prints
Indigo Dream ©2023, 12 x 16 watercolor on Arches cold press watercolor paper mounted on a wood panel frame. Union of earth and sky nspired by the Black Hills in South Dakota. sold prints
Salt Rock ©2023, 16 x 12 watercolor on Arches cold press watercolo paper mounted on a wood panel frame. The fire within, inspired from travels in Wyoming, and the first of a series of rock paintings. prints
Paha Sapa ©2023, 12 x 16 watercolor on Arches cold press watercolor paper mounted on a wood panel frame. Union of Heaven and Earth, Black Hills South Dakota.
Assabet, Early Spring ©2022, 12 x 16 acrylic on a wood panel frame. I grew up on this river, my paradise for bird watching and nature exploration. sold prints
Aftermath ©2022, 17 x 22 1/2 watercolor on Fabriano cold press watercolor paper. Lucy Vincent beach on Martha’s Vineyard, just after a squall. A Least Tern and a Sandwich Tern beat their way up the line in a headwind. sold
Redux ©2021, 17 x 21 x 1/2 acrylic on a wood panel. California dreamscape. sold prints
Pillar ©2018, is a 20 x 16 acrylic on a wood panel, artist-framed. Flame, sky, and water from on high. sold prints
Lost City ©2018, 28 x 28 pencil, watercolor and acrylic on paper on a wood panel. A collaboration with artist Vanessa Compton. The “Shining City on the Hill”, inspired by Thomas Moran in New Mexico. sold prints
Blue Angel ©2015, 16 x 16 watercolor and digital painting. prints
Angelus ©2013, 22 x 28 digital painting. prints
Blue Geronimo ©2000, 29 x 24 acrylic on canvas. Portrait based on an old balck and white photograph. sold prints
Grand Canyon ©1995, 12 x 16 watercolor and gouache on Arches hot press watercolor paper. sold prints
Winter Strand ©2021, 9 x 12 watercolor on Arches hot press watercolor paper. After the rain on the ocean side, Martha’s Vineyard in the off season. sold prints
Acadian Shore I ©1997, 12 x 16 oil on a wood panel. Looking south from Hunter’s Point at Acadia National Park. sold prints
Carlisle Pines ©1992, 10 x 8 oil on a wood panel. Deep winter at Tall Pines. sold prints
Bighorn II ©1998, 10 x 14 watercolor on Arches hot press watercolor paper. Big sky country. sold prints
Campfire ©1994, 40 x 22 acrylic on canvas. Local winter camping near Bedford, MA. sold prints
Red Dock ©1992, 22 x 30 acrylic on canvas. A lazy summer on Newfound Lake, New Hampshire. sold prints
THE PAST ©2023, 30 x24 paper collage, oil on a pigment ink jet print on canvas from a gouache painting, $1800. A collaboration with artist Vanessa Compton. Available at Krinshaw Studios.
Rising Star ©2024, 4 ft. x 6 ft. acrylic on a wood panel frame. Commissioned work based on the Wind Dancer theme. prints
Prayer ©2016, 19 x 14 1/2 watercolor and digital painting. prints
Wind Dancer ©2016, 24 x 18 acrylic on canvas mounted on a wood panel frame. prints