Alva painter Calvin Graybill is known for his landscapes featuring realistic and varied clouds as well as paintings of wildlife and hunting dogs. He stands near a Kansas scene done in acrylics instead of his usual oils.
Alva artist Calvin Graybill got hooked on painting when he attended college. Coming from a small school that didn't offer art classes, his introduction to oils, acrylics and watercolors was an eye opener.
"I started painting my first year in college," he said. "I had never picked up a paintbrush before. That was a unique experience.
"I'd always wanted to be an artist. I did a lot of drawing. I got into a situation in college because I came from a little small school where there wasn't any art. I'd always do a lot of sketching and stuff, and when I got to college there were a lot of students th...
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