permanent collection

The California Nature Art Museum has a small permanent collection (105 pcs) that we have grown since we opened our doors in 2000. The collection ranges from large-scale historic paintings to abstract bronze sculptures. While we do not currently have existing funding to purchase artwork for the collections, we do selectively accept donations to the permanent collection after they go through a three-stage approval process. We welcome inquiries for loans from professional institutions who can insure their security while in their care. Please contact the Executive Director to inquire, at (805) 686-8216.

In the gallery below you will see a selection of our artworks. There are additional pieces in our collections by artists such as Tom Millea, Robert Allen Cale, and Everett Ruess. Contact us for details.

John Fery, Cascade in the Fire Hole, Yellowstone

David Paul Bayles, Sell, 2016. Acquired 2017.

David Paul Bayles, Falling Tree 3, Acquired 2016.

Ray Strong, Golden Hills, oil on board, (detail)

Glenn Rand, Point Lobos, gelatin silver print, 2002, 2010.2.1

Claudia Fahrenkemper, Radiolarian (45-05-06), gelatin silver print, 2005

Richard Salas, Sea Lions, ink jet print, 2008, 2009.4.1

Ray Strong, Eleanor's Plum Tree, oil on canvas, 1973, 2009.3.1

Russell Chatham, Storm Across the Prairie

Ines E. Labunski Roberts, Frog Assembly, ink jet print, 2007

Puma Ways, D. L. Engle

Dan Wood, Bright Spirit, ink jet print, 2007, 2008.4.1

Bruce McCurdy, Oceano Dunes, lithograph, 2009.1.1

Bruce McCurdy, Oceano Dunes III, photograph, 2009.1.2

Ernest H. Brooks II, Blue in Profile, photograph, 1981, 2009.2.1

Robert Allen Cale, Wind Stream, print, 1970, 2007.1.4

Robert Allen Cale, Reflections, print, 1970, 2007.1.2

Carl Rungius, An Old Prospector, print, 2004.1.1

George Elbert Burr, Desert Monuments, Arizona, print, 2004.2.1

George Elbert Burr, Cloud Shadows, Apache Trail, print, 2004.2.2

Diane Orr, Navajo Horse Panel, photographic print, 2005, 2005.1.1

Carl Oscar Borg, On the Rim, Grand Canyon, print, 1932, 2005.2.1

Death Valley 1981, Tom Millea

Death Valley 1980, Tom Millea

Tom Millea, Death Valley

Tom Millea, Death Valley, platinum palladium print, 1980, 2003.8.1

Charles J. Fritz, The Answer

Wild Coastline

Up the Slope

Henry J. Breuer, From the Lowest to the Highest Point, oil on canvas, 1918, 2001.2.1

Sheila Gardner, Shadow Race, oil on linen, 1999, 2001.3.1

David Wharton, Brown Bear Heads, Tails, Mixed Media, 1988

Macduff Everton

Douglas E. Parshall, River Crossing #2, oil on board, 2002.2.1

John Anderson Gorham, Taboose, 2002.2.2

Portrait of Ray Strong, Deborah Veldkamp, oil on canvas, 1998, 2003.1.1

Canyon del Muerto

Square Tower House Mesa Verde

Sierra Slopes

Everett Ruess, Sentinels of the Wild, Linoleum block print, ca. 1930s, 2003.5.1

Lockwood de Forest II, Petrified Forest, AZ, oil, 1909, 2003.4.1

Ines E. Labunski Roberts, Snow Mount

Ines E. Labunski Roberts, Winter Vista in the Rockies, ink jet print, 2003.2.1

Dewitt Parshall, River Pool, oil, 1923, 2000.2.1

John Fery, Mt. Saint Nicholas, oil, n.d., 2001.1.1

John Fery, Blue Lake (Glacier National Park), oil on canvas, ND, 2001.1.2

John Marshall Gamble, Rincon Point and Wildflowers

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