The Artist
Gary Hartman
Gary Hartman is a Social Circle, Georgia-based artist whose creative journey spans decades and disciplines. Originally from Pennsylvania, his lifelong passion for art began in school where he majored in fine arts, specializing in sculpture.
After a successful corporate career and a subsequent tenure in the golf industry, he returned to his roots to focus on his craft full-time. In recent years, Gary has expanded his practice from three-dimensional forms to the canvas, embracing digital painting, acrylics, and oil pastels.
His work captures the serene beauty of landscapes and coastal life alongside expressive abstract and figurative pieces — a catalog that spans calm and complex, all unified by a sculptor's sense of weight and form. With over 1,000 paintings to his name, Gary is an active member of his local art community and continues to explore the intersection of traditional technique and modern media.
Artist Statement
"My practice is rooted in a lifelong pursuit of serenity — a theme that has followed me from my origins in abstract sculpture to my current work on canvas. Whether I am working with digital pigments or real-world acrylics, my goal remains the same: to translate the three-dimensional weight of my sculptural past into two-dimensional windows of profound peace and calm."
Interested in Gary's work?