Now living in Southern California, Gaylord Soli was born in 1939 on a farm in North Dakota, shortly after his parents emigrated from Oslo, Norway. In 1984, Gaylord started Clearwater Studios, which became one of the preeminent fine arts studios in the country. His sophisticated fine art approach to serigraphy has attracted artists worldwide. Among the artists he has worked with are Richard Diebenkorn, Mel Ramos, Peter Max, Frank Howell, and Eyvind Earle. Gaylord has held many one-man exhibitions. He has completed a large commission for the San Diego Civic Center and worked extensively with world-renowned violinist Andre Rieu. Gaylord is in collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is featured at Sirani Gallery in Pittsburgh, as well as galleries in La Jolla California and Hawaii. Says Gaylord, “I find my paintings start from just a color that I’m interested in or a combination of colors working off each other. Sometimes I just want to get the feeling between a man and a woman. As I paint, a whole story gets created and sometimes what I end up with is something entirely new and unexpected.”
