If Don Tiller’s signature painting style seems familiar, you may be remembering his work in “Splendid Over 60” (The Artist’s Magazine, March 2008). This self-made painter took a few art classes in college and after graduation was seeing the first buds of success as a working artist, selling paintings and entering shows. That’s when the realities of providing for a wife and two children set in. Tiller left the art world for a “real job,” taking over his father’s hardware store and eventually purchasing a franchise for a Ben Franklin variety store. After 25 years in retail he moved to Port Townsend, Washington, a community highly supportive of artists, and found his way back to the full-time professional painter’s life.

To read more about Tiller see the July/August issue of The Artist’s Magazine. Here is some work that didn’t appear in the article.

Rolling Countryside (acrylic, 36x48)

Passing Time (acrylic, 30x24)

Rainy Day Market (acrylic, 16x24)

Around the Bend (acrylic, 20x16)

Beyond the Ridge (acrylic, 30x40)

All in One (acrylic, 48x36)