Paul Kratter

Holton Studio Frame-Makers has been representing East Bay painter Paul Kratter since 2003, gathering an enthusiastic following for his scenes of the state of California, from the Sierras to the seashore. Paul is a highly accomplished artist and instructor who has won numerous awards at Plein Air events across the country. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, after 22 years working as an illustrator and publishing several books, he now paints full time and teaches plein air workshops. He has also taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, and Pixar Animation Studios (where his wife Tia Kratter worked for many years in design, animation and as a teacher). Much loved by fellow painters as well as collectors, since 2005, Paul has led the Granite Group on an annual summer painting trip into the High Sierras. The humility and joy that Paul carries with him, along with his brushes, paints and panels, out into the mountains, hills, and to the seashore is directly reflected in the work he produces there. With an eye for color and form, his forthright use of paint and astonishing rendering skills allow him to capture the Northern California landscape with a direct and confident touch earned through long familiarity and devotion to the land and its light. Paul has been featured in several shows at the Gallery, including the Spring 2017 exhibit, “Paul Kratter and Terry Miura: A Language of the Land.” In spring, 2023 the gallery held a one-man show, Paul Kratter: View Through The Trees, celebrating our twenty year relationship with Paul.

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Creekside Sycamores, Sycamore Grove Park

2023. Oil on panel, 11″ x 14″. Painting only: $1,600.
2 1/2″ custom carved frame in quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. 18kt gilt slip. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $2,000.
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Overhang, Sycamore Grove Park

2023. Oil on panel, 16″ x 20″. Painting only: $3,000.
No. 1—2″ in fumed quartersawn white oak with clear linseed oil finish. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $3,400.
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Almost Hidden, Mt. Diablo State Park

2024. Oil on panel, 12″ x 12″. Painting only: $1,500.
Framed in a No. 16—2″ with 23kt gilt sight edge. Quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain.
Painting framed as shown: $1,875.
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Distant Light. Sycamore Grove Park

2023. Oil on panel, 11″ x 14″. Painting only: $1,600.
Framed in a Compound No. 2.3 CV + Cap No. 400 CV—3 1/4″ in fumed quartersawn white oak. 23kt gilt slip. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $2,600.
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Lined Up, Yosemite Nat. Park

2021. Oil on panel, 9″ x 12″. Painting only: $1,100.
Framed in a No. 243 CV—3″ with 18kt gilt sight edge. Quartersawn white oak with Weathered stain. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $1,850.
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Velvet Green, Walnut Creek Open Space

2024. Oil on panel, 10″ x 20″. Painting only: $2,400.
Framed in a No. 26—2″ with 23kt gilt sight edge. Quartersawn white oak with Dark Weathered stain. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $2,900.
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Threatening Skies, Mount Diablo From Mulholland Ridge

2024. Oil on panel, 12″ x 12″.
Framed in a No. 16—2″ with 18kt gilt sight edge. Fumed quartersawn white oak with Dark Weathered stain. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: $1,875.
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Steel Gray Day, Moss Landing

2023. Oil on panel, 11″ x 14″. Painting only: $1,600.
Framed in a No. 1000—2″ in quartersawn white oak with Saturated Weathered stain. 18kt gilt slip. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $2,050.
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Autumn’s Encore, Sycamore Grove Park

2022. Oil on panel, 12″ x 16″. Painting only: $1,800.
Framed in a Compound Aurora No. 1000 + No. 2 CV—3″ in quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain. 23kt gilt slip. (Inquire for other frame options).
Painting framed as shown: $2,400.
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