Artist: Paul Buxman

Farmer and Artist, Paul Buxman, has been farming and painting the San Joaquin Valley for over 40 years. His dedication to discovering sustainable farming methods have influenced people world wide. He has been the subject of many documentaries including National Geographic, PBS, Sixty Minutes, Bill Moyer, CBS Nightly News, California Heartland, Canadian Public Broadcasting, Australian Public Broadcasting and many local news broadcasts.

His art has had a strong impact on many people in America, not just collectors, but on other painters as well. He teaches and "preaches" simplicity and honesty as key to great art. He encourages others to paint what they know. "Painting should be a visual autobiography. Paint those subjects with which you are the most intimately acquainted."

Paul works primarily in oil, but he also works in pastel.

He has held exhibits at the Fresno Art Center, The Hanford Art Center, The Haggin Museum in Stockton, The Bakersfield Art Museum, The Modesto Art Museum, The Great Valley Center in Modesto and the beautiful Villa del Sol d'Oro in Sierra Madre, California.

His works have been displayed in the Senate Chambers in both Washington, D. C. and California. His paintings are in small and large, public and private collections throughout the United States of America.

Paul has a close relationship with a number of the Choinumni Indians who consider Jesse Morrow Mountain [Wahallich to the tribe] their Sacred Mountain. He has painted many different scenes of Jesse Morrow Mountain. This is what Paul Buxman says about the mountain.

"It is the first large mountain that we encounter. It reminds me of a sleeping lion. I drove past it every week end for 20 years. It is massive, and to destroy this lovely mountain is absolutely wrong. It is the Front Door of our National Parks. the first natural beauty one comes to on Highway 180 is Jesse Morrow Mountain. This Valley, this area is our home and we don't want the view destroyed. It is the first encounter of the Sierras, the entry, the threshold to our home. The magic starts at the Entry.