Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x30
Date: 2001
Created on the day after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Zolan returned to his studio and began sketching his ideas for Faith in America. He wanted to portray unity in America’s ethnic diversity through the innocence of children.
Since September 11, 2001, Faith in America has circulated the globe in inspirational e-mails. Years later, this painting continues to inspire and touch the hearts and minds of Americans.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x30
Date: 2003
An American pastime, most little boys will share in the fun of trading baseball cards with their friends much in the same way that Zolan and his older brother did on the front porch of their home in Brookfield, Illinois with Skipper, the family dog. Naturally being from Chicago, the family was a loyal Cub’s fan.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x40
Date: 1997
Attics played a very important role in Zolan’s early years. Growing up in post World War II America in a bungalow style home in Brookfield, Illinois, Zolan shared a bedroom with his uncle and brother in the attic. His first studio was in Grandma Zolan’s attic which did not have heating or air conditioning. Zolan fondly recalled painting in Grandma’s attic during the winter with his galoshes and gloves.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x40
Date: 2004
Zolan captured a part of Americana in Growing Up Country. He loved those midwestern days when the skies were bright blue and clouds were fluffy white like cotton candy. As Zolan’s Mother, Marge, often said, ‘these are the days of innocence when life was a bowl of cherries’.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas and Digital Media
Size: 30x40
Date: 1996
Classic cars, golf, puppies, and little boys represented so much of Donald Zolan and his favorite pastimes. An avid admirer of classic cars and an excellent golfer, Zolan captured a part of himself in this painting. The Hershey, Pennsylvania countryside was the inspiration for Little Golfer.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x40
Date: 1998
Inspired by his love of nature and the fall season with the brilliant colors of autumn’s splendor and its crisp cool days, Zolan enjoyed taking drives in the countryside and biking on the weekends during the Fall. After a weekend bike ride in Vermont’s countryside, Let’s Play was created. The little girl in the painting was one of Donald’s favorite models in the 1980’s.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x30
Date: 1996
Summertime Friends is truly all about a boy named Donald Zolan who loved to play at Salt Creek with his dog Skipper. Playing at the creek was a family tradition; a place where Zolan’s father went swimming as a young boy and where the Zolan brothers would play together. And, this little boy’s fascination with turtles is reminiscent of the little boy in Zolan. The background to the painting was inspired by a walk in the park in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x40
Date: 2005
In the 1970’s, Zolan opened his first gallery on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. He came to love Nantucket as if he was a native. Those years spent in Nantucket became some of Zolan’s most treasured memories and inspired many paintings such as Seaside Treasures at Brant Point Lighthouse.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x30
Date: 1996
Country Pumpkins is a classic Zolan painting capturing a part of Americana when General Stores were found in every small town. This General Store was inspired by a visit to Vermont’s famous “Vermont Country Store”, set in a quintessentially quaint New England village.
Artist: Donald Zolan
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30x40
Date: 1998
Skipper was the Zolan’s family dog named after Skippy’s Peanut Butter, his favorite food. As Zolan was painting Giggles and Wiggles, he was reliving his boyhood memories with Skipper his faithful dog always waiting by the door for him to come home from school. And as always when Zolan opened the door, Skipper would jump into his arms showering him with licks and kisses just as in Giggles and Wiggles.