2013 december art catalog craig a stevens

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Craig Stevens presents Brilliant Oils and Acrylic Paintings D e c e m b e r 2 013

General Pricing Information Giclee prints are available for all of the paintings - Giclees are the painting’s image printed on paper or canvas to the size ordered.

Prints on canvas may be stretched on a frame, at extra cost.

Customized sizes of prints may be ordered. Giclee print pricing is as follows, unless otherwise noted per image:

Signed and numbered Giclees are $1.00 per square inch.

For example, a print 10 inches by 10 inches is 10 X 10 = 100 square inches and therefore $100.00 Unsigned Giclees are $0.50 per square inch. Therefore, a print 10 inches by 10 inches is 10 X 10 X 0.50 = $50.00 Highlighted Giclees are prints that the artist has hand-painted on to highlight the print. It becomes a unique piece of art. These go for $2.00 square inch. A 10 inch by 10 inch highlighted Giclee would by 10 X 10 X $2.00 = $200.00.

Churches, companies, nonprofits, schools, PTA, bands, and other groups can get special pricing for employee gift catalogs and can share in the profits for fund raising efforts.

Other images are available.

Artist is available for commissioned works ~ as negotiated Original work in the catalog is priced as marked, based on uniqueness of the work and an investor’s intent for resale.

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Christmas Tree Helper O80—Soul Blastoff A39—Morning Snow Ministry A40—Red Tail O155—Morning Shade O70—Legends Golf A35—Your Civil Rights A36—High Crimes and Misdemeanors A37—Our Founding Principles A38—Our Founding Principles’ Palette O150-Nashville at Dusk A30—Little Shop of Horrors M20—Mountain Sunset M10—Peaceful Boats O10—Hiding Place O20—Exploring M30—Montelle’s View O30—Waiting Harvest A10—Blue Herron On the Beach O40—Soft Crashing Waves A06—Christmas Tree Helper O31—Fall Village O32—Peaceful Greens O33—Bear Chase Golf Course A20— Friendship Church O80— Soul Blastoff O90—Croft Middle School Cougar O100—Croft Barn Owl O110—Mountain View Mountain Lion O60—Nashville Nights O70—Legends Golf Book Reviews and Background O120—NY 9/10 Nights O130—Mountain Lighting O11—Dove in The Storm O140—Stormy Mountain Road M11—F15s O12—Refreshments for Two A05—Hidden Water Place O41—Spring Apple Tree O42—Mountain Pass M31—Tennessee Capital Reflecting Pond A32—Capital Building Picture of Craig

Front Cover Inside Cover Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 10 Page 12 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 26 Page 27 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Pages 34-37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Back Cover

M = Mixed Media O = Oil 3 APage = Acrylic

A39—Morning Snow Ministry— is a small acrylic on paper painting depicting the culture of the U.S. where selfless people help each other because it is the right thing to do.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas Original Painting Owned by Private Collector

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A40—Red Tail— is an 8 1/2 X 11 acrylic on paper painting showing a WWII Red Tail, one of our historical national treasures. The history of these pilots is something everyone should know.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas Original Painting Owned by Private Collector

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Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

O155—Morning Shade This 48x40 oil painting on Gallery wrapped canvas hangs at a Church in Franklin, Tennessee.

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48”x40” Original available with a Starting Bid of $3,000

O70—Legends Golf

This 48x40 oil on canvas painting was painted for the back cover of the 1st Geronimo Stone book written by Craig Stevens. It represents a painting by Brenda Stone, one of the lead characters in the book.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original currently with a private collector, offered for resale at $25,000

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Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 48”x40” Original available with a starting Bid of $3,000

A35—Our Civil Rights

This 48x40 Acrylic on canvas painting was painted in August of 2013 for the Williamson County NRA. It has been selected as the 2014 Print of the Year by the Tennessee NRA. A special thanks goes to Craig’s daughter, Leah, for her lettering of the Bill of Rights.

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Our Civil Rights Our Civil Rights has been selected to be the 2014 Tennessee NRA Print of the Year. The original is a 48 by 40 inch acrylic on canvas painting of an America flag waving from a strong flag pole anchored in concrete with the Bill of Rights written into the background. The painting is the first painting of three in a series. Each painting represents one of three stages in our country. This flag represents where we were when I was a child. Our Civil Rights, as our founding fathers explained, are granted not by government but by God, and the United States Constitution ensures these civil rights in the Bill of Rights making them the law of the land. Without any one of the first ten Amendments in the Bill of Rights, we are vulnerable to the tyranny of the powerful, leading to enslavement. Therefore, we protect our people and our land by preserving the Constitution. The mission of the democratically elected representatives of the republic of the United States is to represent the will of the people, by enforcing the Constitution and the laws of the land equally and without biases. Every appointed office holder and official protector in our land are here to protect the Constitution from all enemies both foreign and domestic. To do otherwise is at best willful ignorance or at worst a form of treason, both punishable by law.

The Bill of Rights Amendment I - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II - A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III - No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV - The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V - No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII - In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX - The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 48”x40” Original available with a starting Bid of $3,000

A36—High Crimes and Misdemeanors High Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 48 by 40 inch acrylic on canvas painting of the shredded America battle flag. The painting is the second painting of a series of three, each painting representing one of three stages in our country. On this flag, words and concepts of division are written with the blood red threads of the tattered stripes. This flag represents where we are now, actively dividing ourselves into tribes.

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High Crimes and Misdemeanors (Words on the Flag are Underlined) Tribalism and Political Correctness are tools for Social Engineering and to advance Hidden Agendas. As explained in the book, “Rules for Radicals,” division is required for Progressive Socialism to work. The same tactics are copied in pages of the radical Islamic plan called “The Project” which was discovered after 9/11. In each case, Fear is used to control freedom of speech, for freedom to speak is the antidote for Progressive Fascism. Dissension and Hateful Debates are often used by a Biased Media to Spin Propaganda to confuse people so that illogical concepts are accepted, data ignored, and dissenting voices are demonized. As examples, there are two sides to global cooling, warming, or now climate change but few of us understand both sides. Revisionist History is also required to accept socialist concepts. As an example, few people understand that the founders of fascism were all socialist progressives.

We live in a time when the Selfish Ambition of Career Politicians leads to using Unelected Czars to illegally regulate and circumvent the constitutional laws of the land. The goal is to give government Power Over the People and power over private enterprise (fascism). The hallmark of today’s administration is Voter Fraud, Blackmail, Lying, False Witnessing, and using the IRS and taxes to ensure election results.

Welfare and Handouts are best served when caring people take out of their own pockets to give to others. The government can never be givers in the same way that companies will never pay taxes. As the U.S. government can only manage the public purse filled from the pockets of its people, similarly, companies pass taxes on to their employees’ benefits, clients contracts, and customers cost.

As our founding fathers explained, freedom requires a demographic republic, not a democracy. For a republic decides on the laws of the land and enforces them equally regardless of the prestige. A democracy often leads to Slavery forcing the will of the many on the backs of the few. People soon learn they can raid the community chest. Freedom requires equal justice with all laws enforced equally regardless of person, affiliation, or class. Social Justice means certain groups have special and privileged rights above others. It was an invention of the communists to use religious organizations to teach a theology based on redistribution of wealth. Giving is honored only if freely given, not by forcefully taking from others.

The other words that divide us from each other and God are: Arrogance, Anger, Hate/Hatred, Discord, Apathy, Ignorance, Low Standards, No Shame, Wild Living, Drunkenness, Greed, Self Interest, Cheating, Stealing, Abortion, Human Trafficking, Lust, Impurity, Pornography, Sexual Immorality, Adultery, Homosexuality, Terrorism, Murder, Envy, Jealousy, High Debt, Monetized Debt, Idolatry, and Witch Craft (many of these words come from Biblical warnings).

Not all division is bad. We should segregate lies from truth, good from evil, but not ourselves from each other, nor how we deal with people from love and respect. For a country to play along and ignore divisive tactics and lies from their public servants is national suicide.

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Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 48”x40” Original available with a starting Bid of $3,000

A37—Our Founding Principles Our Founding Principles is a 48 by 40 inch acrylic on canvas painting of a rally flag. This painting is the third flag in a series of three. Each flag tells a story. The first flag points to our resent past, the second flag looks at our contentious present, and this one points to how we can turn our country around by remembering the basics. The words of our founding fathers and others, written in the background, serve to remind us of our founding principles.

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Our Founding Principles Quotes from our Founding Fathers and Others Found In the Painting 

“…If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31,32

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“...My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

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“…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Since we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit. We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.” Galatians 5:22-26

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“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” Psalm 33:12

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“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” George Washington

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“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable.” George Washington

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“The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.” John Adams

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“We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions…” George Washington

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“Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.” George Washington

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“True religion affords to government its surest support.” George Washington

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“Nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” Abraham Lincoln

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“I … rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.” Samuel Adams

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“In God we trust.”

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“We have this day [4th July] restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven, and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His Kingdom come.” Samuel Adams

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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30,31

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“The name of the Lord says the Scripture is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better.” Samuel Adams

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Our Founding Principles (Quotes from our Founding Fathers and Others continued) 

“You do well to wish to learn…above all, the religion of Jesus Christ in our schools.” George Washington

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“The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.” United States Congress 1782

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“The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.”

John Adams

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“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” John Adams

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“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams

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“As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him.” John Adams

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“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Patrick Henry

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“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is their duty – as well as privilege and interest – of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” John Jay - First Chief-Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

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“…that all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ and that the whole Earth may be filled with his glory.” John Hancock

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“The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.” Benjamin Rush

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“Education is useless without the Bible.” Noah Webster

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“But for the Bible we could not know right from wrong.” Abraham Lincoln

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“He is the best friend to American liberty, who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion, and who sets himself with the greatest firmness to bear down on profanity and immorality of every kind. Whoever is an avowed enemy of God, I scruple not to call him an enemy to his country.” John Witherspoon

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“The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source — from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth.” John Dickinson

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“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln

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“We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.” James Madison

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“This Nation was established by men who believed in God.” Harry S. Truman

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“The United States is founded on the principles of Christianity” Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“Inside the Bible’s pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible.” Ronald Reagan

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Quote References: NIV and HCSB Bibles and the website http://www.usachristianministries.com/us-history-quotesabout-god-and-the-bible/

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A38—Our Founding Principles’ Palette

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 24”x16” Original Painting Owned by Private Collector

For every painting Craig now paints is another one that was once its palette. This is a fun way that people can own an original painting at a lower price. This painting “Our Founding Principles’ Palette” was the actual palette used for the painting with the same name. Here Craig mixed the paints and then after the painting was complete he used a palette knife to create the painting you see below on a canvas that he used as a palette. Usually there is more than one palette for each of the larger paintings.

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Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

48”x40” Original available with a starting Bid of $3,000

O150—Nashville at Dusk This 48x40 oil on canvas painting was painted for the Tennessee Repertory Theater (TRT) in Nashville, Tennessee. Giclees are available with a portion of profits going to support the TRT or NRA.

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Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

A30—The Little Shop of Horrors This 48x40 acrylic painting on Gallery wrapped canvas was painted for the Tennessee Repertory Theater (TRT) in Nashville, Tennessee.

Giclees are available with a portion of profits going to support the TRT or NRA. Craig and his daughter, Leah, painted this painting together.

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48”x40” Original available with a starting Bid of $3,000

M20—Mountain Sunset Like the one above, this painting is one of Craig’s first, painted at the end of the 1970’s while Craig was still in High School. It is a mix -media on canvas. This painting has been displayed in several venues.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

36”x 24” Original Painting $10,000.00

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M10—Peaceful Boats This painting is one of Craig’s first, painted at the end of the 1970’s while Craig was still in high school. It is a mix-media on canvas. This painting has been displayed in several venues.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 24” x 36” Original Painting $10,000.00

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O10—Hiding Place

This is an oil on canvas painting owned by the Metro Domestic Violence Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Craig imagined two young children finding a quiet place to fish and to forget about the stresses of their young lives. In the painting, there are two bobbers and a fish splashing.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 24”x48” Original Belongs to Metro Domestic Violence Center

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O20—Exploring

Like the one above, this is an oil on canvas painting owned by the Metro Domestic Violence Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Craig imagined two young children exploring a sandy spot on a river and forgetting about the stresses of their young lives. In the painting, there are several bobbers tangled in the tree limbs. .

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

24”x48” Original Belongs to Metro Domestic Violence Center

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C r a i g Pa i n t i n g Montelle’s View M—30—Montelle’s View

Montelle’s View below is the front cover of the 1st in a series of Love Letters From God Books by Theresa Heflin shown at the bottom of page 9. It was originally painted for Christ Church located on Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee near Nipper’s Corner.

Craig’s purpose was to honor the pastor and his wife. Montelle is no

longer with us, but this painting hangs in the new member’s training room.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original Belongs to Christ Church

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O30—Waiting Harvest This painting was done for the back cover of the 1st Love Letters From God book written by Theresa Heflin. It represents a field ready to harvest, which is a symbolic Christian theme.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original Painting $5,000.00

Front and Back Cov er of 1s t Lov e lett ers from god book

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Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

A10—Blue Herron On the Beach

This acrylic painting hangs on loan in a corporate office at HCA Physician Services. This was a special request to paint a image inspired from a photograph.

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40”x48” Original Priced at $3,000

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

040—Soft Crashing Waves This oil painting hangs on loan in a corporate office at HCA Physician Services. This was a special request to paint a image inspired from a

photograph.

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Original Priced at $1,000

A06—Christmas Tree Helper This acrylic on canvas board painting is a small one. The painting was originally intended for Christmas cards. The original is owned by a private collector.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original with a private collector

O31—Fall Village This small painting was one of the first oil paintings that Craig painted. This painting inspired the creation of a series focused on the seasons .

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original with a private collector

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O32—Peaceful Greens

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

This oil on canvas painting of the Legends Golf Course hung at The Maryland Farms YMCA in Brentwood for several years. This is one of Craig’s first tries at painting with oil.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas Signed and Numbered Giclees - $1.00 a square inch

Signed and Numbered Giclees $1.00 per square inch Unsigned Giclees $0.40 per square inch Highlighted Giclees $2.00 per Square Inch 24x48 Original for Sale for $5,000

O33—Bear Chase Golf Course This large oil on canvas painting of Bear Chase Golf Course hangs on loan at the Maryland Farms YMCA in Brentwood, Tennessee. .

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

36”x48” Original for sale for $3,000

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A30— Friendship Church Friendship Church below is the front cover of the 2nd in a series of Love Letters From God Books written by Theresa Heflin, shown above. It was originally painted to honor Theresa’s home church in Franklin, Tennessee.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original Priced at $3,000

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O80— Soul Blastoff This painting is the back cover of the 2nd Love Letters From God book. Notice the woman’s figure in the center of the painting. This represents the promises of everlasting life.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original Priced at $3,000

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The Zoo School—Croft Middle School in Nashville

This is the Croft Cougar hanging in the front desk area of Croft Middle School (The Zoo School).

This painting is one of two painted for Croft. The owl above was also painted for Croft. Both were presented to Croft during a career day where Craig represented as an artist.

O90—Croft Middle School Cougar O100—Croft Barn Owl

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T h e M o u n ta i n V i e w E l e m e n ta r y M o u n ta i n Lion During a career day at Mountain View Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee, Craig held the hands of about five hundred children as they helped paint their school mascot. now hangs in the school.

O110—Mountain View

Mountain Lion

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original unavailable

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The original painting

Pa i n t i n g s r e l a t e d t o C r a i g ’ s First Geronimo Stone Book O50—Just Cleaning My Brushes This painting is an oil on paper board and was a result of cleaning Craig’s brushes. The painting inspired a storyline in the Geronimo Stone book where Robert “Geronimo” Stone, one of the lead characters in the book, started painting these as a joke. He signed

them in the same way that Brenda Stone signed hers. In the book his paintings out-sold hers. The Original is for sale for $500.00.

O60—Nashville Nights

Giclees unavailable.

Nashville Nights is an oil on canvas painting using palette knives. It is the front cover of the 1st Geronimo Stone book.

The painting represents the work done by Robert “Geronimo” Stone, who is one of the lead characters in the book.

Geronimo Stone started painting more seriously because he wanted to spend more time with his wife, Brenda Stone.

The painting has hung in several locations throughout Nashville and is currently hanging on loan in a Bank.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original Painting $2,000.00

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O70—Legends Golf This oil on canvas painting was painted for the back cover of the 1st Geronimo Stone book written by Craig Stevens. It represents a painting by Brenda Stone, one of the lead characters in the book.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original currently with a private collector, offered for resale at $25,000

Front and Back Cov ers of 1st Geronimo Stone book

Read book reviews and background information on pages 12-15

http://issuu.com/craigastevens/docs/geronimostone/1

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B a ckgr o u n d o n C r a i g ’ s F i r s t Geronimo Stone Book http://issuu.com/craigastevens/docs/geronimostone/1

“I found the book ‘Geronimo Stone’ to be Business Informative, placed in an enjoyable read.”

Leslie Caraway, President of Panhandle Exploration, Inc

"'Geronimo Stone' is a unique blend of fictional mystery written as a life drama. Craig Stevens uses real business models http://issuu.com/craigastevens/docs/geronimostone/1 Link to eBook "Geronimo Stone is certainly an innovative way of presenting a business management model for “I found Geronimo Stone very engag-

consideration. Craig Stevens has

ing and easy to read. The authors

written a suspenseful fiction novel,

did a great job of weaving the novel

incorporating his educational, pro-

around the business principles. I felt

fessional and Christian back-

like the conclusion came quite fast

ground. The book is well-written

and furious once it started to un-

and well-edited."

fold.”

Dan Miller, Author of 48 Days to the Work You Love (www.48days.com)

Kaye Trout - July 24, 2006 http:// kayetrout.blogspot.com/2006/07/ geronimo-stone-by-craigstevens.html

entwined to hold the business executive as well as the nonbusiness reader captivated.

Through each chapter my interest was peaked and I could not wait to find out what happens next. This book will make a great addition to anyone's business or personal library."

Janie Moyers, Human Resources Specialist, Business & Life Coach, NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL http:// ohc.msfc.nasa.gov ,http:// nasapeople.nasa.gov/Training/ coachmentor/default.htm

“Craig Stevens has incorporated an entertaining read with intrigue and some great principles. These principles are good to live by and to operate a business with. ‘Geronimo’ will hold your attention while you learn.”

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Jerry Meadows, President of Crown Enterprises, Inc.

Introduction to Geronimo Stone In this searing drama, learn the seven attributes of "The Mobile of Excellent Management." This, the first story in the Geronimo Stone series, takes place at an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee. The once-prosperous company is in chaos when its patriarch, Robert "Geronimo" Stone becomes ill and dies. His family survives the "A unique and creative profound personal loss only to face a hostile business war. They encounter so many challenges, so quickly, that it never occurs to them look at contemporary M.30—Montelle’s Viewbeen something peculiar about Geronimo’s death. there may have management princi-

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Love Letters From God Books by envy of the entire music industry. They face major organizational Theresa Heflin shown at the botchange and restructuring, a hostile takeover attempt, subversive senior Erin Anderson, Associate employees, and more.

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Mike Toney, Engineering Manager, Batesville Casket Company, Manchester Facility

Where did the Business Model come from for Geronimo Stone?

Craig A. Stevens originally developed the concept of "The Mobile of Excellent Management" based on the earlier works on Quality Management by Dr. Jerry Westbrook. Dr. Westbrook discovered the "I was fortunate enough to read six attributes of Total Quality Management (TQM): culture, customer focus, team building, problem-solving, continuous improvements the story of Geronimo Stone and and performance measure. Craig Stevens added the concept of M.30—Montelle’s View his Mobile of Excellent Managethe mobile, the logic of balance, the seventh attribute of Leaderment. I say this only to compleand updated the definitions of the other six attributes. Craig Montelle’s Viewship, below is the ment the mobile, which is simple has shared this mobile with several universities, large companies, front cover of the 1stgovernmental in a series of and organizations (including, NASA, DOD, Vanderin its design but seems to fit into bilt University, etc.).

He believes that the mobile and the seven Love Letters From God Books by any situation and give a stable attributes provide a framework on which to build and/or improve Theresa Heflin shown at the bot- management. The mobile creates a step-by-step model of an effective organizaany company's an easy way to communicate these ideas to employees tom of page 7. Itplan was and originally tion. I will be able to compare Giclee Prints and others.

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O120窶年Y 9/10 Nights This is designed for the front cover of the 2nd book in the Geronimo Stone series, Geronimo Stone and the Storms of Chaos.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas Original Painting $3,000.00

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O130—Mountain Lighting

This is intended for the back cover of the 2nd book in the Geronimo Stone series.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Or2dered on Paper or Canvas

Original Painting $10,000

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O 11 — D o v e i n T h e S t o r m This oil on canvas painting hangs in a private collection after spending several years hanging in Trevecca Nazarene University’s Management of Human Relations Building.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original with a private collector (Make and Offer)

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O140—Stormy Mountain Road .

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original Painting $2,000.00

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M11窶認15s This mixed media painting on canvas was painted for the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Tennessee in 1980, inspired by prototypes shared in Aviation Week and Space Technology.

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Original for sale for $6,000

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O12—refreshments for Two This oil on canvas painting was one of Craig's first pallet knife paintings.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

16”x24” Original painting for $500

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A05—Hidden Water Place Acrylic Painting on Canvas was touched by a school full of elementary children (hundreds of kids). They helped Craig paint this picture during a career day at their school.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 36”x 24” Original Painting $1,000.00

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O41—Spring Apple Tree This oil on canvas painting is the second painting that Craig painted after resuming his art following a 20 year break.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas

Original Painting $500.00

O42—Mountain Pass Large oil on canvas paint is one of the first paintings Craig painted after resuming his art following a 20 year break. The original hung in the Maryland Farms YMCA in Brentwood Tennessee for several years. .

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36”x 48” Original Painting $1,000.00

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M31—Tennessee Capital Reflecting Pond This mixed media painting on canvas is the first painting that Craig painted after taking 20 years off. The painting hung in the Maryland Farms YMCA for several years.

Giclee Prints Sizes as Ordered on Paper or Canvas 24”x16” Original Painting $1,000.00

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A32—Capital Building This acrylic on canvas board painting was painted for Craig’s daughter’s school project. .

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24”x 16” Original Painting available for resale by private collector for $1,000.00

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