Rollin Pickford

Photos

Rollin drawing at 19 months, 1913

Rollin painting in the Sierra foothills, late 1940s

Glenna reading to Rollin as he paints, 1948

Rollin Painting Shaver Lake, early 1950s

Rollin painting with sons Jeff and Loren in California’s Gold Country, early 1950s

Rollin painting with sons Jeff and Loren near Santa Cruz, early 1950s

Rollin painting near Fresno, late 1950s

Rollin and Joel painting in backyard studio, early 1960s

Rollin painting an oil canvas in Carmel, late 1960s

Rollin painting near Morro Bay, 1972

“I always tell my students to let the water do it.
Water will do beautiful things if you just leave it alone.”

-Rollin Pickford

“Most people would throw away a brush like this,
but I wouldn’t take a thousand dollars for it.”

-Rollin Pickford

“When you draw a fig tree it looks like a fig tree. When those New York artists in the tall buildings try to draw one, it looks like a cherry tree or any old miscellaneous kind of tree.”

-William Saroyan to Rollin Pickford