Bodega Bay

Two of Frank Hamilton's watercolor are illustrated in color in the book California Watercolors 1850-1970  An Illustrated History and Biographical Dictionary by Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last.

Hamilton's work is included in the collection of art by California artists permenently homed in the Oakland Museum of Art

(1930-1999) "Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Frank Moss Hamilton became a noted watercolor painter in California, where he lived in Cambria.

He was a member of the California Watercolor Society. He studied at the University of Kansas and Stanford University, earning a degree in architecture. He also studied watercolor painting with Eliot O'Hara.

He was a teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute.  

Between the 1940s and 1970s, he had solo exhibitions in Laguna Beach at the Festival of the Arts, winning first place awards 1963 to 1965. He also exhibited in New York City, at Humboldt State College, the Franklin Mint Yearly Western Show where he won first prize in 1972 and the Richmond Art Center."  taken from www.AskArt.com