https://www.tomsmithfineart.com/plein-air daily 0.75 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738082595446-WVI24R7EOD154DR3RFBV/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - My Favorite Time of Day PB 12×16 oil on canvas panel Painted during the 2024 Paint Grand Marais competition. The fire ring at the Hungry Hippie Hostel, where I was staying, just begged me all week to paint it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738082595446-WVI24R7EOD154DR3RFBV/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - My Favorite Time of Day PB 12×16 oil on canvas panel Painted during the 2024 Paint Grand Marais competition. The fire ring at the Hungry Hippie Hostel, where I was staying, just begged me all week to paint it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762882587742-AVUFKXVW2FSQGWH67WQJ/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738090095014-FDWJS1IMRENTJGINN2Y0/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Cadence 18×14 oil on linen panel This was painted on a dirt road outside of Grand Marais, Minnesota. I pulled off the road and sat above this lovely creek. This became more of an impression of the patterns and waves I saw in this lovely spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762882666693-EGB9UMWT2HRCXMHEYXBK/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738090274221-SKHBJ1YV0J37NWMMUXP0/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Blue Birch SOLD 16×12 oil on canvas panel This was painted at a YMCA camp in Northern Minnesota. It was cool in the woods, and I wanted to capture this sense of coolness and serenity by emphasizing the blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1663793257775-P0WX9O5X8E1FBI6WKSCI/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Grand Falls 16x12 oil PB Painted during the “Paint Grand Marais” event in northern MN. It was a half-mile hike to these falls. Well, 1/2 mile to set up, 1/2 mile back to get my forgotten phone, 1/2 mile hike in again, then a 1/2 back trip when I was finished. Well worth 2 miles of hiking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1668572643740-OHMRA6ULD4W9O2DJKBCR/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Fox Pops oil 20x16 Painted during the 2022 Waukesha, WI plein air competition. On a gray day sitting near the Fox River looking for inspiration, I noticed the glowing yellow and orange leaves peeking out from the otherwise drab looking grove of trees. It cheered me up to see this harbinger of Fall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738198758035-A5PKO7FBVUPN3TBT67XB/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Afternoon Delight PB 18×14 oil on canvas panel Painted near Grand Marais, MN. This grove of birch trees was on the road to the Hungry Hippie Hostel, where I was staying during the plein air event. I loved how it glowed in the afternoon sun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738090443914-CKR5DNKJIVFMYD4XHYO8/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Portage Rain SOLD 12×16 oil on canvas panel My week in northern Minnesota had been amazingly warm and sunny for September. I loved the morning mist on Lake Superior just miles from the Canadian border. Halfway through this painting, Mother Nature decided it was time for a downpour, the only rain of the week. Me, my pallete and paints, and the painting, all became soaked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738089938497-NKLM4DQGDFJ0HGN2X5VF/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Floaters 14×18 oil on canvas panel This was painted in Northern Minnesota, almost on the Canadian border. I was on a dock looking down at the plants floating in and on the water. I found the patterns that formed made a nice composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738199046589-67DBQWDOEEC5HHQHZMCS/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Hangin' Out PB 14×18 oil on canvas panel. Painted in Port Washington, WI, during the 2023 Paint Cedarburg event. The wind was so fierce that I had to lash my tripod and palette to a railing. It was also very cold, which sent me home. I returned the next day hoping the boats would still be there. They were! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706563384404-YQCI4ULKRUN1UVV0R0HQ/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Fire in the Night SOLD oil 18x14 This was painted during the 2023 Brushstrokes competition in Dubuque IA. It’s a gas pipe which I had seen during the day. When I went back that night I was glad the gas was still on and on fire! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706563607002-YR91RNIA8929JSE5VQO1/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Port Washington Tall SOLD oil 18x14 Painted during the 2023 Cedarburg, WI plein air competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1688675186865-8INUZIDWLGZF0J81RLVZ/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - A Park Place 16x12 oil Painted in a park near Mahtomedi, MN while I stayed at my son’s apartment watching his cats, as he was on a trip to China! I needed something to do… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1694387288195-UARAMR3IMIBXRI2SXB7E/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - The Road to Higher Ground SOLD oil 20x16 Painted during the 2023 “Paint the Point” plein air competition in Mineral Point, WI. It was during the hazy days due to Canadian wildfires, and the whole atmosphere was an eerie orangish white. I tried to evoke the feeling of otherworldliness this gave me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1738089756946-QEM740COCFMVH6LQJCWU/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - The Road to Higher Ground 2 2ox16 oil on canvas panel I had painted this scene the year before near Jefferson, WI. I wanted to revisit this place and try a new take on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762882629684-U4G0IZJA2BNWHC0WGHT1/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706662591463-KD0VCK5P4KNA701C33EG/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Birchlight oil 16x12 This was painted outside Plum Bottom Gallery in Door County, WI. Since I didn’t make my own shade by putting my umbrella up, this work fell prey to the dreaded painting in light phenomenom, a too dark painting! So…it was touched up in the studio! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1688334580560-Q0IW2E9SLOM2DZQPKA6O/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - In the Abstract 16x20 oil Painted in Augusta, Missouri on my birthday. It was a miserable day, cold and windy. I could barely keep my easel up, and certainly no umbrella! I tried to evoke that weather while looking at this beautiful valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706567295800-8ULCYWG2X95RD44YFO5V/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Tangled SOLD oil 12x16 Winner of a Purchas Award at the “Shorewood Fresh 40” art show. This was painted outside Plum Bottom Gallery in Door County, WI. I loved the tangled mess of the wild grape vines along with the early autumn color! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706568306563-BP86FHC2MGJXSD729H1A/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Mississippi Mist SOLD oil on canvas 14x18 This was painted during the 2023 Bluff Strokes plein air competition held in Dubuque, IA. I was painting near Sinsinawa, a Dominican retreat center located in Wisconsin just east of the Mississippi River. It was early morning and mist was rising from the river in the humid air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706566625610-1GC464QGFTFIFZWE2V7Y/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Hangin' Out oil 18x14 Painted in Port Washington, WI. I wanted to challenge myself by painting boats. Boy, was it a challenge! Not because of the subject, but because the weather was cold and extremely windy! I had to batten down my hatches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1688675325004-QE1UTP33S19CE413N2RA/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Down by Rush 24x12 oil Painted in Dubuque, IA. I loved the abstract quality of the shapes and lights on this downward sloping road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1657553547902-EPCOLOS0MY2XF7GSDAI4/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Port Washington: Second Shift 20x16 Oil on canvas Finished around 11:30 pm, this view of the power plant and part of the marina was quite the challenge! It had been foggy that day and part way through my work I suddenly realized my palette and brushes were all dripping wet! Well…oil and water don’t mix, so I had my work cut out for me to finish! Winner of the 2022 Best Nocturne Award at the “Paint the Town” Cedarburg Plein Air Competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1663793438626-XLTMJM8D267HBAXY5IUR/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Dream Forest SOLD 20x16, oil Painted during the “Paint Grand Marais” event in Northern MN. The weather in northern Minnesota in September is very unpredictible! During this week, though, there was only one terribly rainy day, and I didn’t let it stop me from painting! This is a view from under the canopy of my camper in the state forest where I stayed. Never let a little (or a lot) of rain deter you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1663793336426-7GRZSKROHFJTYFS5FDOU/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - On the Rocks 14x18 oil PB Painted during the “Paint Grand Marais” event in northern MN. Can you tell that I was sitting precariously on the jagged rocks with all my “hatches” battened down? Lake Superior in September-well worth the travails! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706569282953-RCY8BPU24RKCC1HJG19S/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - The First of Fall oil 20z16 Painted during the 2022 Waukesha, WI plein air competition. PBG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1668573608135-UEEKH6H2QU2ULDYII59Q/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Sleeping Giant 14x18, oil Winner of Best Nocturne in the 2022 Waukesha, WI plein air competition. I used to have my studio in Waukesha, and this quarry facility is on the road which I would drive to get there. I swore I would paint it some day. Though I no longer have that studio, the Waukesha competition gave me the perfect excuse to paint it! As usual, I finished up around 11:30 pm, cold but feeling accomplished! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1661212579770-Q67HCP9MJ7RT83FWQDKX/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - No Commerce 14x18, oil Painted behind Commerce Street in Mineral Point WI. There was a car parked next to the building. A woman stopped by and we chatted. She told me it was her car and she would move it. The next day, at the show, another woman told me it was her building, and another woman told me it was her sister’s building. You always hope for a sale at these events and I thought this one was in the bag! It can be yours… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1657553374403-2IBEZMBZOYSFDM07HRUK/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Quarry Rain SOLD SOLD 16x12, oil This view of Quarry Lake in Harrington Beach State Park was painted on a dreary and rainy day. I managed to almost avoid the rain but wanted to give a sense of the dampness this day was dishing out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1661213338110-WBL7V471SYWP95PQU6M7/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Blue Doors SOLD 11x14, oil This was the “Quick Paint” for the “Paint the Point” event in Mineral Point, WI. We had 2 hours to paint and turn in a framed piece. I’ve painted this slightly run-down building before as I really like the shape of it and the lovely blue doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1657553916986-LGJ1F12TDFEJAM8W8Y82/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Cascades: Cedar Creek 14x18, oil This was painted during the 2022 Cedarburg plein air competition. Most artists paint this part of the creek looking the other way. I like to go against the “flow” and looked in the opposite direction because I loved how the water cascaded over the rocks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1657553718074-VQOOAHYEV3VZYD54OO3L/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - The Road To… 24x12, oil The weather in Jefferson, WI was either super hot or windy and rainy that week. Guess on which kind of day this was painted! Only a die-hard would set up in the grass next to an asphalt road in temperatures heading toward 90 degrees! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1651852913816-CQTDXKV7ICCUGSQ837JI/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Spring Sparkles 20x16, oil PB Painted during the 2022 “First Brush of Spring” plein air event in New Harmony, IN. I was enchanted by the way the trees looked in the early spring, with sparkles of light glimpsed through the half budded trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1643568043428-AU4FBDG21S4HZAPVW8MG/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Windswept 14x18, oil PB Painted on yet another rainy and windswept day! This time in Plymouth, WI. I won’t say I even tried to paint this scene without windy brushstrokes-it was impossible! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629941018763-4TIPASMK3GE00ZOVK7HO/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Yellow SOLD 18x14, oil This nocturne was painted next to a garbage bin behind a restaurant in Mineral Point, WI. It was finished around midnight. I didn’t mind though, as the yellow umbrellas really caught my eye! Ah, the life of a plein air artist! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621906105413-BCL5ATCDPEHSLM6XLVIL/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Spring Harmony 18x14, oil PB Painted during “The First Brush of Spring” plein air event in New Harmony, IN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629940923010-UB1MIMJSYTNH8NNZGZF5/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Dodging the Light 16x12, oil Painted at Governor Dodge State Park, WI. On a hot and sunny day, I always try to find a spot in the shade so that I don’t burn up. I found this shady nook in the state park with the perfect view, and with the aid of my battered hat I turned out only slightly pink! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629578073041-80KWIIM94NRZDFWIYVR6/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Plum Bottom Fountain Painted at Plum Bottom Gallery and available at www.plumbottomgallery.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608509437745-25KGPNEL2NVPJTROPDLW/IMG_5049+%282%29.jpg Plein Air - Into the Light SOLD 18x14, oil PB Painted during the 2019 New Berlin (WI) Plein Air Competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1633396789553-K2RC7QMIDXFDZCIUFDQK/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Fall Comes to the Fox 20x10, oil PB The colorful leaves and the lovely Fox River in Waukesha were a challenge to paint, as to get this view I had to scrunch up in a corner of a fenced-in area under a hot Autumn sky. Painted during the 2021 Waukesha Plein Air Competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1568235625244-OKBODX1HBNM9KHUKTHK0/CoffeeCreeper.jpg Plein Air - Coffee Creeper 12x9, oil The wall behind Fiddleheads coffee shop, painted during the Cedarburg Plein Air Competition. 2018. Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the Wauwatosa Artists Workshop exhibit at the Cedarburg Cultural Center, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1574528071808-P4MVYFH1AAUBIDEYT0H6/IMG_0542.jpg Plein Air - Day is Done 12x24, oil Painted during the 2019 New Berlin Plein Air Competition. I love sunsets so much that sometimes I practically leave out the landscape altogether! Here, I was on a hill overlooking an orchard with apples and plums (but you’d never know it)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556479054704-SDTKMFL9P0A3VCGHI6WM/IMG_4463+%282%29.jpg Plein Air - Two Glories 14x11, oil The old fire house-painted during the Cedarburg Plein Air Competition, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510050015-QPNANL5W9S93FFHZJIXR/IMG_3517+%282%29.jpg Plein Air - Summer Show 9x12, oil PB Painted during an outdoor concert in Jefferson, Wisconsin as part of the Jefferson Plein Air Competition, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510093266-7OCUKCPIU77I9ER9KUQS/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Red's Place 11x14, oil This was the “Quick Paint” during a Jefferson, WI plein air competition. The color of this restaurant, light, and shadows just had to be painted-and they were-in less than 2 1/2 hours! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1598026559218-Q680Y6TUXCWBZ1R7F47P/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Rising 11x14 oil on canvas The sunrise outside Dodgeville, WI painted during the 2020 “Paint the Point” plein air competition. I set up with the sunrise shining brightly right in my eyes. I needed to put some newspaper behind my canvas because the light was so bright it shone right through and otherwise I couldn’t have seen what I was painting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1578878314338-T7QO1H76RAAE7CNWTOJO/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Nightime Crossing 12x12, oil Painted during the 2018 Jefferson Plein Air Competition. This is an iconic pedestrian bridge in Jefferson. I loved the way it looked at night with its slightly odd curves lit up at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621906702184-P03DIW09DXW02Y5FCFSW/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Wabash Lane 16x12, oil PB Painted during “The First Brush of Spring” in New Harmony, IN on the Wabash River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621906741876-Z3WCXAA9BZ3LB0DA3CJA/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Dandelions 11x14, oil PB Painted during “The First Brush of Spring” plein air event in New Harmony, IN https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/5c8ff92e0852294e93d61d51/6878379bf0377a0eca02a44d/1762888359982/am2.jpg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510178644-MSKGD4AFKYU3Z13GEEZ4/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Before the Storm 18x14, oil It really was before the storm! Painted in Waukesha, WI it started to drizzle but with my 2 umbrellas I could still paint. Then it really exploded! I managed to run the painting to the car, but all my gear and me got drenched. All needed to dry out overnight but the painting survived! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1707757738593-ANTOMZXD3IVZS16PLHJS/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Driftless SOLD 14x18 oil Painted during the 2023 “Paint the Point” event in Mineral Point, WI. This area is in the middle of the “driftless” area of Wisconsin, which means the glaciers didn’t come through, leaving rolling hills and deep valleys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621908069633-VSBI9VO3J95RJREZD0CJ/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air - Shelby's Barn 14x11, oil Painted during a plein air workshop given by artist Shelby Keefe. One of my first plein air paintings! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762881995380-CMXYRMKVZ6S43JYIN7HU/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/5c8ff92e0852294e93d61d51/6796a9d3e3b12a22fbce4949/1762888359793/ Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762881939137-OO87DSSDHDXNINOJ3EAX/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457108948941-TBB1X97QMGRFOO3H3Z1J/82.65.424_PS1.jpg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762882396341-29DMJ7DZAOLNGZIWLJ1H/image-asset.jpeg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1553650142211-YXIAA813QLHZJEON33FA/IMG_0462+%282%29_edited.jpg Plein Air - West Bend Morning 14” x 18” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457112491687-0S0MDUYFV1IQ6FAZTI20/portraits-82.65.2_PS2.jpg Plein Air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1574528250318-KB4APLX691JQ3MT36T3D/IMG_0540.jpg Plein Air - Yes, it's a Nocturne Oil on Canvas 12x12 Painted during the 2019 Waukesha Plein Air Competition. 3rd Place Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1553650182286-TDBIOAM5VQYSR9NXXM52/IMG_0466+%283%29_JPG.jpg Plein Air - Coffee Creeper 9” x 12” https://www.tomsmithfineart.com/studio daily 0.75 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1714932086498-16VYSUWT1LR7GDUW4HJS/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Fall is Flowing SOLD First Place Award, League of Milwaukee Artists 80th Anniversary Show oil on canvas 24x30 Painted from a photo taken in Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1615170267483-YSO80CRDGFR4IL5H1B5V/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Kaleidoscope Afternoon (Grant Park) 24x20 oil on canvas Painted from a photo taken at the Seven Bridges Trail in Grant Park, South Milwaukee. Winner of Best in Show at the “Alive in the Arts” exhibition at the Plymouth Arts Center in Plymouth, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1714932086498-16VYSUWT1LR7GDUW4HJS/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Fall is Flowing SOLD First Place Award, League of Milwaukee Artists 80th Anniversary Show oil on canvas 24x30 Painted from a photo taken in Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1737927342595-O6925YGAHG4G7P7DK6G3/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Falling Water 2 Oil on streched canvas 18×14 Painted from a photo taken in northern Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1686109842324-YNH7K5XU70GV91G5RTYW/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Abandoned SOLD 36x18 oil on canvas This was painted from a photo taken near Spring Green, WI. It was an abondoned house, which on a subsequent visit I discovered has now been torn down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883851614-5QVR2V4ZCR2TGDUYIBSR/image-asset.jpeg Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1661216488863-28AWHUK3QVTP3YSA0ILH/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Interstate 14x18 oil on aluminum panel This was an experiment with painting on an aluminum panel. The picture following this shows the painting at an angle and in it you can see that I left some of the shiny aluminum showing through. The image comes from a photo I took of “Interstate Falls” near Ironwood, Michigan, and Hurley, Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1714933619350-INILXHJPCHEX27OLQNAC/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Raindown SOLD oil 12x24 Painted from a photo taken in rural Wisconsin. It was raining out when I painted this piece. I put the canvas out in the rain (intentionally) which, of course, played a bit of havoc with the oil paint! I love the effect the “mess” made! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1714932214524-PUJF0Z6Q35DWFJSTSH0P/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Walk On SOLD oil on canvas 28x22 Painted from a photo taken in Door County, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706564756049-DFI2RZCW4B305MVOW5YF/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Me, Myself oil 36x24 This self-portrait is the first figure that I have painted in 40 years! I choose to show it uncensored as I am not ashamed of my body (we all have one!) and I am an advocate of “body positivity”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1614229506401-YSEAL98D6P2DTEF393I6/image-asset.jpeg Studio - A Piacere SOLD 12x24, oil This is a scene from Lynn Nature Preserve located in the Town of Farmington, WI. As part of my residency for ArtServancy I was assigned this property to use as my own for a year of plein air painting. When I got there, however, the tall grasses with no pathways deterred me! I switched to another property (see my ArtServancy page) but not before I took photos from which I have done several paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1584981986016-NWTHBYPG3GZAS3GISTS1/IMG_0543+%282%29.jpg Studio - Big Boy Oil on Canvas 28x22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510233170-3SGTV7CCN430DGJ5CUGN/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Turbans to Go! 12x16, oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1600563492795-GASARE5BEP3RZ6K6JK6G/solly.jpg Studio - Marching On 20x16, oil The Fourth of July Parade in the city of Gambier, Ohio is the epitome of small town America! Near my mother’s home, we used to visit every Fourth and this parade was a must see. This old soldier spoke to me about “The Greatest Generation” of which my father was a part. Honorable Mention, 2022 Wauwatosa Artists Workshop Library Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1582083320657-5U9TLUCRTXUR9E4MJY18/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Cobalt Crisp 16x12, oil I love a cold Autumn day. The cobalt blue water catching the sun on a chilly day is my “hero” in this painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510497589-ZI0E4R1GTG0A9767RXZO/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Shall We Walk? 14x18, oil PB This piece started out as a demonstration for a local art group and was then finished in the studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1622141867306-2DZ2I75JSZ97ZPW3VPD1/image-asset.jpeg Studio - Summer Sparkles 16x20, oil PB The dappled light on this forest path near my mother’s home in Ohio was just dazzling! It was very hard to capture in paint! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556472249181-MKTZKF47H5Y1UTYJXJLU/IMG_1270+4_JPG.jpg Studio - Blue Day 20x16, oil A winter day in Jacobus Park, Wauwatosa, WI. We live right near this park which makes it an easy destination even on a cold and blue winter’s day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510593447-6FKB0RDA0Y48Q9B8194V/IMG_0193+%282%29.JPG Studio - Skyscape 2 16x20, oil PB Sunset on the farm, Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1611870300432-N19400SYHYF3RKVYIQ3L/IMG_0363+%282%29.JPG Studio - Upperville Stream 20x16, oil PB An Autumn stream in Upperville, Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883760991-NSZTQ8X8JD5S2WZP5Q31/image-asset.jpeg Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556472249780-0V4CLR22Z1DW77U1FCXJ/IMG_4016+2.jpg Studio - Grand Marais 22 x 28 oil on canvas “Artist’s Point” in Grand Marais, Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556472205741-K8013FDJJH7COB7NQGI4/IMG_0367_JPG.jpg Studio - Virginia Sky 16 x 20 oil on canvas The Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia. Honorable Mention, League of Milwaukee Artists 2017 Winter Show Juried into "The Modern Landscape" at Redline Gallery, Milwaukee, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457109554453-5VGSRQEZNP9W2LTP1E25/82.65.179_PS2.jpg Studio https://www.tomsmithfineart.com/sold daily 0.75 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883197167-IDLGBX4NF3CBZTZ0HN27/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883197167-IDLGBX4NF3CBZTZ0HN27/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883158249-3TC684MOW1S7WJHXD1XU/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883349989-LAYC4RS8GU7AASYKVMY7/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883402267-8Q2AT24OO93GT1HQM8OL/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556476267094-ZBCLUDT6Q5CL62U1HOSJ/IMG_2134+%282%29.JPG A Small Collection of Sold Works - Port Washington Nocturne 14x11 oil on canvas Port Washington, Wisconsin. Second Place winner, Cedarburg Plein Air Competition, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883624714-PTFKEAE4EJAX8088UX0I/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883548468-0Z3131R35665268D857W/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1762883669893-7KZP4Y24A0U4AWAHSQ16/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1670207233633-OCBMG70WSI3APKXODWET/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - An Oak Spring Spring 20x24 oil 25th Wedding Anniversary commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1716230347752-W6B819S61R5NTXLE5D07/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Interstate 14x18 oil on aluminum panet Painted from my photo taken at the falls on the border of Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1686109677945-6L9HIFKSUHIGVFTOYVTK/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Polish Spring SOLD 36x18 oil on canvas This piece was painted for an exhibition at the Polish Center of Wisconsin. In the background is the Polish Flag! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1694219558907-YZGRT9P95YK6T254CM59/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Let Sleeping Pigs Lie Painted at the Jefferson County Fair during the Jefferson Plein Air Competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1665343661678-3K6HJK8K3J6PTGTUPW2X/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Mississippi Morning 11x14 oil Painted during the 2022 Bluff Strokes plein air competition in Dubuque, IA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621907748214-VIOEG7A2B31IDMGTCQE9/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Kaleidoscope Afternoon SOLD 24x20 oil on canvas. Grant Park, Milwaukee, WI. Winner of Best in Show in the 2021 “Alive in the Arts” exhibition at the Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth, WI. and 1st Place Award in the 2021 Rogues Artists Show “Rouges on the Road” exhibit, Hartford, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706568934404-OR7F6PVV7GUSJBTQBG2W/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Ghosts (plein air) oil 20x16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1675272611045-CYRIZ4AY9OHV82NX1M1G/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Lied SOLD 16x36, oil This is a scene from Lynn Nature Preserve located in the Town of Farmington, WI. As part of my residency for ArtServancy I was assigned this property to use as my own for a year of plein air painting. When I got there, however, the tall grasses with no pathways deterred me! I switched to another property (see my ArtServancy page) but not before I took photos from which I have done several paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1595194698733-WSM9198MOVZMK6EN4YAA/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Big Boy 28x22 oil on canvas Purchased for the Permanent Collection of the Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee, WI Big Boy is the largest operating steam locomotive engine in the world. It's pictured here at its home base in Montana. Winner of a “Grohmann Award” at the LMA show “artWorks” at the Grohmann Museum”, Milwaukee, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1665343815754-TNEQETB7NGQ60ZHZWC49/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Julien's View 12x16 oil Painted during the 2022 Bluff Strokes plein air competition. This is the view of the Mississippi River from the Julien Dubuque Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1665343964642-WWC5FRDW24T43JUL45G0/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Bluff Wind 18x14 oil Painted during a windy and cold day in Dubuque, IA during the Bluff Strokes plein air competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556476286856-IW4283ZL50XSC6VGM1WN/Autumn+Birch_Tom_Smith.jpeg.JPG A Small Collection of Sold Works - Stand 20x16 oil on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556476306392-BSW3V96J0ZG48OTLGTWQ/Smith_Tom_Hostas%28Study+in+Green%29.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - A Study in Green (Hostas) 14x11 oil on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556478248836-IMPNAL3L2S07ABJHT99L/IMG_0320+%282%29.JPG A Small Collection of Sold Works - Dancing 10x8 oil on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556499805977-03HGD5A1AEUHTAWSHWB1/IMG_0442+%282%29_edited.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Flowers to Go 14x11 oil on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1563421075516-E6RHX2CMP77HFIROSF7Q/BlueBarrel.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Blue Barrel 20x16 oil on canvas Painted in New Berlin, WI Winner of Honorable Mention, New Berlin Plein Air Competition, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1563501569958-DI4ER5DJ5STFSUTZZGCV/IMG_4016%2B2.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Grand Marais 22 x 28 oil on canvas “Artist’s Point” in Grand Marais, Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1563501670659-S54G1N53EUWRQEWBE3VF/IMG_2787.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - At Oak Spring 12x16 oil on canvas A tree against a wall at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation in Upperville Virginia. Juried into the "GALEX 52 National Exhibition and Competition", Galesburg. Ill 2018 Jerry Goldstein Foundation Artist Merit and Achievement Award, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1563501748969-UUF1ZAQ8X2P62UZKTFQJ/IMG_0367_JPG.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Virginia Sky 16 x 20 oil on canvas The Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia. Honorable Mention, League of Milwaukee Artists 2017 Winter Show Juried into "The Modern Landscape" at Redline Gallery, Milwaukee, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1662250848445-B9CDZXEIPQ8D899WFP24/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Cream and Strawberries! SOLD 12x16 oil Painted at Christopher’s Gardens in Sheboygan, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608509356809-TVZABOYPONYDKHETK7NF/1.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Rising SOLD 11x14 oil on canvas Painted outside Dodgeville, WI during the 2020 “Paint the Point” plein air event. The bright light from the sunrise was blinding me, and shining right through my canvas-making it see-through! I wadded up some newspaper to put behind it so I could see what I was painting! Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1651853181623-V64GMJ6XR23MMVSJANMZ/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - When Men Become Boys SOLD 16x12 oil Honorable Mention, “First Brush of Spring” plein air event in New Harmony, IN. Painted around a campfire with 3 fellow plein air artists (two of whom were painting me painting!) It reminded me of being young and having fun around a fire with friends! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629940837871-3WO3C8KUGSB0XHNEZHL9/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - High Wire Act SOLD 20x10 oil Painted during the 2021 Paint the Point competition in Mineral Point, WI. On one of the hottest days of the summer, I parked my car by the side of a hot asphalt road. The dramatic telephone poles mirror the slope of the hill with its August corn (and my rivulets of perspiration!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1657553822941-VIJN5SYH4K74Y8BSVVSD/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Buoy Oh Bouy SOLD 11x14 Oil on canvas These buoys cross the Rock River in Jefferson, WI. This was a “Quick Paint” for the competition, finished in 2 hours. I love the contrast of the orange with the blue-green water! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629577109625-AEHS7DC6Y2AWPFZIUY1T/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - A Plum Perfect Day SOLD Painted at Plum Bottom Gallery and available at www. plumbottomgallery.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629940727472-69BIACYOZOR2INJMWUDZ/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Misty Morn SOLD 14x18 oil Painted during the 2021 Paint the Point competition in Mineral Point, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621906440987-OO0LUPC6T8IGBSGXF725/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Emerald City 14x18 oil on canvas panel SOLD Painted during “The First Brush of Spring” plein air painting event in New Harmony, IN. I loved the eerie glow coming from this house but plein air painters need to work quickly! About 2 hours in, and before I was quite finished they turned off the lights! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1602784926360-Z9RDKGFBL70RITMP5VPK/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - P SOLD 16x12 oil on canvas panel Painted for the Waukesha Plein Air Competition. 2nd Place Award. When searching downtown for a subject I noticed the sign at the Civic Theater which says “PIX” had only the P lit up. I thought that was funny, and I also thought-”what a challenge to paint neon!” It was hard but I think it worked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1602785785559-6REO6DYFZAZYIV7AFMBY/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - On the Other Side of the Tracks SOLD 16x12 oil on canvas panel I was intrigued by the way the light was shining on this building near the railroad tracks. I was sure on the wrong side when a train came through! By the sound of it’s horn, I don’t think the train engineer thought much of my painting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608509187285-LP780NYPY3LYWG1GG2CT/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - The Bear Path 16x12 oil on canvas SOLD Painted at “Michael’s Garden” in Sheboygan, WI Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706568999140-0IRR9HPQVD8ZNNI3NQH5/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556475648343-N6SLQCJFTQD5V0LFKTNT/veg1.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Fresh Veggies 11x14 oil on canvas Painted at the Farmer’s Market in Plymouth, WI. SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1706569037991-GBEQTMICXR9HBXQTMIZA/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - The Road to Higher Grround (plein air) oil 10x20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1614230012328-7PJ6YEGY9L3QYSQZHCHO/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - SOLD Autumn Prairie 11x14 oil on canvas Painted at “Michael’s Garden” in Sheboygan, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608509390439-ZASCIWGY1QCJU0QZGN05/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Still Livin' in the 60's SOLD 11x14 oil on canvas Painted during the 2020 Paint the Point plein air event in Mineral Point, WI When I approached the couple who lived in this funky house and mentioned painting it I was told to “Stop right there”! It was COVID time after all-but what he really wanted nothing to do with was changing the color of the house! When I explained that “No” I wanted to do a painting OF the house they both became very friendly and approved the idea immediately! Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1598028846849-FSBVBLDFCN34HUNVAT55/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Notturno SOLD 16x12 oil on canvas Painted during the 2020 “Paint the Point” plein air event in Mineral Point, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1577406081544-DTB0QD7RMK5YKMECECTL/fid1.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Behind Fiddleheads SOLD 12x16 oil on canvas Painted during the 2019 Cedarburg, WI Plein Air Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1566659675933-FOOH3E0JX3YCQR82WNVR/IMG_2134+%282%29.JPG A Small Collection of Sold Works - Port Washington Nocturne SOLD 14x11 oil on canvas Port Washington, Wisconsin. Second Place winner, Cedarburg Plein Air Competition, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608509486552-NUQTAER4FLWKOZKOH04I/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Spring Fever SOLD 11x14, oil on canvas This was my first time to head out and do a plein air painting since the stay at home orders in 2020. I was going to name it “Spring Virus” but that seemed too morbid! It was painted at Hoyt Park in Wauwatosa, WI. Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608509582424-J3M3O8IRIQ275EKH8IB0/irf.JPG A Small Collection of Sold Works - Summer Walk 12x16 oil on canvas Painted during the 2019 West Bend Plein Air Competition Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1622167134395-JHSS9H5IN38JJ4CNU5P6/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Pulling a Deke SOLD oil on canvas 9x12 The quick paint during the 2019 Paint the Point plein air competition in Mineral Point, WI. I call this “Pulling a Deke” because the inspiration for the technique I used comes from one of my favorite artists, DK Palechek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556475590489-M1GNGMGFX7EJRLY0KDE5/Menomonee+Winter_Tom_Smith.jpeg.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Menomonie Spring 8x10 oil on canvas Available at https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith The sunrise over Menomonie Lake in 6 degrees below zero weather, April 2018! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1651853836611-ZQKZGIZCTAXGISY0GZ19/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Out of Harmony SOLD 11x14 oil Painted from a photo taken in 2021 outside Harmonie State Park in Indiana. I was intrigued by the mysterious fire next to the old barn. Why was it burning? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621906926872-MZISI36DRM3FH57FL915/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Gingkoes Galore! SOLD 22x28 oil on canvas. At the Virginia Arboretum. While visiting our son he took us to this enchanted grove of gingko trees. It was positively glowing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1615844029290-IA4O6SUO4RHFTD3GPM2A/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - I Give My Peace Unto You 18x 24 oil on canvas SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1577405663737-TCI2ADK6I0TIAQXMWUEW/IMG_0534.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Flows the Fall SOLD Oil on Canvas 11x14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629576729357-NBLKQH3KLW12YR9A1DRT/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - The Heart of the Prairie SOLD Inspired by a photo taken at Spirit Lake Preserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510360246-HMQVBHHH3HVE5P2F4R44/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Serenity in Solitude SOLD 16x20 oil on canvas panel. Painted during the first wave of the COVID 19 Pandemic, this piece represents the solitude of isolation but also the peace I could find through my work painting. Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1582083932480-YBMI3HLL71R3P43XSZOC/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Kaleidoscope Morning SOLD oil on canvas 10x8 When we’re camping in Door County in one of our beautiful state parks, I love to look at the changing light through the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510441667-4AVLCSCLGLYTJ1L9XZ3F/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Three Sisters SOLD 18x14 oil on canvas I began painting these beautiful lilies in a Wauwatosa garden. As the sky began to darken I quickly packed up, but by the time I got to my car I was pelted with rain! Needless to say this was finished in the studio! Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1589666142760-LTQY5MTG59FI63NCSH6Y/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Barn for Connie oil on canvas, 20x20 This was painted on commission from the client’s photo, not available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1563942344618-UIX3X6A9QI9PK2ZC7V03/IMG_4919.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Untitled This is my Father and Mother inlaw-Rich and Doris Sheridan. It was painted for Rich’s 90th birthday! NFS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556472257882-PS60V0AIQ7T3MUGYDY3V/IMG_4355.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Off the Road SOLD 11 x 14 oil on panel A view from the road to Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1580336688174-7QGIUUJSTRZ3IXH4YDNQ/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Cathedral 15x30 oil on canvas SOLD Winner of Best in Show, 2020 Rogues Artists Group show: “Art in so Many Words” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510546676-O3OHZDUJNTM5W5MLBKHS/IMG_2785+%282%29.JPG A Small Collection of Sold Works - Glow Sticks SOLD 20x16 oil on canvas Late Afternoon at Point Beach State Park, Wisconsin. Available at Plum Bottom Gallery https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1621908313001-W9FKQJGK1FDG0VRU95Q1/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - You Can't Keep an Old Man Down 11x14 oil on canvas SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1643567276783-3W65TMPYOLH36IHEWTQX/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - What Lies Beyond SOLD 12x9 oil on canvas panel Painted from a photo taken while camping at Point Beach State Park. The glow of the mysterious blue light and the tiki torch said “mystery” to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1614228754549-DE3Q3RQEAI6BVBXL4QU2/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Oak Spring Redux SOLD 12x9, casein on panel Available at https://plumbottomgallery.com/collections/tom-smith Painted from a photo taken at Oak Spring Garden Foundation in Virginia, where my son works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1556472196379-FVSME5NZ9RPIT093QQR5/IMG_0071+3_JPG.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Autumn Afternoon SOLD 24x18, oil An afternoon path at Mauthe Lake State Park, Wisconsin. Mauthe Lake is one of our favorite places to camp. This is from a photo I took on a crisp Autumn hike around the lake. I like to use color to enhance the feel of a landscape, as you can tell in this painting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1577903223070-R1KT30O66KXJPHM4J8X7/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Door Birch 8x10, oil Birch trees in Door County, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1622142026289-5XQX8GO0E7H1V4IVRJCJ/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Fire Sticks SOLD 10x8, oil Painted from a photo taken at one of our beautiful Wisconsin state parks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1661212285229-Q4SDSJQBK2PR07LH9SV3/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Cones 14x18, oil PB I took a hike in Governor Dodge State Park to paint a waterfall only to find the fall but no water. On my way out I saw this amazing field filled with beautiful purple coneflowers and was stopped in my tracks. The hike wasn’t wasted! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1688334369454-VBVQ0TJL64FHHRGTDU3H/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - La Primavera (Spring) SOLD 12x24 oil Painted in Augusta, MO. I loved the way the tree branches, not yet budded out in March, made the sky break up into sparkles. I used a negative painting technique, painting the sky “holes” and not the branches-they are an underpainting. It took a long time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1688334468391-G60LUW1YKAUHESGWYTST/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Dogwood Day SOLD 18x14 oil Painted in Augusta, Mo. It was a bright windy day. I couldn’t use my umbrella to shade my canvas while I painted. This made the colors on my canvas look less bright to me. When I took it down and saw it in the proper light, I was surprised but excited about how bright it looked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1688334655341-TH7TK7OBRLDSSKUJHBNT/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Spring Swirl SOLD 18x14 oil Painted in Augusta, MO. Another Spring day and I’m intrigued by the bare branches! I used a negative painting technique in which I painted what is behind the branches leaving an underpainting to stand in for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1668573025206-VLZXWF3LXX9YBK671Q12/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - The Voyce on the Corner SOLD 18x14, oil Painted during the 2022 Waukesha, WI plein air competition. I had recently met the British artist Tom Voyce, 2017 winner of the UK’s tv show “Landscape Artist of the Year” and love his geometric, almost abstract landscapes. I don’t think was intentional, but I was channeling him while painting on this street corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1664583031497-CAJVB1ZZRN801TQISW65/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Port Washington, Second Shift 20x16 oil Winner of First Prize, Nocturne Category at the 2022 Cedarburg, WI Plein Air Competition. It was a cold, humid night near Lake Michigan. Halfway done, I wondered why my paint wasn’t sticking to the canvas. I looked down to see my brushes dripping with water from the night’s humidity. It’s a good thing I decided I liked the effect, since oil and water don’t mix! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1638216962326-V837DY7PIK5GIFSDOCHO/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Passing Through 24x12, oil Painted during the 2021 Paint the Towns Plein Air Competition in Plymouth, WI. I had to work very quickly to capture the evening clouds as they scuttled across the sky on their way to their appointed thunderstorm! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1614230356002-WZ5KVJGVXCDNUP73VR58/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Forest Fauve 20x16, oil PB Painted during the 2020 Plymouth plein air competition. Winner of the “Sunshine Award”. I found a secret drive near the Wade House in Greenbush, WI and was so overcome by the golden light that I stopped to paint this. I think I was on private land but don’t tell anyone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1595193218680-VSVC9BOJPTVSBNAGI1C7/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Another Perfect Day SOLD 16x12, oil PB Painted at Lime Kiln Park in Grafton, WI. I was so excited to go paint with a group of fellow plein air artists at this beautiful park! It was, to me, a gorgeous morning, but some of my fellow painters were freezing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608509523151-03CIRCSCVSIZH7DWXP7L/cedar1.jpg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Cedar Creek SOLD 14x18, oil Painted in Cedarburg, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510947669-XOL0BNWE41VEOIUSMNFW/image-asset.jpeg A Small Collection of Sold Works - Down at Levsen's Farm 16x20, oil PB Painted during the 2018 Plymouth Plein Air Competition Honorable Mention Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1608510016275-K7XCZU50W15G6GQCBZFX/IMG_4404.JPG A Small Collection of Sold Works - Aquarelle 1 SOLD 8x10, oil Cedar Creek in Cedarburg, WI. The “Quickpaint” during the 2017 Cedarburg Plein Air Competition. 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If you are interested in purchasing a painting, click on the “Contact” page to send me a message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1558805709075-V6DYFVXWQ4V1CTLYC4HM/IMG_0367.JPG Home https://www.tomsmithfineart.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2024-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1611871298425-WKGTOPGU6GOR0NIL8UV8/snow.jpg ARTservancy My second piece was done on a very cold afternoon! I didn’t want to hike too far in the snow, so this is a backward facing view of the road into the preserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/4642ff2b-6144-4d0e-b53a-9acfa413511f/sl4.jpg ARTservancy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1629579826150-0VQ24FO5H4U94CM0XLJV/sl1.jpg ARTservancy - Make it stand out A Dance of Spring. Some new growth coming along while some still lays dormant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/0523205f-8d21-4473-a9b7-934226dcc734/20211118_133405_resized.jpg ARTservancy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1610829995189-WIRGW0N6L444HTRSLF3J/owlt.jpg ARTservancy AND GALLERY 224, PORT WASHINGTON, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1615170847895-TD2PTMCD1NKP9RMBO4NC/sl1.jpg ARTservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c8ff8e78dfc8c3bd80b1d83/1611870429511-M4D514I3C9SKDKI8A5ZQ/AS.jpg ARTservancy This is my first finished work. All the paintings will be 12x12 on canvas panels. This was on a cold November afternoon just next to the house that is on the property. I liked the curve of the path contrasting with the vertical of the trees.