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contact name: Thomas Fisher
phone: 952-887-3497
email: tomfisherart@comcast.net

location address:
7704 Homestead Ave. So.
Cottage Grove MN 55016

open to public: yes
hours:

mailing address:
7704 Homestead Ave So.
Cottage Grove MN 55016

Pseudonym: Tom

Similar Artists:
I have learned much from Richard Carlson, an old master of impressionism.

The other artist oil painters that I have high regards for are:

Richard Schmid
Howard Turpning
Ken Carlson

Related Organizations:
Oil Painters of America, National
Minnesota Artists Association, MPLS
Artreach Alliance - Stillwater, MN
Fine Artists Metro East (FAME) Woodbury, MN
Woodbury Artist Council

Artist Statement:

I am enticed by the three dimensional images of the world to filter them through heart felt emotional responses and transform them onto two dimensional canvases.
My hope is that these images will in some small way transform the viewer’s life by enriching his or her spirit.

My paintings, with simplified design and enriched values, drip with rich, complementary color - - all in an attempt to give homage to the Earth’s Creator, the true Artist of Excellence.

I paint both rural and urban landscapes using both a limited and intense oil palette. My paintings exude life and an intensity of color seldom seen, but most enjoyed.

My colorful palette brings the ordinary into the realm of the extra-ordinary and uses a most infectious technique, using many impressionistic tools such as bold, complementary colors and emotionally charged brush strokes.

I paint in an Impressionistic manner that stretches design boundaries with an intensity of brush stroke, texture, and color. I concentrate on urban cityscapes and rural landscapes of Central Minnesota.

I am both a studio and plein aire (on site) painter. My paintings in the studio tend to be larger sizes while my plein aire paintings tend to be smaller in size.

At present, my energies are concentrated on St. Paul and Minneapolis series of oil paintings that express my feelings about the urban landscape. For example, notice the interior of St. Paul’s Mickey’s Diner and the Hasting, Minnesota street painting on this page. The landscape depicts the south shore of Lake Pepin.

You can own any of the framed, limited-edition images or originals that are currently being exhibited at any of the business sponsored venues in and around the Twin Cities Metro area. The sample paintings displayed of Mickey’s diner represent an example of the urban landscape executed in oil and available as both framed and unframed limited edition giglee’s. No edition is larger than 200 in number.

If you desire to purchase a limited edition (framed or unframed) giglee’ or an original oil painting, please call me or email me at my contact information below. Incidentally, I also do commissions.

Email me at the address above for a free brochure of my work showing pricing and availability of my paintings.

Artist Biography:

I have been painting for 45 years and have received three art related degrees:

•24 credits toward Master of Fine Art from University of Minnesota

•Bachelor of Science in K-12 Art Teaching from St. Cloud State University

•Bachelor of Arts in Technical Illustration and Commercial Design from Bemidji State University

I am currently teaching a night class in oil painting and find it very rewarding.

I have been painting professionally for many years. My 28 years experience as a technical illustrator and designer has found a means of expression through my paintings.

My paintings can be found in both private and corporate galleries.

2006 Best of Show (Oil Painting) at Arts in the Park, Woodbury, MN

PRICING PRICING PRICING PRICING PRICING PRICING
BELOW PRICES ARE RETAIL -
GALLERY PRICES ARE 50% OF RETAIL
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON PANEL OR CANVAS

5X7 $148
8X10 $240
9X12 $324
11X14 $462
12X16 $576
16X20 $640
18X24 $864
24X30 $1440

2008 Single Artist Showing at the Prestigious Belle Restaurant in Hasting, MN - November-December
2008 Hastings Auto and Arts Show, Nov. 1-5, 2nd Street Gallery
2008 March/April Allina, Woodbury, MN
2008 Member Entry into the Eastern Regional Art Competition for the OPA (Oil Painters of America)
2008 Jan/Feb St. Barnabas Center for the Arts,15600 Old Rockford Road, Plymouth, MN 55446
2007 Nov/Dec Woodwinds, Woodbury, MN
2007 Oct 27 Art in Central Park, Woodbury
2007 Powderhorn Art Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007 March, April Hartford Insurance, Woodbury, MN
2007 Jan/Feb Allina, Woodbury, MN
2007 2006 Arts in the Part, Woodbury, Minnesota
2006 Nov/Dec Woodwinds, Woodbury, MN
2006 Oct 27 Art in Central Park, Woodbury
2005 Arts in the Part, Woodbury, Minnesota
2004 Arts in the Part, Woodbury, Minnesota

Erdman Exhibition Group, Madison, Wisconsin

The Mill; Stillwater, MN
Kulak Art Company; Woodbury, MN.

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Little Falls, MN

Birth Date:
October 2, 1947

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Cottage Grove, MN

Minnesota County:
Washington

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