Colorado
native, Tom Lockhart, was born and raised in Monte Vista, the heart of
the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado. Tom’s love for nature and
the outdoors is evident in his paintings. Striving to convey a feeling
of light and atmosphere is always a challenge for any artist but for Tom
it is even more challenging because he works in oils, pastels, and
watercolors. Tom looks to the Old Masters and great painters of the
late 19th and early 20th century for inspiration
in his own work. “I am striving for a balance between traditional
representational painting and impressionism. I feel that texture and
variation of paint application along with solid design and drawing make
for a stronger presentation.”
He relishes the opportunity to paint landscapes
from life. “The outdoors is our greatest teacher. One should never take
for granted the beauty of nature and especially our great country. We are
truly blessed to live and work in freedom.”
Tom is a Signature Member of the North Western
Rendezvous group (NWR) in Helena, MT. Lockhart was a featured seminar
presenter for the NWR during the twenty-eighth annual Western Rendezvous
of Art in Helena, Montana, 2006, “It was truly an honor to speak and
demonstrate to fellow artists such as Matt Smith, George Strickland, John
Budicin, Jim Wilcox, Greg Beecham, and many others artists and patrons of
such notoriety”. Tom is also a Signature Member of Oil Painters of
America and won the First Place Award of Excellence and the Patron’s
Choice Award for the OPA in 2005.
Tom has participated in many shows and outdoor
painting events including the Telluride Plein-Air Festival, the Sedona
Plein-Air Festival and the Rocky Mountain Plein-Air (RMPAP) events (which
are both Signature and National shows). Tom is a Signature Member of RMPAP.
He won the RMPAP Award of Excellence in 2004, 2003, and 2002. He was the
recipient of the Director’s Choice Award in 2003.
Tom won the Award of Excellence at the
Telluride Plein-air Festival Chosen by Southwest Art Magazine. He also
received the Best of Show at the 16th Annual Colorado
Watercolor Society’s “Summer of Watercolor” Exhibition 2007.
Tom
has participated in the Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show since 2006. He has also been
included in the C.M. Russell Auction for many years. Tom was chosen for
the Top Mini 100 Finals at the Arts for the Parks 2006. He is the
recipient of many awards including Winner of Region III for the Top 100 in
Arts for the Parks both in 2004 and 1994.
Tom teaches workshops all over the country through
The Heart & Eagle Workshops. Information is available through his website
at www. lockhartfineart.com
He is also represented by these fine galleries
throughout Colorado:
Elkhorn
Gallery Winter Park, Colorado
Wild
Horse Gallery
Steamboat Springs, CO
The Gallery at the Windsor
Del Norte, CO
