Thomas Jefferson Kitts | FINE ART OIL PAINTINGS

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Group Exhibitions:

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
6th Annual Best of Plein Air 2010
  
Ester Wells Collection
   Laguna Beach, California, 2010

Telluride Plein Air
  
Telluride, Colorado, 2010

Los Gatos Plein Air
  
Los Gatos, California, 2010

Sonoma Plein Air
  
Sonoma, California, 2010

Oil Painters of America
19th Annual National Exhibition
  
Legacy Gallery
   Sedona, Arizona, 2010

Top 100 Show – Arts for the Parks
  
National Parks Academy of the Arts
   Jackson, Wyoming, 2005-2006

East Meets West,
  
Chetwynd Stapelton Gallery
   Portland, Oregon, 1998

Oil Painters of America
7th National Exhibition,
  
P & C Gallery-Georgetown
   Washington D.C., 1998

Oil Painters of America
West Coast Regional Show
  
Jones & Terwilliger Gallery
   Carmel, California, 1997

Messages From the Interior,
  
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts
   Portland, Oregon, 1997

Oregon Landscape Painters,
  
Chetwynd Stapelton Gallery
   Portland, Oregon, 1996

Pacific Northwest College of Art Faculty Exchange
  
Salem, Oregon, 1993

Your Show of Shows, Society of Illustrators
  
New York, New York, 1990


Solo Exhibitions:

Visual Meditations on the Northwest Landscape
  
Canessa Park Gallery
   San Francisco, California, 1995

First Light Over Sauvie Island
  
Chetwynd Stapelton Gallery
   Portland, Oregon, 1994

Sauvie Island & Other Changing Oregon Landscapes
  
Le Meitour Gallery
   Portland, Oregon, 1993

Landscapes, Cityscapes & People
   Le Meitour Gallery
   Portland, Oregon, 1992

Paintings From the Last Six Years,
  
Le Meitour Gallery
   Portland, Oregon, 1990

Awards and Recognitions:

Honorable Mention
   Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
   Laguna Beach, California, 2010

Honorable Mention, Artist’s Choice
   Telluride Plein Air
   Telluride, Colorado, 2010

Award of Merit
   Connecticut Art Director’s Club
   Connecticut, 1989

Award of Merit
   Oregon Art Annual, Salem
   Oregon, 1988

Silver Medal
   Illustrator’s 28th Exhibition
   Society of Illustrators
   New York, New York, 1986

Gold Medal
   Art Director’s Club
   New York, New York, 1986.

Honorable Mention
   Society of Publication Designers
   New York, New York, 1986


Gallery History, Expos and Sales Affiliations:

New York Art Expo 2002
   New York, New York

Artifacts Gallery
   Cambria, California

Desert Art Source
   Palm Desert, California

SoHo Fine Art Gallery
   Las Vegas, Nevada

Collector’s Editions
   Kauii & Hawaii

New York Art Expo 2001
   New York, New York

New York Art Expo 2000
   New York, New York

The Lanning Gallery
   Sedona, Arizonat

Rip Caswell Gallery,
   Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Carlton Gallery
   Carlton, Oregon

Chetwynd-Stapelton Gallery
   Portland, Oregon

Le Meitour Gallery
   Portland, Oregon

Gango Gallery
   Portland, Oregon

The Augustine Collection
   Portland, Oregon


Corporate Collections and Private Commissions:

Mariott Corporation,
   Palm Desert

Portland Trail Blazers
   Paul Allen Foundation

Kaiser-Permanente Collection



Affilliations:

Artist Member, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
   2010 -

Artist Member, Oil Painters of America
   1997-1999, 2009 -

Professor, Pacific Northwest College of Art
   1990 to 2000

Artist Member, New York Society of Illustrators
   New York, 1986 to 1994



Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1984
  Kansas City Art Institute
   Kansas City, Missouri

 

Thomas prefers to work directly from his subjects as he paints.


He is inspired and exhilarated by the way natural light plays across the landscape.


When the weather denies him the opportunity to work en plein air, he returns indoors to paint from live models and the artfully composed still life.

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