Thomas Jefferson Kitts | FINE ART OIL PAINTINGS
Thomas Jefferson Kitts | FINE ART OIL PAINTINGS
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.
Artist Information Exhibitions, Awards, Affiliations & Education
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