Thomas Paquette

Hole of Blue
Long Journey
Last of the First Snow
Brief Bio: A native of Minnesota now living in Pennsylvania, Thomas Paquette earned a MFA in painting from Southern Illinois University and a BFA in painting from Bemidji State University. A few months out of graduate school he was selected one of the first three recipients of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' 3-year fellowship-residency in Miami Beach. When that ended in 1991, he moved from Miami to Portland, Maine, where he painted full-time for a decade, drawn by the landscape. Among other accomplishments during that time, he completed a seven- by thirty-two-foot canvas for the State of Minnesota, and four large canvases commissioned by the Federal Reserve Bank. Thomas was invited in 1999 to be a guest artist on the Greek island of Lesvos. That same year, he was invited to speak to art students in England (Exeter) and Wales (Cardiff). He was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2000. Other artist-residencies were at National Parks (Yosemite, Acadia and Rocky Mountain), the Robert M. MacNamara Foundation and the Millay Colony. The Georgia Museum of Art mounted a 70-painting survey exhibition of Thomas' work in 2001, the same year he moved to northwest Pennsylvania. He has had one-man exhibitions at prominent galleries in New York City, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Washington DC, and Maine, among other places. The Erie Art Museum hosted an exhibition of his paintings in 2004. Beyond museums and galleries, many of his paintings have been exhibited around the world at US Embassies in Athens, Chad, Phnom Penh, Riga, Rome, St. Petersburg, Santiago, Taipei, and Vienna.

What's on my mind...

Thomas Paquette

Posted on Jun 19, 2012 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012
Hole of BlueLast of the First SnowLong Journey

landscape paintings

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oil paintings, landscapes, realism, painterly

Exhibition: Thomas Paquette

Posted on Oct 7, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012

Exhibition: Thomas Paquette

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Is the Landscape Contemporary?

Posted on Jun 26, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012
Bouquet of Birch at Sunset, o/cClouds on Cuillin's ShoulderFirst Light, Last of AutumnSeason of Mud, Wales

Interview with painter Thomas Paquette regarding the relevance of landscape painting.

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landscape, painting, relevance, contemporary, paquette, working methods

Art Matters - Delaware Roundup

Posted on Apr 21, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012
Hole of BlueLast of the First SnowLong Journey

by RB Strauss -- review of Paquette exhibition at Somerville Manning Gallery

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landscape paintings, romantic, Paquette, RB Strauss

Thomas Paquette: Traversed Lands

Posted on Apr 21, 2005 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2012
Birch BouquetLincoln Highway - VertigoSheep at Sundown

Erie Art Museum catalogue essay by John D. O'Hern

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landscape paintings, romantic, Erie Art Museum, John D. O'Hern

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