Tom Hughes
UNPLUGGED | A video series documenting Tom Hughes painting Plein air.
Tom painting at The Great Bay Estuary, Greenland, NH.
I am so pleased to report that my friend and living master, American artist, Tom Hughes has moved back to New England. This proximity has prompted a project where I will be following Tom to natural sites and document him painting outdoors. It will be one part curious observer, watching a living master do what he loves while trying to solve visual problems on canvas...and another part recording a historical document of an important American painter of our time. This is an exciting opportunity to witness first hand with a front row seat, looking over his shoulder in the field at each decision and every stroke.
The videos are raw, uncut and make every attempt to capture an authentic outdoor painting experience from the perspective of the artist himself. This is not a demonstration or performance. It is simply an artist standing before nature and attempting to capture his visual poetry on canvas. You will see the good, bad and ugly decisions in a refreshingly authentic first hand view. Because this comes from a genuine place of my own curiosity as a painter, I have included some questions and answers in Toms studio. I have included information like supplies and material decisions and other items of interest regarding his creative process. This is not a how-to video, but definitely includes substantive information of value to fellow artist who appreciate the process and learning how highly skilled masters crack to codes to good painting.
If you would like to be on our mailing list to recieve release dates of videos and have first dibs of his finished paintings from the field, please email Todd: tmbonita@gmail.com
The videos are raw, uncut and make every attempt to capture an authentic outdoor painting experience from the perspective of the artist himself. This is not a demonstration or performance. It is simply an artist standing before nature and attempting to capture his visual poetry on canvas. You will see the good, bad and ugly decisions in a refreshingly authentic first hand view. Because this comes from a genuine place of my own curiosity as a painter, I have included some questions and answers in Toms studio. I have included information like supplies and material decisions and other items of interest regarding his creative process. This is not a how-to video, but definitely includes substantive information of value to fellow artist who appreciate the process and learning how highly skilled masters crack to codes to good painting.
If you would like to be on our mailing list to recieve release dates of videos and have first dibs of his finished paintings from the field, please email Todd: tmbonita@gmail.com
Tom Hughes Alla Prima Paintings and UNPLUGGED Videos
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes was born in Massachusetts in 1965. He attended Northeastern University and M. I. T. for physics but left in 1986 to work as a staff artist for the Christian Science Monitor daily newspaper, until 1989. After this, he did freelance illustration for a few years while he taught himself to paint.
Hughes has been a professional artist - having finished his last actual job in 1992 - for 20 years. He paints figures, portraits and landscapes in various media: oil, acrylic, watercolor and alkyd. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, the New England states, and France. His work has been featured in American Artist Watercolor magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur, for which he painted the magazine's publisher Eric Rhoads's portrait in oils. Tom Hughes is one of the artists whose work is featured in a book about watercolor painting skills, Watercolor Painting by Tom Hoffmann, published in 2012 by Watson-Guptill.
In 1999, Hughes moved from New Hampshire to Meeks Bay on the west shore of Lake Tahoe where he and his wife Charlene lived for several years. They now reside in Alameda, CA.
Tom Hughes was born in Massachusetts in 1965. He attended Northeastern University and M. I. T. for physics but left in 1986 to work as a staff artist for the Christian Science Monitor daily newspaper, until 1989. After this, he did freelance illustration for a few years while he taught himself to paint.
Hughes has been a professional artist - having finished his last actual job in 1992 - for 20 years. He paints figures, portraits and landscapes in various media: oil, acrylic, watercolor and alkyd. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, the New England states, and France. His work has been featured in American Artist Watercolor magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur, for which he painted the magazine's publisher Eric Rhoads's portrait in oils. Tom Hughes is one of the artists whose work is featured in a book about watercolor painting skills, Watercolor Painting by Tom Hoffmann, published in 2012 by Watson-Guptill.
In 1999, Hughes moved from New Hampshire to Meeks Bay on the west shore of Lake Tahoe where he and his wife Charlene lived for several years. They now reside in Alameda, CA.