Tom Semmes

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Original Artwork by Tom Semmes

Welcome to my website. My work includes oil and acrylic paintings, pastels and drawings. My keen eye for form and flair for color reveals the magic of the visual world of landscape, still life and the figure.

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Oil painting of night rooftops covered in snow

“Cozy and Warm”, oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″ If interested in purchase, click here

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Inside the studio on a cold gray day. Quick sketch Inside the studio on a cold gray day. Quick sketch in oil of a view outside the window
The warm up charcoal drawing came out better than The warm up charcoal drawing came out better than the oil painting I did afterwards. #drawing #figuredrawing #figuresketch #charcoaldrawing #artistsoninstagram #dojoremotestudio
Alla prima oil painting that got a little bit out Alla prima oil painting that got a little bit out of hand and then fell into my palette. #painting #oilpainting #figurepainting #allaprimapainting #dojoremotestudio
Work in progress. A first blocking in of major co Work in progress. A first blocking in of major  color shapes for a still life I'm working on. The hardest part it seems is choosing and arranging the objects. Took me days actually. #painting #oilpainting #stilllifepainting #art #artistsoninstagram
I decided to use oils yesterday at Atelier Dojo's I decided to use oils yesterday at Atelier Dojo's open figure studio and paint "alla prima" finishing it all in one go, using a lot of palette knife to keep the edges sharp. #oilpainting #painting #allaprima #allaprimapainting #figurepainting #dojoremotestudio #art #artistsoninstagram
I'm intrigued by the idea of painting an interior I'm intrigued by the idea of painting an interior with an exterior view. It's a little tricky because it is something a camera can't capture, only the human eye, which adjusts rapidly to changing light, can. This is a painting from several years ago attempting that but it's way too busy a composition so I'm thinking of painting it over. At least it can live forever on Instagram. #art #artistsoninstagram #painting #oilpainting #interiorart #stilllife
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