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Tom Lohre
Retrospective of Drawings & Paintings
September 3 to October 15, 2004
Openings
Friday, September 3, 2004, 5:30 to 10 PM
Friday, October 1, 2004, 5:30 to 10 PM
Gallery 636
636 Main Street
Covington Kentucky 41011
Carolyn Hanks, curator, 513-473-7065
Open by appointment
This show is part of the “First Friday Northern Kentucky Gallery Hop,” go to
http://www.nkyarthop.com on-line for further information.
Time: 6:00 pm - 10:00 PM
Location: Mainstrasse Village, Covington & Newport, KY
On the first Friday of every month from 6 to 10 PM, the galleries and shops of
Covington, Mainstrasse and Newport open their doors to the public. Walk between
16 different galleries featuring original art. There is a FREE TANK shuttle
between gallery locations. Outdoor musicians provide live music. Call
859-491-0458 for more info.
Show catalog
Click on small image to see larger image. E-mail
tom@tomlohre.com to be sent a larger image
or request a show catalog. The link to this on-line catalog is:
http://tomlohre.com/04show.htm. All
information believed correct but not guaranteed. All artwork prices are subject
to change without notice.
You can download the show catalog as a Adobe Acrobat PDF here:
http://tomlohre.com/04catalog.pdf
Paintings
All paintings include frame.
Delta Queen Impression, 40" x 30", $8,800
Colors: light orange yellow, violet blue, warm gray, blood red accent
Painted as a study for a same size oil painting, the final work was extremely
detailed and took a year to complete. This impressionist study was done with a
pallet knife. The color was removed and remixed until the over-all color was
correct. Link to the final painting by going to:
http://tomlohre.com/river&.htm.
Parrot, 18.5" x 40", oil on board, 1979, $1,200
Colors: Emerald blue, gray blue, red earth, olive green
This very early work was painted from life in a pet shop on Bleecker Street
in Greenwich Village, New York City. Tom work for several days in the pet shop
in very tight quarters. The painting is done on an old door made out of 1/4"
plywood harkening back to the days when Tom could not afford canvas and
stretchers.
Brook Shields, oil on canvas, 8" x 10", 1988, $300
Colors: red tan, deep pink, dark brown
Painted as an experiment in the theories of Leonardo Da Vinci, using the face
as a taking off point for two canvases, this one has Ms. Brook without makeup,
the second was the same face with the linear indications of the principals of
beauty laid down by Da Vinci.
Mike Finks Gets Robbed, 10" x 8", oil on canvas, May 16 1999, $300
Colors: green blue, lemon yellow accent, yellow green, blue gray
This work was done as a way to avoid common ideas. Tom let everyday events
guide his composition. Tom has painted this view of Mt. Adams many times and
this painting offered a new and rewarding alternative. Painted from life during
the Dunveneck Art Show just above Mike Fink's restaurant, the previous Monday
morning the restaurant was robbed and thieves made off with about $6000 leaving
about $300 in the safe they dropped on the highway. The police found the getaway
car and recovered the safe. Tom used an old photograph of Mike Fink's for the
composition with all the old houseboats on the dock from the time when his
family had a boat there.
Licking River, 16" x 12", oil on canvas, 1987, $1,200
Colors: Light violet blue, light yellow green, deep olive green, purple
accent
Painted from life, this painting represents the best of Tom's impressionist
manner which reached a peak in 1987. In a predictable way Tom’s feverish attack
on learning landscape painting by producing a canvas everyday, working outdoors
on location for two years paid off with 1987 being the peak of his impressionist
manner. Why it peaked and why he could not get back to this manner has puzzled
Tom ever since. His colors were driven by each other more than attention paid to
what the actual color was. It’s Tom’s belief that nature is a good point to take
off from but common sense is more important in creating meaningful and exciting
work.
Mike Fink Sunset, oil on canvas, 32" x 24", 1977, $2,700
Colors: deep yellow, dark olive green, gray violet, blood red accent
Painted from a postcard, Tom worked on the Mike Fink while in high school.
His job was to paint, fix holes in the hull and take out the trash. After
college he painted Mike Fink and sold it to the owner, Captain Beatty. Later Tom
traded for the painting from his heirs.
Esquire Theatre, Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 20" x 16", oil on board,
2003, $2000
Colors: cool gray, light red orange, orange, purple, black accents.
This work was painted from life on a warm fall day, the last warm day of the
year. Tom used a pallet knife to apply the oil paint on a 1/2" piece of plywood.
Tom was studying compositions with large color areas of similar color.
Still Life, 20" x 16", oil on canvas, 1984, $2,400
Colors: deep yellow green, orange, dark yellow, pink accents
This painting was done from life using French artist Fantin Latour's manner
as a stepping off point. Tom studied the French master’s work for the thin veil
of clear color over tinted canvas.
China Man, 10" x 8", oil on canvas, 2001, $300
Colors: bright green, bright blue, bright violet, blood red accent
This is the fourth version. The original was painted from life in the
Quanzhou Zoo. Tom and his wife frantically searched for a scene to paint on
their only day in old Canton. The streets around the hotel were all too crowded
but nothing attracted Tom. They decided to go to the local zoo but even there
nothing caught Tom's eye. Finally he was running out of time and started work
looking at a field of red callas being tilled by a caretaker. The area around
the callas contained the bird cages of the zoo. Tom had learned that many of the
early settlers of the area lived in caves and some of these aviaries looked like
caves. While he worked at a fever pitch Tom would hear all sorts of strange
animal sounds along with Chinese Opera piped over the loud speakers. Tom and his
wife stayed too long and were locked into the bird sanctuary. They had to climb
over the fence and rush to the gates to avoid being locked inside the closing
zoo. Link to the complete Asian Story by going to:
http://tomlohre.com/asia.htm.
Drawings
All drawings are single matted and sleeved in Mylar, no frame included. The
outside dimensions of all matt boards are 12" x 16". These drawings represent
the entire professional career of Tom Lohre. At least eight sketch books were
filled up before the first of these drawings were done. The early work was done
just after college nearly thirty years ago. The latest drawings were done in
2004.
Alien, 8" x 11.5", 1980, $50
Drawn as a study for a 4' x 7' oil painting, Tom had a dream about the alien
that was just like a movie. He still has not finished the painting. Link to the
Alien dream:
http://tomlohre.com/newpage31.htm.
Aquirre, 8" x 11.5", pencil on paper, 1978, $50
Ladies in Waiting, 8" x 12", pencil on paper, 1977, $50
The Prince, 8" x 11.5", pencil on paper, 1978, $50
These last three drawings were done just after Tom saw the movie "Agurrie the
Wrath of God." The movie is about the Spanish conquerors in South America. The
countesses were carried through the jungle on pallets. Tom was drawing everyday
for extended periods and created many sketch books studying composition, line
and shading.
Baby Boat, 4.5" x 6", pencil on paper, 1989, $25
Color: tan paper
This work was drawn while working on a portrait of a lady riding the Staten
Island Ferry. It is a casual work created with a complete mastery of immediate
and no turning back execution.
Emerald Isle Beach, NC, 11" x 8.5", pencil on paper, 2003, $150
The drawing shows the Buge Inlet Pier in the background with mother and
daughter in the foreground on the right. It was done on location from life.
Boat People III, 5.5" x 3.5", watercolor on paper, 1996, $75
Colors for all: deep navy blue, tan, gray, accent: flesh
This work was done while in the Bahamas with inspiration
from the people trying to get to America from Cuba. Instead of painting an open
boat with people enjoying themselves Tom opted for the dramatic ocean freedom
run. Onboard are a mother & baby, a girl who is seasick and two men, one at the
tiller and the other setting the sail, also a goat. These works are watercolors
applied over a finished sketch. The colors are placed boldly and with bravado.
The scene depicted reminded Tom of his many sailing adventures with five people
onboard a 26’ sailboat for days at a time.
Helen & Irene, 10.5" x 8.5", pencil on paper, 2003, $50
This work was sketched from life.
The Colonel Sleeps, 10" x 8", pencil on paper, 2001, $50
This work was drawn for a postcard mailed out to Tom's high school classmates
to announce a need to sign up for the high school reunion as soon as possible.
The mascot for the school is the Kentucky Colonel. Tom helped organize the
reunion and the class commissioned him to paint the Holy Family for the school.
Link to the painting:
http://tomlohre.com/jesus,.htm
Delta Queen I, 6" x 4.5", pencil on paper, 1990, $50
Color: tan paper
The work shows the Robeling Suspension Bridge in the background.
Delta Queen II, 6" x 4", pencil on paper, 1990, $50
Color: tan paper
Shows Cincinnati's Mount Adams in the background
Both drawn as studies for large oil painting of the Delta Queen, link to the
final painting by going to:
http://tomlohre.com/river&.htm.
The Ice Cream Store, 8.5" x 10.5", pencil on paper, 2003, $25
Sketched from life.
Evanswood Deer, 7" x 5", sepia watercolor on paper, 2001, $50
Color: light tan ink on beige paper.
Painted for the annual Fourth of July Block Party invitation, there is a bird
sanctuary that faces the street for about 100 feet. The sanctuary has about 150
paw paw trees. The deer harvest the paw paws by shaking the tree.
Family, 10" x 8", pencil on paper, 1991, $50
Drawn as a study for a possible silk-screen, Tom was experimenting with
creating large colorful silk-screen prints from drawings. Tom executed one such
work of a cat beside a pool with a lizard in his mouth.
Ferry, 6" x 4", pencil on paper, 1990, $25
Color: tan paper
The work was done as a study for a ladies portrait with her riding the Staten
Island Ferry. The work may be derived from a photograph.
Figaro, 10" x 8", ink on paper, 1987, $50
The work was drawn from life in the Figaro Cafe, New York City's Greenwich
Village. After spending many years working everyday with pencil and paper Tom
graduated to a fountain pen.
Pushcart, 7" x 5", watercolor on paper, 2001, $150
Color: tan
The pushcart is the circus floor for Tom’s small Art Machines. The Art
Machine Side Show takes place on top of the pushcart. The art pushcart is made
out of light materials and has an awning over the box’s top working surface. The
art pushcart rolls on four wheels and has a fourth leg that drops down next to
the fourth small wheel, a handle at one end helps push the cart. It is
colorfully painted with Circus Side Show type banners for the sides and may be
hooked to the flying bicycle in the future. The newest art machine is a Lego
robot driven by a laptop computer that views a scene through a camera and draws
it on paper using vision software imbedded in the Lego software. The complete
contraption will be used at local art fairs.
Painted for presentation and postcards for the Great Tomaso Show. Show
link:
http://tomlohre.com/thegreat2.htm. Postcards:
http://tomlohre.com/postcards.htm.
Doctor Fredericks Waiting Room, 10" x 8", pencil on tracing paper, 1998, $25
This work was done as a preliminary layout for a watercolor of the same size.
The painting was done as a retirement gift. All the people in the waiting room
are the doctor’s family.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 6" x 5", watercolor on paper, 1993, $50
Color: sky blue, green, green blue, violet
This work was painted as a study for a large oil painting that was started
from life from a high rise hotel room. The island in the distance is Mud Island
where the AA baseball team plays. The final painting has in the foreground
several of the most interesting roofs of Harrisburg.
Trixie's Delight II, 8.5" x 11", watercolor on paper, 1997, $50
Trixie's Delight III, 8.5" x 11", watercolor on paper, 1997, $50
This series of watercolors were the first ideas for a series of four
seven by seven foot oil on canvas murals that were placed in window boxes facing
the street for the exotic bar Trixie's Delight in Newport, Kentucky. The lady in
the paintings is the famous stripper Sally Rand. In the final paintings Tom did
portraits of popular patrons of the club sitting at tables as they would inside.
The paintings are done over light sketches copied in light green onto card stock
white paper.
Spanish Still Life, 8" x 10", pencil on paper, 1979, $75
Spanish Birds Nest, 8" x 12", pencil on paper, 1979, $75
Both of the these were sketched during a trip to Spain. Tom spent three
months in Europe traveling with a troupe of show dancers.
Old Shoes, 10" x 8", pencil on paper, 1989, $25
This work was sketched from life while painting Mount Saint Helens. Tom
traveled by hitch-hiking up from Los Angeles to be at the mountain four days
before it erupted. The loggers who befriended him commented on the fact that
their boots, “Havn’t been dry 2 weeks.”
South Street Seaport, 4" x 4.5", ink on tracing paper, 1994, $50
South Street Seaport, 6" x 4", watercolor on paper, 1994, $150
Color: light yellow, blue, gray
These two works were done as studies for a large oil painting of the seaport.
The final painting is the companion work to the final painting of the Delta
Queen Landing in Cincinnati. The impressionist work of the Delta Queen is
included in this show. A similar impressionist work was done for the seaport
painting. Link to the final painting:
http://tomlohre.com/seaport.htm.
Sailplane I, 10.5" x 8.5", pencil on paper, 2004, $25
These four drawings were done during a sailplane fly-in in Chilhowie,
Tennessee.
Sailplane II, 10.5" x 8.5", pencil on paper, 2004, $25
Sailplane III, 10.5" x 8.5", pencil on paper, 2004, $25
Sailplane I, 10.5" x 8.5", pencil on paper, 2004, $25
These four drawings were done during a sailplane fly-in in Chilhowee,
Tennessee. These drawings were done as a virtuoso effort. Completely free in
their execution the drawing evokes flight even though they were done by looking
at plane on the ground.
Nude, 5" x 7", pencil on paper, 1988, $25
This work was sketched as part of a presentation to copy a master work. Tom
has had several clients that were interested in him copying master works.
Laundry hanging in Mount Adams, Cincinnati, 4” x 6”, 1975, $150
Color: gay green, green, blue, accent: vermillion
This work was painted while in college. It was done from life. This is one of
the earliest works in Tom's collection. The idea came from a painting Tom grew
up with. It may have been painted by his grandfather.
Morgan 36', 4" x 6", watercolor on paper, 1975, $50
Colors: light gray green, blue violet, yellow accent
This work was painted from life on Lake Erie. Tom's father is at the helm
with his colorful shirt. Tom's family sailed this Morgan 36 for several years
starting in Miami and eventually sailing up the east coast taking the canal to
Lake Erie.
MacDougal Street, New York City, 5" x 7", ink on paper, 1989, $50
Color: tan paper
This view depicts Bob Dylan's home in Greenwich Village, New York City. Just
to the left is the theatre that preformed "The Fantastics" for over forty years.
Maggie I, 8.5" x 10.5", pencil on paper, 2003, $50
Maggie II, 8.5" x 10.5", pencil on paper, 2003, $50
These two sketches were done as studies for a formal portrait of Maggie. The
oil painting took nine months to complete. Link to the final painting by going
to: http://tomlohre.com/maggie.htm.
Apartment Building, Kinston, North Carolina, 10” x 8”, pencil on paper,
1995, $150
This work was sketched from life for Tom's wife. The apartment building was
her home while she lived in town. Several years ago it caught fire and burned to
the ground.
Emiko & Kato's Home in Chiba Japan, 10" x 8", pencil on paper, 1997, $150
Color: tan paper
This work was sketched from life. Tom and his wife Irene traveled to Chiba,
Japan as the first leg of their Asian holiday. They spent several days with
Irene's roommate from college. They were treated with exceptional hospitality.
Emiko and Kato live in the country on the Eastern peninsula of Tokyo Bay. Their
home was most charming. Tom & Irene spent their time sight seeing and eating the
most extraordinary foods. Emiko grilled fish on the stove as a snack and outside
an old lady worked the immaculate crops growing in the valley that butted up
against
Mother & Daughter at the Beach, 10" x 8.5", pencil on paper, 2004, $150
This work was sketched from life. It is the best of several sketches done in
quick succession. It’s Tom’s desire to sketch in this manner as one style and in
a more studied manner with lots of erasing and redrawing as another style.
Paris Interior, 8" x 11", pencil on paper, 1979, $25
Color: tan paper
This work was sketched from life in a Paris apartment. Tom later spent many
days painting a scene from out the window, Later he would work on a still life
where he slowly ate the fruit, cheese and meat since it was all he had to eat.
Eastern Indian Legend I, 6” x 4.5”, watercolor on paper, 1991, $80
Colors: tan green, light green, deep green, accent rainbow colors
Eastern Indian Legend I, 6” x 4.5”, watercolor on paper, 1991, $80
Colors: neon green, bright yellow, tan, accent rainbow colors
These two watercolors were done as a proposal to for a mural in an Indian
restaurant. The legends depicted are about an maidens, silk scarves and a
prince.
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