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Nantucket's Pacific House Nantucket Painting Ms Defiant Scrimshaw Tom painted on the Island of Nantucket
from 1985 to 1989. In the first two years he worked for James Hunt Barker. In
the later years he could be seen painted five different scenes on Main Street
all summer long. He was painting a canvas a day trying to learn his craft. He
has painted more than 800 Nantucket paintings. Heretofore he was classically
trained in portraiture from Ralph Wolfe Cowan, the world's greatest portrait
painter who has painted more royalty than any other living artist. It took two
seasons for Tom to master a en plein air manner. The greatest canvases were done
in the year 1987. Tom married Irene Moore in 1994 and only returned for several years sailing in from East Hampton. When his daughter was born the sails stopped. He hopes to return.
Main Street NantucketOil on cedar shingle,16" x 9"On a return visit to Nantucket Tom painted this. He spent four summers there painting on the street everyday. This was one of the scenes he painted often. The view is looking up Main street past the fountain in the middle of the road and the Pacific Bank at the top.
Sheep Farm, NantucketOil on canvas, June 1988, 10" x 8", availablePainted from life in the beginning of the season at the home of Kathleen Knight. This painting shows impressionistic impasto technique that Tom used until 1989. |
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