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The Work and Important Events
Still Life, Oil on canvas, 16" x 16", 1974, Property of Chuck Lohre
His first painting in earnest. A still life done in his room in his family
home. He had returned home after being offered a job at his father's business.
He moved from Lexington, Kentucky to Cincinnati after two years of college at
the University of Kentucky. The painting was a very detailed work but the
substrate was faulty and has started to peel.
Still Life, Acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30", 1974, Property of Thomas Lohre, senior, $400
Painted as a class work. His teacher Howard Storm arranged a mess of classroom
furniture into a pile and had his student paint it.
Mosquito in the Air, Acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30", Property of Susan Lohre
For some reason the teacher asked the class to paint a familiar thing in a
unfamiliar way and Tom choose to paint clouds looking straight up.
Clare E. Beatty, Oil on canvas, 36" x 24", 1975
Painted as a class work it was purchased by his father and became his first
sale. Tom had just finished learning how to paint in the classical manner from
his brother Chuck. Chuck & Tom had met Ralph Wolfe Cowan in a bar where he had
painted many full size classical portraits of famous celebrities. Later Chuck
worked for Mr. Cowan and taught Tom the techniques of classical painting. This
was Tom's first attempt at applying those techniques.
Linda, Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 1976, Property of Tim Kinduell
Tom's first commission. Linda was Tim's girlfriend and Tim was Tom's close
friend.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Northern Kentucky, Highland Heights, KY, 1973-76
Nude Man, Charcoal on paper, 30" x 40", 1976, Property of the Bloch Estate
This is a student work done during Tom's first years in New York City. He was
working on his figure drawing and since he lived on the gay street in town he
would finish by putting a huge dong on his figures and sell them on the
street! Bruce McGowan bought this drawing and he later gave it to Birdie
Bloch. In many ways it was this drawing that got Tom a foot hold in art in the
city.
Man with Horse, Copy of a Thomas Lawrence from the MET, Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 1977, Property of Susan Lohre
Merchant's Wife, Copy of a Thomas Lawrence from the MET, Oil on canvas, 1977,
Property of the Artist, Graphite stencil of the MET on back
Painted on location in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of Tom studies.
1977 News Release titled "There are some things money can't buy. Do you have a fantasy you have always wanted to experience? Maybe it is flying , living in another time, being somewhere else, or living in a foreign land. Most people will never live out their fantasies and even if they were affordable you can not turn back time or attach wings to your back. There are just some things that money can not buy. Until now! You can not use a camera in your mind. But your can describe your fantasy. You can tell how you felt, what your were doing, who was there, and where it all happened. Maybe after doing so the listener would get the picture. If you con only have a painting of your fantasy. A painting that has all the mood, excitement and mystery of the real thing. My name is Tom Lohre and ever since childhood I have wanted to paint the pictures in my head. But I could not do that until I could paint all that was around me and then learn to paint what I could not see as if it was real. Certainly a task that took many years. But those years are in the past and now I can offer you the reward of my labor as I have for many. Being Peter Pan, a Russian Cossack, an astronaut or floating down the grand canal in Venice are all fantasies I have painted for people who dreamed of being there. Now I can offer you the chance of being there too. We can begin work as soon as you call. Remember that the painting I do you for you will last for hundreds of years and after you and I have gone people will never know if it was real or not. So in a way you would have done the impossible.
78 Income $5,000
Jaws, Oil on board, 36" x 24", 1976, Sold to Randy Lohre at auction for $20
Elizabeth Cannon as Marchesa Durazo, Copy from the MET, Oil on canvas, 24" x
30", January 15th,1978, Property of Classical Glass
Second Place in Painting, Summer Fair, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1978
Elizabeth Taylor, Oil on canvas, 16"X 20", 1977, Property of Bob Martin
Painted as a example of achieving a likeness. Tom had studied under famous
portrait painter Ralph Wolf Cowan and applied his technique in this portrait.
It is painted on gray vinyl a surface Mr. Cowan loved to paint on because of
its smooth surface and inability to absorb oil.
Birdie Bloch, Oil on canvas, 36"X 24", 1977, Property of the Bloch Family
A remembrance of things past, Mrs. Bloch used to spend the Summers at this
resort on Long Island and when see met Tom she commissioned a portrait of
those memories. Painted shortly after Bruce McGowan, Birdie took a liking to
the painter and it was the start of many years of friendship. Birdie on a
regular basis would commission new works. She held a famous salon and
entertained many notable New Yorkers.
John Vincent, Oil on canvas, 30"X 24", February 19th,1978, Owner unknown
Painted as Tom 's first commission in New York City. He painted the work for
ten French apple pies! The painting was later exhibited at the Axis Gallery in
Soho and shortly afterwards Steve Martin was seen appearing on the cover of
New York Magazine with a fish coming out of his jacket. John was from a
fishing village in France and to illustrate his attachment to his home country
he agreed to embrace the fish. Later he cook it and we ate it!
Leslie Harlip Brushing for Bucks Village Voice 3/6 1978
Bob Martin, Oil canvas, August 1978, Property of Bob Martin,
Painted as one of the first fantasy portraits. Bob was always a fan of the
movie 2001 Space Odyssey and commissioned a portrait of him in the capsule of
the escape spacecraft.
James Kinduell, Oil on canvas, September 1978
Greek Wedding June 78 $50
Mike Fink's Restaurant, Oil on canvas, 1978, 28" x 18", Valued at $2,400,
Property of the artist, Sold to Captain Beatty, June 3rd, 1979
Painted in New York City as a sort of home sick piece. Tom grew up on the Ohio
River and worked on this stern wheeler converted into a restaurant. His job
was to replace the light bulbs, take out the trash, paint and tend to the
diesel engines that supplied the power. His boss was a old black man who had
spent his life working for the owner of the restaurant. The owner was
legendary river man John Beatty. Beatty had various jobs on the river from
piloting logs rafts down river to floating restaurants. His father did all the
same things his son did but John wanted to best his dad and consequently far
exceeded his father. His father had a hot dog stand on the river so John had
two of the biggest and best converted stern wheeler restaurants on the Ohio
River. His father had a small harbor service and John had a company that ran
all the harbor service for Cincinnati.
The painting shows the floating restaurant from a vantage point above it. In
the foreground is some river brush and from it the ramps that lead to the
steamboat. You see the front of the stern wheeler with a light coming from the
kitchen. In the restaurant itself you can see small table lights. The sun is
setting and through the light is the silhouette of the famous John Robeling
Bridge. Built in 1860, it is the center piece of the river between Covington,
Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio.
The impetus for the for the painting came from a postcard. Later Tom
discovered that he did not have the boat sitting properly in the water.
Although no one has pointed it out it shows the intimate nature between the
artist and his work.
United Press International Master's painting your face Cincinnati Post 8/25
1978
Bob Martin, Oil on canvas, 30" x 30", August 1978, Property of Bob Martin,
Paid $150, Comparable at $4,000
Lloyd Fienberg 78 $1,200
Lloyd & Didi Harris
Lionel Larner December 78 $800
Article in Cinti Post about painting old masters, November 2nd, 1978
Jock Itch Jan, Oil canvas, January 1st, 1979, Property of Jerry Ragni Estate,
Sold for $750
Alex
1979 News Release
A spirited, skillful young man with unexpected ideas. Tom is no new comer to
the art world. Tom explains: "The world is in need of new translations of
ancient feelings. The desire of man to believe that there was a first time for
all feelings require new expressions and symbols for the environment man lives
in today. It is these inner feelings. these ancient emotions, that need to be
reiterated using the symbolism of Today."
Through the surface and content of his work, a mythical display of emotion is
recorded. capturing the sparkle of reality and the subtle difference between
representation and presence. Tom says," Questions are posed in reality.
Answers are revealed in dreams.
Kaku, Oil on canvas, 24" x 24", January 23rd, 1979, Owner unknown
Sharon as the Nine of Wands, Oil on canvas, 48" x 72", January 1979, Property
of Charles Lohre, Valued at $7,000
Asueque Basaran (unfinished), Oil on canvas, February 1st, 1979
The Deal, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20", February 4th, 1979, Property of Steve
Lohre
Bernie & Ellen, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20", February 11th, 1979, Property of
Bernie Block
John Travolta, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", February 18th, 1979, Property of
Larry Tee
Peter Frampton, Oil on canvas, 36" x 36", February 25th, 1979, Property of
George DuBose
Group Show, Axis Gallery, New York, N.Y., Soho
Freeman Family, Oil on canvas, 36" x 48", Property of the Freeman Family
Descent of the Female Anima, 48" x 72", March 1st, 1979, Property of John
Powell
Superman, Oil on Mylar, 6' kite, March 4th, 1979
Louise & Cats, Oil on canvas, 48" x 48", April 1st, 1979, Property of Louise
Rocquelle
Bruce McGowan, Oil on canvas, 16"X 20", 1977, Property of the McGowan Family
Painted in New York City as a commission, Bruce was a fashion designer and he
had his own fantasy of life in his home mountains of the Berkshires.
United Press International Article, "Master's painting-your face", Cincinnati,
Post,8/25/1978
Nude Woman, Copy of Corot, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", April 15th, 1979,
Property of Steve Lohre
Painted on location in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of Tom studies.
The painting was later giving to Mr. Schaffner of Kentucky by Mrs. Thomas G.
Lohre as part payment of her divorce papers. Later Mr. Schaffner put the
painting in the trash and his next door neighbor Steve Lohre pick it out of
the trash and it was properly identified by Tom as the copy he made in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Self Portrait, Oil on Mylar, April 22nd, 1979
Agi & Vanessa Briely, Oil on canvas, 30" x 30"", May 1st, 1979, Sold to the
Briely Family for a Acoustic guitar
Rudy the Cat, Oil on canvas, May 1st, 1979
Freeman Family, Oil on canvas, May 2nd, 1979
Bearsville Cadillac, Oil on board, 14" x 11", May 6th, 1979,
Bearsville Pay Phone, Oil on board, May 6th, 1979, Whereabouts unknown
Woodstock Stonewall, Oil on board, 14" x 11", May 6th, 1979, Property of the
Artist
Woodstock Landscape, Oil on board, 10" x 8", May 6th, 1979, Whereabouts
unknown
Zora Party Mural, Poster paint on paper table cloth, May 13th, 1979, Property
of Rasumssen Family
Ann Marie, Oil on canvas, 18" x 24", May 1979, Gradis, Property of Ann Marie
Holesek Bianci
Marie Claude Stockl, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", May 15th, 1979, Painted in
exchange for a Cocktail reception,
Einstein, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", 1979, Whereabouts unknown
Central Park, Oil on canvas, June 12th, 1979
Varsha, June 14th, 1979, Rakesh Puri
Duey's Girlfriend, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", June 20th, 1979, Commissioned by
Duey Peluso
Jim Kinduell, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", July 1st, 1979, Property of Kinduell
Family
Peter Saint John & Sister Wendy, Oil on canvas, Oval, July 1st, 1979
The Who, Oil on canvas, 48" x 36", August 1st, 1979, Stolen
Took train to Washington and met Patty Gordon.
Hiroshima mon Amore, Oil on canvas, 36" x 48", August 8th, 1979, Sold for
$800, Valued today at $6,000
Painted as a fantasy created by the artist.
Burni Cohen, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", August 1979, Property of Burni Cohen
Paris Street October 78
French Still Life October 78 $150 Geneva
Lewandoski 78 Lewandoski $200
Lisa Menelli, Oil on canvas, 48" x 36", September 1st, 1979, Valued at $2000,
Whereabouts unknown
King Kong Panorama, Oil on canvas, 20' x 9', September 2nd, 1979, $650,
Whereabouts unknown
Wall, Oil on canvas, September 2nd, 1979, Whereabouts unknown
Susan Chang, September 3rd, 1979, $50
Ian, September 4th, 1979, $30
Pace, September 5th, 1979, $50
John Higginson "Dancer", Oil on canvas, 18" x 24", October 2nd, 1979, $150
November 23rd, 1979, Ed Hicks recital
Fly to Los Angeles
RW Cowan and Tom shared their last dime in NYC, May 11th, 1980
Fresno Slue, 20" x 16", May 13th, 1980, Property of the Burton Family
Painted during the hitchhike to Mt. Saint Helens. Tom stopped at his Aunt and
Uncles home in Fresno and spent the night. It was only five days later that
the mountain exploded.
Washington Valley, Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9", May 14th, 1980, Valued at
$300, Whereabouts unknown
Mt. St. Helens from West Point Mt., Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9", May 16th,
1980, Valued at $900, Whereabouts unknown
Spirit Lake, Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9", May 17th, 1980, Valued at $ 900,
Whereabouts unknown
Tom arrived at Chelachie Prairie just two days before the explosion. His last
ride was a logger out of Portland. The driver, Dave, made a stop at his bosses
house because he wanted a draw on his salary. The column on his car had been
broken and he had to hold the steering wheel out straight the whole time to
keep the car on the road. He was living in a small three apartment complex
just North of the ranger station and East of the Chelachie Prairie quick
store. The next day Tom worked on a watercolor of Spirit lake. The next day,
Saturday, he planned on working on this watercolor. Tom, Dave and the guys
spent the night partying because the next day way off. During the evening he
drew a mural on one of the walls in the apartment. The men who made up the
loggers were mostly influenced by bike magazines and Playboy. They were a
rough group but Tom felt safe with them.
Mt Saint Helens, Eruption I, From Tum Tum Mt., Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9",
Noon, May 18th, 1980, Valued at $1,200, Property of the artist
On Sunday after a night of partying because Sunday was a free day Tom slowly
woke up around eight in the morning. Looking outside the sky was cloudy. It
was not suppose to be cloudy and after a little thinking everybody realized
that the mountain had exploded. Everybody piled into the car and made out for
West Point about 27 miles to the South of the exploding Mountain. From that
point Tom worked the rest of the day painting four watercolor as fast as he
could.
Mt Saint Helens Eruption II, From Tum Tum Mt., Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9",
2:30 pm, May 18th, 1980, Valued at $1,200, Whereabouts unknown
The mountain plume leveled out during the day.
Mt. Saint Helens Eruption III, From Tum Tum Mt., Watercolor on paper, 12" x
9", 4:30 pm, May 18th, 1980, Valued at $900, Whereabouts unknown
Painted later during day during the still exploding Volcano.
Mt. Saint Helens Eruption IV, From Tum Tum Mt., Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9",
7:30 pm, May 18th, 1980, Valued at $900, Whereabouts unknown
Water Cooler, LA
Newspaper Stands, LA, Oil on canvas, 14" x 10", May 1980, Valued at $400
Orange Slices, LA, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", May 1980, Valued at $400
Show at Burkart the Artist's Gallery, Madison Ave. Covington, Kentucky, "Tom
Lohre's Mt. St. Helens Watercolors", July 1980
Jan Thompson, co-anchor on WCPO Magazine story on Tom Lohre's trip to paint
Mt. St. Helens, Friday, July 18th 1980
Alan Tucker writer, "Artist Depicts Fury, Beauty of Mt. St. Helens", Kentucky
Post 7/23 1980
Saw Dad, January 14th, 1981 in Florida
12 to 30 ... the Mystery Years or the Newer Testament, play performed in Peter
Saint John's Backyard, August 9th, 1980
The Reapers, Copy from Millet at the CAM, 16" x 20", Valued at $500, Property
of Beverly Klyce
Young Woman with Grandmother's Face, Latour Copy from the CAM, 12" x 16",
Valued at $900, Property of Susan Lohre
Painted as a student work working from the original. After completing the
dress and background, Tom took the painting to his studio and painted his
grandmothers face in place of the young girl. Tom painted his grandmother as a
woman of 75. She always liked that particular painting in the Museum.
Bose Painting Contract, January 1st, 1981
Flew to LA from Newark, January 17th, 1981
Train ride to Washington, January 21st, 1981, met Patty Gordon
Letter from MOMA, January 23rd, 1981
Carnegie show contract, January 27th, 1981
February 2nd, 1981, check from Lohre & Associates for making coal models
February 5th, 1981, Saturn encounter, Letter received from New York Mayor
March 26th, 1981, Letter from Heavy Metal
George Chandis, Oil on canvas, 5' x 5', April 2nd, 1981, $1,800, Property of
George Chandis Senior
George was a entrepreneur in Atlanta. He brought Tom down to Atlanta to have
him lived at his estate while he painted his portrait. Around George are all
the things he loved. Even a the painting in the background is a another
painting by. Tom lived on the estate of the owner for a month while he
completed the work. It was at the time the largest work he had done. Just
before arriving he had spend several weeks in Titusville, Florida painting the
first space shuttle launch.
Master Pollack, Oil on canvas, 12" x 16", 1981, Property of the Pollack
family
Painted at the same time did was working on a large commission in Atlanta. It
was a project that Tom sought to exceed his capabilities. He spend long hours
rendering the various aspects of the painting. He attempted to show the little
boy in a manner he often could be seen doing.
Space Shuttle on Launch Pad, Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", April 4th, 1981,
Property of Chuck Lohre, Valued at $2,400
Painted from life under armed guard 200' from the space shuttle.
Space Shuttle Launch, Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", April 4th, 1981, Whereabouts
unknown, Comparable at $900
Kennedy Space Center Press Observation Stands, Oil on canvas, 30" x 24", April
1981, Sold to Coco Beach Electronic Supplier for $800
Show at Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky, June 22nd to July 31st,
1981
Paintings shown: Shuttle on Pad, Shuttle Launch, Hiroshima mon Amour, Descent
of the Female Anima, Albert Einstein, Woodstock Landscape, Bearsville
Cadillac, John Travolta, Woodstock Wall, Bearsville Pay Phone, Kaku. Owen
Findsen, art critic for the Cincinnati Enquirer wrote article called, "Lohre
Mixes Art, People and Fantasy" in the June 28th, 1981 issue.
Sheri Wager, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", July 1981
Paul Seta, Oil on canvas, July 1981
Matt Seta, Oil on canvas, July 1981
Peggy Grace Lohre Buried, July 17th, 1981
Saturn, Oil on canvas, 5' x 5', unfinished, August 28th, 1981, $2,000
Traveled to JPL with press credentials from WAIF radio.
Pisces, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", For exchange of lodging during JPL encounter
May 20th, 1982 Flew from NYC to Cinti
May 27th, 1982 Purchased van from Marty Buckow
Show in Atlanta at Nassau Visions Gallery, May 4th to June 5th 1982, Met
Annette Ramsey
Mitch Fagan 82
Fish 82, Mitch Fagan
Connie Eberhart
Mr. & Mrs. Herb Field, Oil on vinyl, 30" x 24", August 14th, 1982, $800
Bose Children, Oil on canvas, 30" x 24", August 15th, 1982, Sold for $200,
Valued at $2,000
Painted while Tom was working for his mentor, Ralph Wolfe Cowan in Palm Beach.
He took the photographs down on the pier in New York City just below his home
there. The flash combined with the sunset started what would be one of his
greatest paintings. Even with the children in sweaters and sweat shirts the
painting triumphed over all. The manner is quite straightforward using the old
master techniques of his master.
September 6th, 1982 court date for speeding Puri to his wedding
September 13th, 1982 started working for Ralph Wolfe Cowan
December 1st, 1982 Flew to NYC from Palm Beach
February 7th, 1983 met Catie Carney
Patty Gordon & Family, February 1983, 30" x 40", $675
March 22nd, 1983 retouched Johnny Mathis's portrait in Hollywood for $250
April 8th, 1983 in Atlanta
April 11th, 1983 First meeting with Father in ten years
April 17th 1983 on the bee line hwy
May 1st, 1983 Painted van in Cincinnati
Mr. Vaswani, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", May 22nd, 1983, $300, gift to Mr.
Vaswani by Mr. Bose
Bear Bryant, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", Sold May 10th, 1983 to Wayne Shaffer
for $100, Comparable today at $1000
Rhett & Todd (Taurus & Aries), 48" x 60", 1983, Property of the artist,
$3,400
Tom painted two such portraits for Rhett. Rhett Fire was a popular man about
town in the late 80's. For this painting he choose one of his boy friends and
the composition was formed around the astrology signs of the sitters. Later
Rhett was one of the first men to contract aids in the city and the painting
returned to the artist.
Mr. & Mrs. Herb Field August 83 $800
Flew from PB to Atlanta to see Annette
Mrs. Jane Berning, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", August 2nd, 1983, Property of
Jane Berning, Comparable at $6,000
Painted during Tom's stay in Palm Beach working for his mentor Ralph Wolfe
Cowan. The work is very much like his masters work. Mrs. Berning lived down
the street from Tom when he was a child and he and his brother met them as
children when they were flying their model airplanes across the street from
their home. While Tom was on the street in Palm Beach he again met the
Bernings and that spawned the commission. More because of his famous boss than
admiration of Tom. Later he did many paintings for the Bernings and they
became major patrons.
In the painting Tom included a large broach, in the manner of his mentor, that
Mrs. Berning did not own. They make the joke that the second wife will be
looking for the broach! The statue in the painting is part of the famous
fountain in downtown Cincinnati. This painting is a excellent example of a mix
between Tom's style and his mentors, "Ralph Wolfe Cowan."
Paid with check August 2nd, 1983.
Living with Catie Carney, August 18th, 1983
Master Colin McIntosh, 24" x 30", Oil on canvas, Fall 1983, Valued at $2,400,
Property of McIntosh Estate
Painted while Tom was finishing his assistant job with celebrity and royal
portrait painter, Ralph Wolf Cowan. Tom meet the McIntosh Family while working
as the artist in residence for the James Hunt Barker Galleries of Palm Beach,
New York and Nantucket.
Mrs. Charlie Jewtraw, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", August 31st & September 6th
1983 $50 check, $100 check December 14th,1983
Flew to NYC and back September 18th, 1983
Had booth space in Boca Raton, October 10th, 1983. Worked on changing Solomon
painting.
Mr. King, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", October 20th, 1983
Miya & Stephen Lassiter Commission, November 25th, 1983, $50
May 12th, 1984 brother Chuck gets married
Chuck & Janet's portrait, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", Valued at $2000, Property
of Lohre Family
Jupiter Art Class, $100 check, January 16th, 1984
Arrived in Nantucket
Check from Catherine Greeff for $125, August 9th, 1984
Show at Barker Gallery in Nantucket, August 18th, 1984
Spent Fall in NYC, went to Florida for third season.
McIntosh Family, Oil on canvas, 48" x 48", Winter 1985, Property of McIntosh
Family, Valued at $10,000
Painted in a formal manner while staying in their guest house on their Palm
Beach Estate. Tom spent a lot of time playing with their middle son Hunter.
The family made themselves available to him and he worked continually until
the work was done. Being that the beach was just down the road they sought
that area as a staging for the painting. Tom would bring in various pieces of
the foliage into the studio to paint from. The clothes were put on a dummy he
made out of chicken wire. Since then he has made models out of chicken wire
quite often.
Michael McIntosh, Oil on canvas, 40" x 30", Spring 1985, Property of the
McIntosh Family, Valued at $5,000
Soothsayer 85
Robert Isler's Mother April 85 16X20 $150
Flew to Palm Beach to drive Barker truck to Nantucket, May 1st, 1985
Wateau Copy, Charcoal on paper, 8" x 10", May 6th, 1985, Property of Ortiz
Aquilar
Miss Polan, Oil on canvas, 36" x 24", May 17th, 1985
Second Summer in Nantucket, June 6th, 1985.
Margaret with Son in Winslow Homer's Breezing Up, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12",
August 8th, 1985, Property of Margaret Battle and Dick Scaife
Reverse Still Life, Oil on Mylar, 12" x 16", Painted in NYC, Valued at $200,
Sold to Chuck Lohre at auction for $12
Flowers with clear squat round glass vase with corner of table in lower right
hand corner, Latour copy, Painted in Nantucket, Oil on Mylar, 16" x 12",
Valued at $750, Property of Susan Lohre
Jeep, Started in Nantucket and finished in Cincinnati, Oil on canvas, 20" x
16"", September 5th, 1985, Property of Steve Lohre
Tom wanted to duplicate the great men in a row boat paintings in a modern way.
He chose a Jeep and painted it riding the dunes like a boat. Later he painted
his brother riding in it. He painted it in the Fall in Nantucket after all the
tourists had left. It was his second year of artist in residence for Tom at
the James Hunt barker Galleries.
Nuttle Family 85 Philip Nuttle
Ferry 85 Philip Nuttle
Eastern Shore Lunch 85 Chris
Brook Shields, Oil on canvas, 8" x 10", 1985, Property of the artist, Valued
at $200
Brook Shields Reverse Color 85
Da Vinci's Brook Shields 85
Nantucket Still Life, Oil on canvas, 1985
Nantucket Breakfast 85 Cindy List
Nantucket Breakfast II, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 1985, Property of Chuck
Lohre
One of a series of still life paintings done in his attic bedroom in the James
Hunt Barker Gallery in Nantucket. This was Tom's first Summer in Nantucket and
he spent his day running the gallery and painting at night. He had done some
similar very successful still life's in Europe and this series look a lot like
those. He painted on white canvas that had been painted with a colored varnish
of polyurethane. It gives the paintings a very old look.
Seven Mile Road Nantucket, Oil on canvas, 1985 Nantucket, Carl Bankemper
Nantucket Loves Liberty on Widow's Walk, Silkscreen on glass, 12" x 16",
Spring 1985, Edition of 20
Nantucket Loves Liberty in Harbor, Silkscreen on glass, 12" x 16", Spring
1985, Edition of 20
Man Leaning in Boat, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1984 Nantucket, Owner unknown
George Rowing in Boat, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1984 Nantucket, Property of
Patty Wilson, NYC
Captain Eagle's Pond. Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 1984 Nantucket, Property of
Susan Lohre, Valued at $1,200
Painted as a redention of past masterpieces. Tom would select a old master
painting and then find a place in Nantucket where he could paint a new scene
using the old composition and color.
Nantucket Farm, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1985 Nantucket, Owner unknown
Painted Cement Doggie, Oil on cement, Fall 1985, Property of Antique Store
Mary Lohre, Oil on canvas, 24" x 3", Property of the artist
Painted while Mary was working at the Devou Golf Course next to her home. It
shows her on the balcony serving lunch.
First art auction in St. Louis, November 28th, 1985
Drove through a snow storm on Christmas eve from NYC to Cincinnati. Brought
air pressure pallet and learned of the Uranus encounter while at the
Observatory.
Valley Forge
The Gaunlet, Oil on canvas using spider palette, 16" x 126", Fall 1985,
Property of the artist, Valued at $200
January 20th, 1986 driving from Palm Beach to NYC.
Uranus encounter January 21st, 1986, stayed with Patty Gordon. Developed
portable air pressure pallet.
"Painting model of Voyager 2", 1986, Los Angeles Times, Photograph by Penni
Gladstone
Voyager II over Uranus with Moons, Oil on canvas using auto pallet, 20" x 16",
1986, Property of Chuck Lohre, Valued at $750
Voyager II over Uranus at Miranda, Oil on canvas using auto pallet, 20" x 16",
1986, Property of Chuck Lohre
Voyager II over Uranus, Oil on canvas using auto palette, 8" x 10"", 1986,
Property of Chuck Lohre for $16 at auction
Voyager II at Uranus with Nude Couple Playing Record, Oil on canvas using auto
palette, 16" x 12", 1986, Property of the artists, Valued at $300
Kris's Cat, Oil on canvas using auto palette, 8" x 10", Valued at $300,
Property of Kris Wolf
Tom traveled to San Francisco and stayed with Kris Wolf after the Uranus
encounter. There he painted her cat.
Canyon, Oil on canvas, 36" x 24", Property of Pat & Jim Stafford
This is a painting that Tom's grandmother started and Tom finished while he
was visiting his Aunt and Uncle in Grand Junction.
Pet Cemetary Illustration, Oil on canvas, 8" x 10", Whereabouts unknown
While staying with Chuck Lohre on McMillian while in Cincinnati in the Spring,
Tom received a commission to copy the cover of a Steven King Novel.
Berning Garden, Oil on canvas using auto palette, 16" x 12", Valued at $750,
Property of Berning Family
Uranus and USS Enterprise, Oil on canvas using auto palette, 20" x 16", Valued
at $300, Sold to Tom Hawkins at auction for $21
Saturn with Moon, Oil on canvas. 10" x 8", 1992, Spring 1986, Valued at $300,
Whereabouts unknown
Uranus, USS Enterprise & Kincon Warbird, Oil on canvas using auto palette, 8"
x 10", Spring 1986, Valued at $300, Whereabouts unknown
Begining of 4th season in Palm Beach, January 31st, 1986.
Drove from Cincinnati to Palm Beach, March 10th, 1986 to drive van to
Nantucket.
Off Shore boat, Oil on canvas using spider palette, 24" x 20", Winter 1986,
Property of Steve Lohre
Painted with Tom's painting machine during his last Winter in Palm Beach as
artist in residence for the James Hunt Barker Galleries. Tom spent the Winter
studying and painting the ocean from the boardwalk of Palm Beach. Mostly he
painted the waves crashing on the beach but this time he painted a sailboat
that sometimes would the shore.
Drug Dealer Off Florida, Oil on canvas using spider palette, 20" x 16", Winter
1986, Property of Larry of Atlanta
Painted as a drug deal gone bad at sea with the blue light of the DEA
helicopter shining down.
Catie In Chair, Oil on canvas using spider palette, 20" x 16", Winter 1986,
Property of the artist, Valued at $750
Painted in a hotel room during one of Tom's visits to Palm Beach.
Drove Barker truck to Nantucket, April 1st, 1986. Later flew from NYC to Palm
Beach to pick up van. Then drove to Marathon to see Dad, May 15th, 1986.
Started 3rd season in Nantucket on June 6th, 1986; Pacific Club dues expire on
June 30th and 5th season in Palm Beach on January 1st, 1987
Chester's Home Party, Unfinished, Oil on canvas using spider palette, 24" x
20", August 9th, 1986, Property of the artist, Valued at $200
Kentucky, Oil on canvas using spider palette, 24" x 20", August 10th, 1986,
Valued at $600, Sold to Rick Guakel at auction for $15
Kentucky, Oil on canvas using spider palette, 24" x 20", August 11th, 1986,
Property of the artist, Valued at $600
Lohre Home, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", January 19th, 1987, Property of the
artist, Valued at $400
Painted as a example of his new found impressionistic style.
Greg Herthel, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", Valued at $2,400, Property of Linda
Brown
Rick Herthel, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", Valued at $2,400, Property of Linda
Brown
Boothe Portrait, Second version worked on
Main Straus Fountain II, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", January 21st, 1987, Property
of Chuck Lohre for $20
Covington Tower, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", January 21st, 1987, Valued at $300,
Sold to Chuck Lohre at auction for $10
The weather was too cold to paint outside which prompted me to paint from
photographs. I had painted many scenes of Cincinnati and wanted to explore
Kentucky. I had painted a very par.:)Popular scene in Nantucket over and over
again, and wanted to find just such a scene for Covington. In Cincinnati,
"Fountain Square" fills my qualifications of a very popular & successfully
image to be painted. In fact, I recommend students paint the Fountain at the
Fountain, sell the work there and work on improving their skills while on the
job'.
Fancy Grocery Store, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", Winter 1987, Property of the
artist, Valued at $650
One winter in New York before going to Florida, I painted a series of works
from inside various shops in the West Village. It was too cold to work
outside. One such work is "Village Fancy Groceries."
Uncle Jerry Lohre, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", February 10th, 1987, Property of
Steve Lohre, Valued at $750
Uncle Jerry, he was still living in the home he had built.
Traveled to Palm Beach stopping at Chester Salisbury's
Kim Sargent Painting the Town Palm Beach Daily 3/25 1987
Breakers Hotel, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", March 1987, Valued at $1000,
Property of Randy Lohre
Breakers Hotel I, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", March 1887, Valued at $300,
Whereabouts unknown
Breakers Hotel II, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", March 1887, Valued at $300,
Whereabouts unknown
Breakers Hotel III, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", March 1887, Valued at $300,
Whereabouts unknown
Sloppy Joe's I, Oil on canvas, March 25th, 1987, Property of Chuck Lohre
This is Mr. Lohre's best small impressionistic oil done on location. For many
years Tom painted everyday on location. This painting is the culmination of
that experience. He started because he wanted to learn and he left it because
he had learned all that he could, outside. Now he paints in a combined manner
of outside in the beginning and in the studio to finish, not allowing the
weather or the time needed to interfere with producing the best possible work.
The stippled surface was on the orginal was caused by placing the painting
against a bank of cocktail straws. Some of the paint went into the straws and
he used that paint to produce several duplicates. At the time , he was
experimenting with duplicating oil paintings. One such experiment was to load
a bank of of cocktail straws with paint and then squeeze them onto mutiple
canvases. The problem was that even a 8 x 10 inch canvas had hundreds of
straws and he could not develope a way of squeezing out an exact amount. For
many years Tom experimented in many various ways but in the end he gave up all
experimenting because it was not a major part of his talent. To reproduce it
would be a violation of his talent.
Sloppy Joe's II, Oil on canvas, March 25th, 1987, Property of Anette Ramsey
Sloppy Joe's III, Oil on canvas, March 25th, 1987, Property of the artist
Sloppy Joe's IV, Oil on canvas, March 25th, 1987, Property of the artist
This series of paintings are Tom's best small impressionistic oil done on
location. Placing the painting against a bank of cocktail straws caused the
stippled surface. Some of the paint went into the straws and I used that
paint to produce several duplicates. At the time, I was experimenting with
duplicating oil paintings. One such experiment was to load a bank of cocktail
straws with paint and then squeeze them onto multiple canvases. The problem
was that even a E3 X 10 inch canvas had hundreds of straws and I could not
load them all before the paint dried' Also I could not develop a way of
squeezing out an exact amount.
Coney Island, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", Spring, 1987, Valued at $900, Sold to
Chuck Lohre at auction for $30
Observatory, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", Spring, 1987, $600, Property of Chuck
Lohre
This painting was done from life in the fall of 1987 after my return from a
summer of painting in Nantucket. There, I had great success-with this style
of outdoor painting. The canvas is created in one day. I start with
stretching the canvas and deciding the composition the night before. Most of
the times I start around noon, find a spot, set up and paint till about five
O’clock, larger canvases might take more than one day. The more I work in
this manner the more I feel that time spent is less and less important. I
want to complete the best possible work. The overriding constraint is that
the surface must appear flawless which means it has to be done in one motion.
These days I put paintings in the freezer to maintain that surface quality.
Overlook, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", Spring, 1987, Property of Chuck Lohre for
$30
Licking River, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", Spring, 1987, Property of Mary Lohre
for $7
Covington, Kentucky's Suspension Bridge, Oil on canvas, 36"X 24", Spring 1987,
Property of the Brown Family; Valued at $3,600
The painting is a long view of the famous suspension bridge between Covington,
Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, built by John Robeling in 1860 as scene from
Cincinnati. To the left you can see, across the river, the floating restaurant
Mike Finks's looking like a working sternwheeler. Just above the steamboat are
the two stone homes that John Robeling built for himself and his engineer.
Just to the right of the homes is a modern home owned by Lawyer, Pat Flannery.
Tom set up his canvas on the Ohio side of the river for two weeks to get this
painting. He was right below where the bums hung out but never actually talked
with them. Since completion, this part of the river bank has been cleared and
a landing for a party boat has been erected. Across the river is the "Mike
Fink's" where Tom worked as a boy swabbing the deck and emptying the trash for
the restaurant. The two buildings in yellow gray stone were built for John
Robeling and his engineer when he was building the Suspension Bridge. Tom
painted this canvas as a commission for Linda Brown. She had always wanted a
painting of the bridge during the day and the night. Tom just recently
finished a night scene of the bridge for her, using "Tall Stacks" 1995 for a
backdrop.
Mike Fink's, Oil on canvas, 4' x 3', Spring 1987, Sold to Annalisa for $75
Nantucket Main Street, 20" x 16", August 20th, 1987, Property of the Artist,
Valued at $900
This painting was done during his second season of Main Street painting in
Nantucket. He really used the street to learn. He discovered the tunnel vision
composition needed to create a successful painting. In the beginning he would
sell them for low prices and slowly learned on the job. Up to that point he
was painting studio oils and found that he could not go through enough ideas
fast enough to learn nor sell enough to justify the time. Using a four color
palette, he was able to focus his attention on color. He had four tubes
screwed into a small palette and would squeeze out just what he needed. He
used three colors that approximated process colors and white. Later he learned
that at least the basic colors: alizarin crimson, bright red, windsor yellow,
windsor blue, ultramarine blue and windsor violet in the Windsor Newton line
of colors are needed to mix a complete pallette. He looks forward to mixing
color chemically whenever possible and avoid mixing color on the palette
Main Street Nantucket, 24"X 20", Summer 1987, Property of the Artist, Valued
at $2,400
After a stint at working for his mentor in Palm Beach, Tom started his circuit
from Palm Beach in the Winter to Nantucket in the Summer. After three years of
trying to find himself, he mastered the "en plein air" painting style of
painting. To prefect his coloring and composition he painted on the street
everyday finishing a canvas a day of the famous fountain on Main Street. This
view was what he considered the best and ten days on this canvas. He was lucky
no one purchased this example. Out of the over three hundred canvases done
over three years of daily painting he would not sell this one. He feels that
the colors are those of death and that is the reason it did not sell. He still
considers it the best view the island has to offer.
Washington Square Arch Fall 87
Village Cigars Fall 87 Artist
Seventh Ave & Christopher Street, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20", September 6th,
1987, Property of the artist, Valued at $2,400
Painted after Tom 's best Summer of "en plien air" painting in Nantucket. He
would go on to paint similar scenes and styles wherever he would visit for the
next several months. The coloring and brush stroke would leave him in a year
and he would never paint that way again.
7th Avenue News Stand, Oil on canvas, Fall 87, Property of Chuck Lohre
MacDougal & Bleecker, Fall 1987 night Buckow
Hurricane Gloria, Fall 1987 Stockl
Father Demos Square 87 Sullivan
Washington Square 87 Sullivan
Aunt Annie, Oil on canvas, 1987, Property of Patty Meyers
One Winter when Tom was between Palm Beach and New York he decided that he was
going to paint his oldest relatives, Jerry and Cresenttia Lohre.He started
with Cresentia because she was in a nursing home. All the time he would see he
she would ask how much it cost?
Palm Beach Hibiscus, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1987, Property of Steven Lohre
Painted in the side yard of the McIntosh Estate while Tom was painting the
family portrait
Palm Beach I, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987, Valued at
$200, Sold to Paul Seta at auction for $10
Painted as a experiment in multiples. Tom arranged 12 canvases in a gang and
painted them all on the beach on day, with photo by Gary George.
Palm Beach II, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987, Valued at
$200, Sold to Mary Jo Hammons at auction for $7.50
Palm Beach III, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach IV, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach V, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach VI, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach VII, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach VIII, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach IX, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach X, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach XI, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Palm Beach XII, 12 identical scenes, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987,
Caulking Gun Paint Dispenser
I have a hobby of working on a painting robot. The machine has progressed
slowly owing to the fact that many subsystems have to be resolved. Currently
I have developed a point and squeeze system. Ultimately I would like to have
a system that uses brushes much like a human does.
Via Palm Beach, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987, Property of Michelle St. Clair
for $5
Palm Beach Overgrowth, Oil on canvas, 8" x 10", Property of Chuck Lohre for
$20
Mary Lohre, Oil on canvas, 12" x 16", 1987, Property of the artist
Painted as the first camera obscure experiment and with his automatic palette.
Yuso Hase, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1987, Property of Yuso Hase
The second of the camera obscure portraits.
1987 Gross Income $12,020 Net Income $-356
Cows in a Field in Palm Beach County, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", March 1st,
1988, Valued at $750, Property of Michael McClintock estate
Jim Beam Stakes in Kentucky, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", May 15th, 1988
Tree on Liberty Street in Pittsburgh, Oil on canvas, 10" x 12", May 22nd,
1988, Valued at $300, Property of Michael Hahalyak
Block House, Pittsburgh, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", May 23rd,1988, Valued at
$750, Whereabouts unknow
Pittsburgh Incline, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", May 24th, 1988, Valued at $750,
Whereabouts unknown
Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", May 25th, 1988, Valued at
$750, Whereabouts unknown
Fourth season in Nantucket, May 31st, 1988
Pig Festival with Two Boys Along Fence, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", June 1st,
1988, Valued at $200, Whereabouts unknown
Pig Festival with Woman and Girl Along Fence, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", June
1st, 1988, Valued at $200, Whereabouts unknown
Pig Festival with Man with Top Hat, Unfinished, Oil on canvas, 8" x 10", June
1st, 1988, Valued at $200, Property of the artist
Two Kids Playing Along Straight Warf, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", June 2nd, 1988,
Valued at $300, Whereabouts unknow
Two Kids Along the Beach, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", June 3rd, 1988, Valued at
$300, Whereaouts unknown
Woman and Child on Union Street, Oil on canvas, June 4th, 1988, Whereabouts
unknown
Old Rat's Warf Club, Oil on canvas, June 5th, 1988, Whereabouts unknown
Mr. Anapol in Model T, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", Valued at $750, August 1st,
1988, Property of Anapol Family
Mrs. Milburn, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", Worked on August 2nd, 1988, Valued at
$7,000, Property of Milburn Family
Claudia Holdgate and Daughter Portrait on Main Street, Oil on canvas, 16" x
20", August 3rd, 1988, Valued at $750, Property of Holgate Family
Painted Dalmation, Oil on concrete, August 4th, 1988, Porperty of the Hosea
Autiques
Mic Ronson's Woodstock Home, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", August 30th, 1988,
Valued at $750, Whereabouts unknown
Chester Salisbury Parents, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", Corrected August 31st,
1988, Valued at $1000, Property of the Salisbury Family
Woman Walking Dog on Bedford Street, Oil on canvas, 8" x 10", September 1st,
1988, Valued at $300, Whereabouts unknown
Village Cigars with Woman and Black Man, Oil on canvas, September 2nd, 1988,
Wherabouts unknow
Sheridan Square with Four People on left, Oil on canvas, September 3rd, 1988,
Whereabouts unknow
Village Vangard, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", October 10th, 1988, Valued at $750,
Whereabouts unknow
Maeand, Silkscreen on paper, Winter 1988, $60, Plates produced in the
computer, Print used for a invitation of a art auction
Mt. Adams I, Oil on canvas, Winter 1988, Property of Beverly Klyce, Comparable
at $750
Painted from life on the waterfront during Febuary.
Mt. Adams II, Oil on canvas, Winter 1988, Owner Unknown, Comparable at $750
Painted from life on the waterfront during Febuary.
Mt. Adams III, Oil on canvas, Winter 1988, Owner Unknown, Comparable at $750
Painted from life on the waterfront during Febuary.
Mt. Adams IV, Oil on canvas, Winter 1988, Owner Unknown, Comparable at $750
Painted from life on the waterfront during Febuary.
Boomer Easion, Silkscreen on paper, 1988, Limited edition, Valued at $75, #1
owned by Paul Seta,
Produced for the Bengals attempt to the Super Bowl. This was the first silk
screen print done by Tom in many years. He was given artist in residence at
Kinduell Screen Products, the same company he worked for while in college.
Sloppy Joe's, Silkscreen on paper, 1988,
Tailgate Party, Silkscreen on paper, 1988
Southernmost House, Key West, Silkscreen on paper, Edition of 35, 1988, Valued
at $250 with gold leaf frame
#14 Sold to Annalisa at auction for $5.
Mount Adams, Silkscreen on paper, 1988, edition of 50
Printed in three prinary colors using a novel plate making technique. Using
several tints of small oval rubber stamps the plates were formed by stamping
the various tints. Once combine on the paper the colors made a full spectrum
of color. Tom's previous paintings of Mt. Adams were done in the middle of
Winter and he used that color scheme for this print.
Marilyn Monroe, Silkscreen on paper, 1988, edition of 50, 24" x 36", Framed
for $250
This was Tom's first attempt at getting a likeness in silk screen. The
technique is one of making the plate by stamping various tinted rubber stamps
on a sheet of acetate for each of three colors. A black line plate was drawn
with a litho pencil and ganged up with each color to make the black line. The
image was collected from various sources. Tom was looking to show Marilyn as a
drug dependant person using the Channel perfume bottle as a substitute for a
pint bottle of whiskey.
#35 Sold to David, sold auction for $5
#46 Sold to Annalisa at auction for $5
Nantucket Fountain & Telephone Building, 8" x 10", 1988
Painted during the beginning of Tom's third year of painting during the Summer
in Nantucket. He moved from living upstairs the Barker Gallery to living with
Mrs. James Barker, no relation. Originally it was painted on a gesso coated
t-shirt but when he wore it to the gallery opening it caused such a
embarrassment he cut it out and stretched it on stretchers.
Doris's Sister and Her Child, Oil on canvas, 20" x 24", 1988, Property of
Michael Musto
Started in the Spring of 1989 while Tom was making a short visit to Nantucket.
He was so taken with meeting them on the street that he took their photograph
and later painted it in Cincinnati. He spent all Summer painting in Cincinnati
and shipping the paintings to Nantucket for inclusion in the Artists
Association's showings.
Nantucket Fountain with two girls and one boy, Oil on canvas, 9" x 12", 1988,
Property of the artist, Valued at $400
22 Oil Paintings
$3,800 11/18/88 Oil on Canvas for Michael Hahalyak
Bedford Street Fall 88
Commerce Street Winter 88
Cherry Lane Theater 87 Spring
South Bleecker from Christopher 88 Gilman
Christopher & Bleecker 88
Deauville Groceries, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1988, Sold to Tim Kinduell at
auction for $7.50
Penningcamp Park, Key Largo, Fl. 88, 20 x 16, Oil on canvas, Property of Carol
Gunter
Painted in Marathon, Florida. The statue of Christ is the main feature of a
underwater park off the coast of Florida. The site is a popular diving spot.
The artist used various photos to compose the scene. He tried to make the dive
but the weather was not favorable. He discovered that female beauty is not all
that noticeable when the diving gear including the b-c vest is on. That is why
the girl in the painting does not wear one. This is one of two underwater
paintings done by the artist. The technique is of the heavy impasto method
that he used during the years of 1985 to 89.
Underwater Shipwreck 88, 20 x 16, Oil on canvas, Property of Randy Lohre
Fort Martello, Florida 88, 24" x 20, Oil on canvas, Sold to Japanese from the
Gingerbread Gallery in Key West Florida
Tree in Key West 88, 10 x 8, Oil on canvas, Sold out of the Gingerbread
Gallery in Key West Florida
22 Paintings for Michael Hahalyak, November ,1988, $3,800
In the Fall of 1988 Tom gave up the circuit of Palm Beach Nantucket to stay at
his family home to repair it and to keep it from being sold. He was going to
be spending quite awhile at the family home in Park Hills, Kentucky, living
with his brother and sister plus a roomer or two.
List of paintings: Cherry Lane Theatre, Father Demos Square, Tailgate Party,
Tall Stacks I, Nantucket Main Street, Zero Main Street,
Chi Chi Hut I, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1988, Property of Paul Seta for $5 at
auction
During this stint in Palm Beach Tom believed that this was the scene that
depicted what this part of Florida meant to Tom. He worked on several canvases
over the next several weeks. He stayed with Paul McMullen.
Chi Chi Hut II, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1988
Chi Chi Hut III, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1988, Property of Dr. Haas
Chi Chi Hut IV, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1988,
14 Sloppy Joe's, identical, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1988,
#1 sold to Dana at auction for $1
1988 Gross Income $15,077 Net Income $144
Tony Milburn's Home, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", January, 1989
One of the first paintings done while Tom had moved to his family home in
order to keep it in the family.
Fort Thomas Home, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 1989, Valued at $1000, Property of
Burton Family
New Building on Water Street Nantucket, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", April 1st,
1989, Property of buider
Dafoldi in Sconset, Oil on canvas, 20" x 24", April 2nd, 1989, Valued at $750,
Porperty of the artist
Daffodil, Oil on canvas, 8" x 10", April 3rd, 1989, Valued at $300,
Whereabouts unknown
Brant's Band, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", April 16th, 1989, Valued at $300,
Property of Ronda Granger
Washington Square, Oil on canvas, 40" x 30", April 17th, 1989, Valued at
$2,400, Property of Mark Sulliavn
87th Street, Oil on canvas, 10" x 20", April 18th, 1989, Valued at $500,
Whereabouts unknown
Washington Square Arch, oil on canvas, 20" x 16", April 19th, 1989, Valued at
$1000, Whereabouts unknown
Village Cigars, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", April 20th, 1989, Valued at $1000,
Whereabouts unknown
Waverly Theatre, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20", April 21, 1989, Valued at $1000,
Property of Ronda Granger
Greenwich, Conn., Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", April 22nd, 1989, Valued at $1000,
Whereabouts unknown
Fifth Avenue, Oil on canvas, April 23rd, 1989, Wherabouts unknown
Rivera, Oil on canvas, April 24th, 1989, Whereabouts unknown
Father Demos Square, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", April 25th, 1989, Valued at
$1000, Sold the same day to a girl for a wedding present for $75
Harbor Scene Nantucket, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20", May 14th, 1989, Valued at
$750, Property of Cindy List
Girl in the Fountain, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", 1989, Property of Dick Foster;
Comparable at $1,000
Expanding his impressionistic style developed in 1987, Tom combined
impressionistic paint surface background with a fine smooth surface academic
style for the figure he had learn from his master.
Nantucket Main Street with Ship on Zero Main Street, Oil on canvas, May 15th,
1989, Whereabouts unknown
Traveled to East Hampton for end of Summer sail, while cousin and friends
spent the week in NYC apartment. Traveled home with them to Atlanta with them
dropping me off North of Atlanta at Mary Moon's Camp. Stayed in Atlanta for
awhile and then brought Mary Moon to Cincinnati for her to recouperate from
her soured relationship.
Covington Landing, Oil on canvas, 30"X 24", 1989, Valued at $5,600, Property
of Dick Foster
This was the first canvas Tom worked on where he wanted to duplicate the great
landscapes of the past. He set up on location and worked a few hours everyday
for a month to produce this result. He learned that the composition should not
be dependant on where you can set up. In the future he used the composition
plastically, painting a form that worked in the canvas area independent on
whether you could actually see the scene or not.
The view itself is a modern cache of riverboats not unlike those of old. Tom
worked on the river for his first job and has every since had a love affair
with the lore of the river.
Photographed Betsy LaSorella for model 8" x 10", January 6th, 1990.
Neptune with spot, Oil on canvas, 8" x 10", Property of Dick Foster, Valued at
$450
Conservatory, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", Valued at $300, Whereabouts unknown
Two Girls, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 1990, Valued at $500, sold to Peggy
Groeber at auction for $10
Sankety Head, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 1990, 1990, Valued at $1,200, Sold to
Randy Lohre at auction for $18
Three Girls, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 1990, Valued at $900, Sold to Maloney
at auction for $20
Little Girl with Bouquet, 16" x 20", Oil on canvas, 1990, Valued at $500, Sold
to Dana James at auction for $5
Girl at the Nantucket Fountain, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", Valued at $900, Sold
to Randy Lohre at auction for $20
CAM Copy, Oil on canvas, Oil on canvas, Sold to Pete McCann at auction
White Horse Tavern 90
Earth Still Life, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", New York Earth Day 1990, Property
of Beverly Klyce, Valued at $600
Kershaw Home, 16"X12", Oil on canvas, Spring 1990, Valued at $750 with frame,
Property of Mark Sullivan
Painted during Tom artists in residence in Greenville, South Carolina. The
Kershaw Home was the boy hood home of one of the gentlemen on the estate. He
told the story of his father buying his brother and him a old single engine
airplane and placing it wings off in the back yard.
The home now is owned by another family and his mother lived right around the
corner. The home being in a rather remote part of South Carolina did not
appeal to the children of the homestead.
Greenville Home, 10" x 8", 1990, Beverly Klyce
Foster Home, 10" x 8", 1990, Beverly Klyce
Flew to Europe July 9th, 1990, returned August 16th, 1990.
Beverly in Monte Carlo, 30" x 40", 1990 Beverly Klyce
Carol in Monte Carlo, 30" x 40", 1990, Gunter
Street scene Monte Carlo, 8" x 10", 1990, Beverly Klyce
Chateau Pome, 10" x 8", 1990, Dominic Dreyfus
French Still Life, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", 1990, Property of Beverly Klyce
French Farm, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", 1990, Property of Beverly Klyce, Valued
at $1000
Drove to NYC from Cincinnati to deliver painting to Mark Sullivan, Novenber
15th, 1990.
Cocktail party in NYC, December 8th, 1990.
Drove to Greenville from NYC, December 11th, 1990.
Cocktail Party House Warming Party at Greenville Home, December, 1990
Meyers Portrait, Oil on canvas, 36" x 48", December 22nd, 1990
Drive to St. Louis, December 30th, 1990
Drove to Chicago from Cincinnati with sister Cindy, December 31st, 1990. Drove
off road on a ice slick and spent the night in Palmer House. Spent the day
studing Santa Claus paintings at the Chicago Science Museum
Law Office 90 Beverly Klyce
1990 Gross Income $15,614 Net Income $6,6136
Fancy, Oil on canvas, 12"X 16", Febuary 14th, 1991, Property of Dick Foster;
Comparable at $750
Tom gave this painting to Dick Foster for Valentines. Although Tom had been
living at the Foster estate for a year painting various commissions for him he
liked this one the best.
Unitarian Church, Oil on canvas, 30" x 24", Febuary 19th, 1991, Dick Foster's
gift to church
Dick Foster, Oil on canvas, 30"X 40", 1991, Property of Dick Foster;
Comparable at $9,000
Painted as a return to the very fine detailed work Tom was known for in the
beginning of his career. He was quite taken with the manner of the subject,
sometimes comparing him to Caesar. Mr. Foster was a lawyer that worked for
people who had lost all or most of what they had because of the negligence of
others, mostly large paper mills well know in the area of Greenville South
Carolina where Mr. Foster lived. Dick did make a run at public office but
eventually got out of it because it did not offer the truth and honesty he
touted.
In this portrait Tom combined youthful exuberance with the Dick Foster he had
come to know. Dick had been a avid golfer and tennis player and though he did
teach golf to Tom, Dick was just not a tennis player anymore. Tom carefully
rendered this portrait for a great man he had come to know and love.
Irene in a Cotton Field, Oil on canvas, 16"X 12", 1991, Valued at $1,200,
Property of Dick Foster
While working for Mr. Foster in Greenville, South Carolina, Tom was asked to
paint this view of his wife in a cotton field because it reminded one of Dick
closest friends of their childhood growing up in the cotton fields of Memphis,
Tennessee.
Drove to Cincinnati from Greenville, March 10th, 1991
Drove to Kershaw from Greenville, April 1st, 1991.
Drove to Key West from Hilton Head, April 19th, 1991.
Drove to Coconut Grove from Key West, April 29th, 1991.
Drove to Greenville from Miami, May 6th, 1991
Drove to Cincinnati from Greenville, May 5th, 1991
Drove to St. Louis, May 11th, 1991
Working on world decal, May 22nd, 1991
Working on Big House Fence, May 22nd, 1991
Fountain Square, Oil on canvas, 12" x 16", Valued at $750, Property of Annie
Milburn
Article for Noveau Magazine, June 7th, 1991
Visited Ronda in Woodstock, June 18th, 1991
Albert Crudo, Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", June 20th, 1991, Valued at $2,000,
Property of Albert Crudo
Drove to 3 Mile Harbor from NYC, June 20th, 1991.
Drove to Greenville from NYC, July 1st, 1991
Apprentice Michael Gowan assisted on, July 26th, 1991.
Drove to Cincinnati from Greenville, August 13th, 1991.
Sailed with Irene to Maine, August 20th, 1991.
Patrick Boys, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", September 19th, 1990, Valued at $6000,
Property of Patrick Family
Purchased motorcycle, November 6th, 1991.
Reedy Bridge, Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", November, 26th, 1991, Valued at $750,
Property of Foster Family
Drove to Lexington from Cincinnati, January 1992.
Drove to Greenville from Lexington, January 6th, 1992.
Flew to the Bahamas, April 6th, 1992.
1991 Gross Income $16,906; Net Income $2,983
Yale University, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1992, Property of Bruce Foster
Tom painted the campus of Yale while on a road trip. He had to have a new
transmission put into his car and while it was being done he had the mechanic
drop him off at the campus. He spend the whole day working and was picked up
in his newly repaired car and then set off South towards New York City. He
later sold the painting to a alumni of the school for about the price of the
transmission.
Row Houses on McDougal Street, Ink Pen on paper, 7" x 5", Summer 1992
Painted as a example for client.
Seaport , Watercolor on paper, 7" x 5", Summer 1992, One of several
Painted as preliminary sketch for a large oil painting
Grand Casino, Pencil on paper, 10" x 8", Summer 1992, Property of the artist
Winning at the Craps Table, 10" x 8", Pencil on paper, Summer 1992, Property
of the artist
Delta Queen, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", 1992, Property of Jim & Bev Acree
Painted as preliminary studio work for a 40" x 30" piece. He worked from a
photo that he took at the first Tall Stacks Festival in Cincinnati. He
completed one impressionistic work from that photo and his sister liked it so
much that she commissioned a larger work. Sometimes a single image can capture
the imagination like nothing else.
Bennington College, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", Summer 1992, Property of the
artist, Valued at $300
Painted as one of a series of colleges. He was in New England visiting a
friend when he was taken with the vast view from the grounds of the college.
It was the beginning of a more detailed style of small paintings that
illustrated Tom desire to paint ing a very refined old style of manner. The
manner mostly means that the sky is large and the landscape is small and dark.
Showboat Majestic, Oil on canvas, 10" x 8", October 15th, 1992, Valued at
$300, Property of Thomas Werner MD
Originally started from life at the 2nd Tall Stacks Celebration along the
waterfront of Cincinnati. The weekend was wet and for the most part Tom sat in
the rain painting. The wind was blowing so hard he had to hold the easel with
one hand and since it was raining he had to hold both the easel and the
umbrella with his free hand. He painted a good while with the water running
down through his shoes. He recently finished the work for Dr. Keys. Dr. Keys
is donating the painting to the 1997 Alizhimer's Gala Silent Auction.
Tom worked on the showboat when it was first docked in Cincinnati. John Beatty
allowed the showboat to moor behind his string of barges that attached to
Captain Hooks restaurant. Captain Hooks was the first floating converted
riverboat restaurant on the Ohio side of the river. Tom worked there while in
high school. He jobs were to pump out the water in the holds, wash the decks,
tend to the moorings and matain the engines that supplied the power for the
marina.
The composition he picked was the most natural. Something you could find
during any regular visit to the waterfront. The showboat Majestic is original
and a real treasure to have at the foot of Cincinnati. It keeps a otherwise
modern waterfront from being empty of any old riverboats. As long as the
showboat Majestic is on the landing, there is always a show in town!
Cincinnati Enquirer, Page A6, October 16th,
1992
Left center: Thomas George Lohre Jr., a New York City artist, works through
the rain on a painting at Public Landing.
Channel 12 WKRC-TV, 5 o'clock News,
October 15th, 1992
Tom had his picture taken and run in the Cincinnati Enquirer in a spread they
did on the festival. Also he was on TV during the nightly news. "His quote for
the TV reporter when he asked him what he thought about all the tickets for
the boat rides being sold out was, "Don't worry about that money thing, Just
come on down and experience the steamboats firsthand from along the bank, It's
free."
1992 Gross income $4,947; Net Income $885
In NYC, January 28th, 1993. Drove to Cincinnati, Febuary 14th, 1993.
In St. Louis, March 19th, 1993.
Bok Tower, Oil on canvas, 20" x 16", May 1990, Valued at $1000, Sold to Jimmy
Eubanks in 1992 for $750
Recieved title of Buick, May 18th, 1993. Moved out of Greenville and spent the
Summer in New York City. Volunteered 225 hours on the sailboat, "Pioneer."
Jury duty in NYC, May 28th, 1993.
Master Jude Austin, Pastel on paper, 8" x 10", 1993, Property of the
Austin-Duval Family, Comparable at $500
Tom sought to provide the finest example of pastel for the Austin Family. Jude
was one year old and Tom would visit every week snapping a few shots every
week until he had captured Jude's look. Then he set out to render the boy with
as few a strokes as possible.
Impression Seaport, Oil on canvas, 40" x 30",August 6th, 1993, Property of the
artist, Valued at $3,500
Impressionist Delta Queen, Oil on canvas, 40" x 30"August 8th, 1993, Property
of the artists, Valued at $3,500
Drove to NYC, August 21, 1993.
Moved into 3477 Morrison Place, Cincinnati, October 14th, 1993.
South Street Seaport, Oil on canvas, 40"X 30", Fall, 1993, Property of Dr.
& Dr. Lohre Gabel, Comparable at $40,000
Appreciating the painting of the South Street Seaport Museum is a rewarding
experience. On glance and the viewer knows he is looking at something that
will last forever. For eighteen months the artist, Tom Lohre worked on
learning about the scene.
The painting shows the nebulous of the original South Street Seaport Museum
site. The schooner "Pioneer" in the foreground is the museum's flagship. One
hundred and eight years ago, she was the finest vessel available for
collecting foundry sand and had only one mast. She now takes passengers for
tours. For 225 hours Tom volunteered on the "Pioneer" to learn about what he
would later paint. The ship in the background is the "Regis Maris," of
Greenport, New York. Her rigging was the predecessor to the single masted
"Pioneer." The two masts of the current "Pioneer" were installed later because
it makes her easier to handle, although slower in travel.
The seaport painting shows the way the port looks today. A variety of life
styles are depicted that bring the viewer into identify with someone in the
crowd. Through the fine painting the viewer is the recipient of the artist's
mastery of the sublime. The collective scene is distinctive in character and
reflects emotions and feelings in each of us that are timeless and universal.
Contrasts and paradoxes are common to the waterfront. The combination of the
modern buildings with the ancient ships illustrates the new with the old. The
viewer takes in the various vignettes from people walking down Fulton Street
in Brooklyn to cars traveling across the East River. The appreciator wanders
with his eyes through the crowd on the dock looking for someone because the
people are painted so lifelike. Naturally, experiencing the seaport museum
firsthand aids in making the painting more enjoyable. The ultimate trip would
be to travel aboard the "Pioneer" seeing New York Harbor with full sail up, a
stiff wind blowing and the sun setting the buildings aglow.
The paintings shows the educational value of the museum. The Brooklyn Bridge,
the first bridge in New York Harbor, plays well against the ancient sailing
ships now turned into educational classrooms for the harbor masters of the
future. The people waiting on the dock and those on board are shown what it is
like to be part of sea life. Each aspect of the scene is pivotal in its
ability to show the new with the old, the master with the student.
No stone has been left unturned in completing this painting. It has a
intrinsic value because of its finely assembled manner. It is a wonder of art.
It vibrates, radiates and celebrates that inate sense of esthetic perception.
The painting is a monument to the spiritualism of the sea.
What makes such a painting? When the soul of the viewer and the creator have
been touched, a larger happening has occurred. The painting brings out all the
times in a person's life that are exciting. The painting began with Tom Lohre
searching for all forms of the things around us to meld into one scene. Moment
by moment he learned in slow motion the proper direction of the canvas.
Mr. Crawford, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", September 18th, 1993, Valued at $1000,
Property of the Behringer Crawford Museum
Delta Queen, Watercolor on paper, 10" x 8", November 7th, 1993, Valued at
$300, Sold to Mary Fultz
In Kinston NC, November 29th, 1993
Chris Demarkopolus & Grandson, Oil on canvas, 5" x 7", December 1st, 1993,
Property of Chris Demarkpolus, Valued at $750
Sold print to David Stolberg, December 6th, 1993.
In Lexington, Kentucky, December 10th, 1993
1993 Gross income 11,994; Net Profit $5,130
Ed Hicks as Van Gogh March 94 Gradis 16X20
La Z Boy Shop, Oil on canvas, 36" x 24", April 9th, 1994, Valued at $2,400,
Commissioned by Sompop Thummakitpanith for $250
Painted during Tom's honeymoon in Alaska
Inland Passage One, Alaska, Oil on canvas, 40" x 30", Spring 94, Property of
the artists, Valued at $900
Inland Passage Two, Alaska, 40" x 30", Spring 94, Property of the artists,
Valued at $900
Mendenhal Glacier, Alaska, 40" x 30", Spring 94, Property of the artists,
Valued at $900
Ketchikan, Alaska, 40" x 30", Spring 94, Property of the artists, Valued at
$900
Mount Denali, Alaska, Oil on canvas, 40" x 30", Spring 94, Property of the
artist, Valued at $900
Painted at the threshold of the Denali State Park. You can drive into the park
only so far and at that part Tom left his car and hiked up the side of a small
mountain about 1500 feet and spent the day painting in a strong wind that got
worst. The bugs would land on him constantly and he spent the most part of
painting slapping his face with his hat. Later in the day he realized that a
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