Colorado native, Tom Lockhart, was born and raised in Monte Vista, the heart of the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado.   Tom’s love for nature and the outdoors is evident in his paintings.  Striving to convey a feeling of light and atmosphere is always a challenge for any artist but for Tom it is even more challenging because he works in oils, pastels, and watercolors.  Tom looks to the Old Masters and great painters of the late 19^th and early 20^th century for inspiration in his own work.  “I am striving for a balance between traditional representational painting and impressionism.  I feel that texture and variation of paint application along with solid design and drawing make for a stronger presentation.”

He relishes the opportunity to paint landscapes from life.  “The outdoors is our greatest teacher. One should never take for granted the beauty of nature and especially our great country. We are truly blessed to live and work in freedom.”

Tom is a Signature Member of the North Western Rendezvous group (NWR) in Helena, MT.  Lockhart was a featured seminar presenter for the NWR during the twenty-eighth annual Western Rendezvous of Art in Helena, Montana, 2006, “It was truly an honor to speak and demonstrate to fellow artists such as Matt Smith, George Strickland, John Budicin, Jim Wilcox, Greg Beecham, and many others artists and patrons of such notoriety”.  Tom is also a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America and won the First Place Award of Excellence and the Patron’s Choice Award for the OPA in 2005.

Tom has participated in many shows and outdoor painting events including the Telluride Plein-Air Festival, the Sedona Plein-Air Festival and the Rocky Mountain Plein-Air (RMPAP) events (which are both Signature and National shows). Tom is a Signature Member of RMPAP.   He won the RMPAP Award of Excellence in 2004, 2003, and 2002.  He was the recipient of the Director’s Choice Award in 2003. 

Tom recently won the Award of Excellence at the Telluride Plein-air Festival Chosen by Southwest Art Magazine. He also received the Best of Show at the 16^th Annual Colorado Watercolor Society’s “Summer of Watercolor” Exhibition 2007.  

Tom was selected to participate in the Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show in 2009 - 2006. He has also been included in the C.M. Russell Auction for many years.  Tom was chosen for the Top Mini 100 Finals at the Arts for the Parks 2006.  He is the recipient of many awards including Winner of Region III for the Top 100 in Arts for the Parks both in 2004 and 1994. 

 Tom is also a Signature Member of Landscape Artists International and he has been awarded Honorary Signature status for the Outdoor Painters Society.

Lockhart has had a feature story entitled, “Home Again” in the February 2006 Landscape issue of Southwest Art Magazine and was awarded the cover of that issue.

He has been featured in Art of the West Magazine with a story entitled, “Subliminal Drama” as well as Watercolor Magazine, “Colorado Markings”, a story about 15 artists invited to paint at the Forbes Trinchera Ranch.

Tom lives with his wife, Sandi.  Together they maintain his Gallery and Studio in Canon City, Colorado, Located in the new subdivision of “Dawson Ranch). “People have visited my studio from all over the world.  It’s so nice to have the opportunity to share my work first hand with people.  They want to get to know the artist personally.”

Tom teaches workshops all over the country through The Heart & Eagle Workshops. Information is available through his website at www. lockhartfineart.com

He is also represented by these fine galleries throughout Colorado:

Cogswell Gallery                          Vail, Colorado

Elkhorn Gallery                            Winter Park, Colorado

Wild Horse Gallery                        Steamboat Springs, Colorado

AWARDS and MEMBERSHIPS:

                Northwest Rendezvous of Art (NWR) Membership, 2002-2009

                Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Signature Member, 2002-2009

                Oil Painters of America, Signature Membership, 2002-2009

                Outdoor Painters Society Signature Member 2007

                Landscape Artist International Signature Member 2007

                Art for the Sangres, San Isabel Foundation, Signature Member, 1997-2007

               Best of Show Telluride Plein-Air Festival Southwest Art Magazine Award 2008

Best of Show Summer of Watercolor Colorado Watercolor Society 16^th Annual 2007

Arts for the Parks, Top 100, Region III Winner, Jackson, WY, 2005, 2004, 2003, 1998, 1994, 1993

Central Regional Exhibition Oil Painters of America “Award of Excellence”, 2005

Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Award of Excellence, 2004

                Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Directors’ Choice Award, 2003

                Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Award of Merit, 2002

                Nebraska Governor’s Show Featured Artist, 2001

                Watercolor Magazine, Forbes Ranch Competition Finalist, 1999

                Creede Repertory Theatre Print Artist, 2006, 1998, 1987

                Top 50 Finalists, the Artist Magazine, National All-Media Competition, 1995

                Best of Show Birds of Prey, 21^st National Ducks Unlimited Show, 1993

                3^rd Place, “Best & Brightest “Nat’l Exhibition Scottsdale Artists’ School, 1993

                Best of Show Oils, 20^th National Wildlife Show, Overland Park, KS 1992

Award of Merit, Top 100 Finalists, The Artist Magazine Nat’l Wildlife Comp. 1990                 

                Colorado Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year, 1990

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

Telluride Plein-Aire Festival Telluride, CO 2009

Cheyenne Frontier Days Art Show Cheyenne, WY 2009

Northwest Rendezvous of Art Helena, MT 2009

Representing the West Pueblo, CO 2009

San Isabel Foundation Westcliffe, CO 2009

Sedona Plein-Aire Festival Sedona, AZ 2009

                Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY 2006 ,2007

                Oil Painters of America Central Regional Exhibition, Estes Park, CO 2005

                “Representing the West” Show, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO 2003-2007

                Greeley Western Stampede Show, Greeley, CO 2004-2005

                Colorado Governor’s Show, Loveland, CO, 2002-2007

                “Barns and Farms”, National Exhibition, Kewaunee, WI, 2003 - 2004

                Northwest Rendezvous of Art (NWR), Helena, MT 2000-2007

                Oil Painters of America National Exhibition 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

                “Art for the Sangres” National Exhibition, Westcliffe, CO 1997-2007

                Permanent Collection, the Western Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO, 2001

                “Awash with Color” Exhibition, Forbes Gallery, New York & San Francisco 2000

“Impressions of the Southwest” Show, Sangre De Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO 1999

International Pastel Society Exhibition, Denver, CO 1998

Rotary Artists of the West Exhibition, Colorado Springs, CO 1996, 1995

Top 100 and 200 National Arts for the Parks, Jackson, WY 2004, 1998, 1995, 1994, and 1993

National Wildlife/ Ducks Unlimited Show, Overland Park, KS 1991-1994

ONE MAN SHOWS:                    20^th Anniversary Show, La Casa De Luz, Monte Vista, CO June 2006

Sorrel Sky Gallery, Durango, Colorado September 2005

 Western Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO, May 2005

                                                                Squash Blossom Gallery, Colorado Springs, June 2005

                                                                Cogswell Gallery, Vail, CO July 2004 & March 2005

                                                                Creede Repertory Theatre, Creede, CO 2004, 2005

                                                                Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO, 2001

GALLERIES:     Wild Horse Gallery                                                                   Steamboat Springs, CO 
Cogswell Gallery                                                                      Vail, CO

                                Elkhorn Gallery                                                                         Winter Park, CO

PUBLICATIONS:

                “Home Again” Southwest Art Magazine February, 2006

                “Colorado Markings” Watercolor Magazine, spring 2000

                “Subliminal Drama” Art of the West Magazine, May/June, 1998

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO

Forbes Trinchera Ranch, Fort Garland, CO