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Artwork by Thomas Torak
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Other Web Pages With Info About Thomas Torak
Thomas Torak's Main Artist Website
Art Galleries Representing Thomas Torak
Anderson Fine Art Gallery
St. Simons Island, GA - (912) 634-8414
Fischer Fine Art
Basking Ridge, NJ - 908-696-0902
G.C. Lucas Gallery
Indianapolis, IN - 317-255-4000
Manchester Fine Art Gallery
Manchester, VT - (802) 362-2112
Redux Art & Antiques
Dorset, VT - 802-867-4211
Sylvan Gallery
Clinton, CT - 860-669-7278
The Christina Gallery
Edgartown, MA - 800-648-1815
The Gallery at Four India Street
Nantucket, MA - (508) 228-8509
Vermont Fine Art Gallery
Stowe, VT - 802-253-9653
Overview
Click Here to go to the website for artist Thomas TorakThe Artist
16 x 14 Oil on Linen
Collection of the Masur Museum of Art
Thomas Torak clearly loves to paint. Inspired by the commonplace, those
familiar everyday objects that surround him, Torak paints with a vigor that
speaks of enthusiasm for both his subject matter and for the visceral act of
applying brushwork.
Judy Birke, New Haven Register Nov. 5, 2006
from a review of Torak's solo exhibition at the Sylvan Gallery, Clinton, CT
Visit my blog Dammi I Colori at http://dammiicolori.blogspot.com/
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Images may not be used without permission.
Biography
Thomas Torak is a nationally recognized artist whose work has been seen in over 250 juried and invitational exhibitions. His paintings have been honored with the American Artists Professional League Medal of Honor at their 66th Grand National Exhibition; the Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor at their 59th Annual Exhibition; the Allied Artists of America Silver Medal of Honor at their 93rd Annual Exhibition, the Frank C. Wright Medal of Honor at the 2005 American Artists Professional League Summer Members Exhibition; Best of Show at the 8th Annual National Small Oil Painting Exhibition in Wichita, KA and the Honor Award for Oil at the Academic Artists Association 50th and 54th National Exhibitions of Contemporary Realism. He has received the top awards at the Salmagundi Club in New York at their Thumbox Exhibition and a special members exhibit of Flowers. His painting, The Artist, was purchased by the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, LA for their permanent collection.Thomas began studying at the Art Students League of New York in 1974, studying the first year with Robert Beverly Hale and the next seven years with Frank Mason. Under Mason he learned not only the art of painting but also the craft. He prepares his own canvas, mediums and varnishes and uses only hand ground paint, often grinding the colors himself. A difficult and time consuming task, abandoned by most contemporary artists, but vital to the quality of his work. The methods and techniques he employs are those of the Old Masters but his paintings are decidedly contemporary. Many of his still lifes contain timeless subject matter such as fruit and flowers, but in others you will find more modern objects such as pizza, comic books or baseball mitts. Landscapes are often inspired by walks near his Vermont home or a stroll along the Maine coastline.
He has been elected to membership in the National Arts Club, the Salmagundi Club, the American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, the Academic Artists Association, and signature membership in Oil Painters of America. His paintings have been seen at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Springfield Museum of Fine Art, the Huntsville Museum of Art, the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, the San Diego Art Institute, the National Academy Museum, and the Chautauqua Art Galleries.
Silver and Gold
23 x 36 Oil on Linen
Private Collection
Upcoming Events and Exhibits
Audubon Artists 66th Annual ExhibitionSalmagundi Club, New York, NY
9/8/2008-9/26/2008
Reception: 9/21/2008 (Noon - 5 PM)
OPA Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition
Richland Fine Art, Nashville, TN
10/17/2008-11/15/2008
Reception: 10/17/2008 (5 - 8 PM)
Oil Painters of America
Marguerite Takvorian-Holmes & Thomas Torak
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
2/7/2009-3/8/2009
Reception: 2/7/2009 (2 - 4 PM)
Upcoming Workshops
Other Web Pages that Thomas Torak Recommends you visit
(These pages are not necessarily about Thomas Torak)
Allied Artists of America
Audubon Artists
Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts
Creative Process
Dammi i colori
Elizabeth Torak Website
Oil Painters of America
On The Easel
Salmagundi Club
Southern Vermont Arts Center
The Art Students League of New York
The Artists' Fellowship
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