RECENT NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tom's Teaching Featured in Workshop Magazine Article |
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The Spring issue of American Artists' WORKSHOP magazine
features a ten page story on Tom's teaching during a recent workshop. The article was written by veteran publisher and writer Bob Bahr. It went on sale in late February at major bookstores. |
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Tom to once again Demonstrate and Serve on the
Faculty at the Portrait Society of America annual conference |
April 22, during the opening night of the 2010 "Art of the Portrait" conference in Reston VA, Tom and 14 other leading artists will again take part in what is known as the "Face-Off", a demonstration of portrait painting from live models. This takes place in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The paintings will all be sold in a silent auction during the conference. |
Tom Serves on Faculty of Painting Symposium at U. Conn Stamford |
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In early February Tom traveled to Stamford CT to speak at the
Frank Reilly symposium put on by the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists. The event was moderated by John Howard Sanden.
While there he also judged the CSOPA "Faces of Winter" Portrait exhibit along with noted artist and popular teacher Frank Covino. |
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CSOPA gave Everett Raymond Kinstler a Lifetime Achievement
Award during the weekend and Tom was pleased to have the opportunity to say a few words on behalf of his long time friend. |
Tom Lectures at Famed Studio Incamminati
In July Tom was pleased to be a guest lecturer at Studio Incamminati, the renowned art school founded and directed by Tom’s long time friend Nelson Shanks in Philadelphia PA. Tom gave a presentation entitled “From the Mall to Statuary Hall: Lessons Learned as a Professional Portrait Painter”. In a well received marathon four hour evening slide presentation Tom spoke of his training and experiences as a veteran of nearly 40 years in the field and also offered advice and painting tips to the artists taking part in the Intensive Painting workshop and with visiting professional artists in the audience. He is looking forward to returning soon after stretching his guest lecturer visit to three days at the school, reconnecting with old friends and even doing a bit of painting. |
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Tom used slides to tell the story of how he progressed from a 14 year old artist doing free sketches on the sidewalk of Belleville Michigan in the mid 60’s to standing in Statuary Hall unveiling his portrait of the US Speaker of the House in the year 2000. He also spoke of his training through the years. |
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1965 Belleville, Michigan sidewalk Fair |
November 2000 Washington, DC |
Tom Serves on Faculty of PSoA Conference Demonstrates in 2009 Art of the Portrait Face-Off |
On Thursday evening, April 23 during the annual Portrait Society of America “Art of the Portrait” conference in Reston VA, Tom was one of the leading artists who gathered together in the Grand Ballroom and painted demonstrations from the same live models. The finished paintings were well received and all were sold in a silent auction that ended during the conference. |
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Thomas Nash is a full time professional portrait painter and although he enjoys teaching and is very good at it, his own painting and study restricts his teaching schedule. If you are serious about taking your Portrait painting to the next level, don’t miss one of the live workshops this year.
In addition to painting from the model, Nash workshops include
helpful classroom portions on a variety of aspects of Portrait painting.
Tom Paints the Head of the Federal Reserve Atlanta
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In the fall of 2007 Tom completed a portrait of Jack Guynn, the retired head of the Federal Reserve for the Southeast. Jack posed for the painting in his Roswel, Georgia studio. The portrait was unveiled October 15th. This portrait now hangs in the Federal Reserve building in Atlanta, Georgia. |
 Tom is making progress on his painting of former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson which will hang at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when completed. Here Tom surrounded himself with full size charcoal sketches and several studies in oil or charcoal while in the planning stages of the painting. In addition to recognizing his stature and ability as a painter of official portraits, the selection of Thomas Nash to paint the late Mayor is just one more acknowledgment of Nash's particular skills as a specialist in the painting of the posthumous portrait. |
Mr. Sudo of Daikyo Seiko LTD
| Tom was very pleased to be asked to paint this head and shoulders portrait of the very distinquished gentleman, Mr. Masamichi Sudo. Mr. Sudo is the President of Daikyo Seiko LTD. The painting resides in the company’s corporate headquarters in Tokyo. |
| Tom and the Whitakers with the portrait in the studio just before he signed it. |
| Tom really enjoyed getting to know Mr. Lloyd Whitaker the President of Newleaf Corporation and his wife Mary Ann during his sittings for this recently completed portrait. |
| Click to view large version of the finished portrait of Lloyd Whitaker |
| One of Tom’s current portraits commissions is of a woman in Florida who he is painting on the beach along with her two dogs. Here Tom uses his small pochade paint box as he works on a preliminary color study as part of his preparation. |
Posthumous Portraits:Thomas Nash excels at the posthumous portrait. Because of his many years of painting individuals from life, he is able to bring a sense of life to those paintings that of necessity must be made with nothing more than existing photos and the artist's skill and imagination. more Unveilings: Portraits in their settings:
Tom's Travel Schedule:Learn when Tom may have plans to be in your state or town. Contact Nash studio for an informal, no obligation meeting to discuss commissioning a portrait. more
Unveiling parties or ceremonies are fun and are encouraged whenever possible for both public and private commissions. This section includes photos taken on these special occasions.more
Seeing any painting reproduced by itself on the computer screen doesn't always give one a sense of it's scale or how it appears in the “real world”. Visit this section to better visualize some portraits in their settings. more
