Artist Tom Haas: Landscape, Traditional Western & Contempoary Oil Paintings

TOM HAAS STUDIO/GALLERY

4002 East Kimberly Way

Phoenix, AZ 85050

Original Oil Paintings by Tom Haas
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Final Touches 30" x 40" oil painting by Tom Haas

Painter Tom Haas offers a compelling view of the American landscape, particularly the southwest. His brush strokes portray light, color, form, and atmosphere as well as the textural process of painting. Tom often works en plein air, a French term for painting in the open air.

Pueblo Piñon Fires 30" x 60" oil painting by Tom Haas

The National Park Academy of the Arts recognized Tom Haas as “being in the top echelon of representational artists working today” with its Award For Excellence in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Home National Bank acquired two paintings by Haas for their offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2002. And the year before, MBNA America Bank collected more than 30 paintings by this award-winning artist.

Still Waters of the Guadalupe 30" x 40" oil painting by Tom Haas

The U.S. Dept. of State’s regional office in Vienna, Austria, introduced Tom’s southwest landscape paintings to a global audience with its 2004 calendar. One of his paintings was also published on the cover of the Geneva Art In Embassies catalog, while the original was on display at The Residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Switzerland. Later that year, Tom was a guest at The White House in Washington, D.C., in celebration of the Art In Embassies program.

Pacific Sunset 48" x 60" oil painting by Tom Haas

Tom Haas studied oil painting with acclaimed North American painters such as Duane Bryers, Len Chmiel, William Reese, Don Putman, Mark Daily, George Strickland, Dan Mieduch, Ralph Oberg, and James Reynolds, at the Scottsdale Artists' School, in Arizona, where Haas became a popular painting instructor as well.

Just Curious 20" x 24" oil painting by Tom Haas

Art of the West magazine introduced Tom Haas to its readers in November 1996. In 1997 Haas won “Best of Show” at a Tucson Museum of Art exhibition and received his second Phippen Foundation Award in Prescott, Arizona, for museum quality (first time in 1995). Upon returning to the Phippen Western Art Show in 2004, he won First Place in Drawing. Tom’s work was also in the Phippen Museum's 2005-06 Miniature Masterpieces shows and its 2007 Winner’s Roundup retrospective. In 2009, Tom won First Place in Oils at the Western Heritage Artists show in Great Falls, Montana.

Bright Angel Trail 40" x 30" oil painting by Tom Haas

In 1998 Tom’s work was featured in the first issue of International Artists magazine. It also appeared in a book titled Art of the American West. Later that year, he was inducted as an Honorary Artist Life Member of the prestigious Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson, Arizona. One-man shows of paintings by Tom Haas have been held at the A. R. Mitchell Museum in Colorado (2000), the Sun Cities Museum in Arizona (1996), and the Fountain Hills Community and Event Center in Arizona (2008). Tom’s paintings have, also, been exhibited at the C. M. Russell Museum in Montana, the Clymer Museum in Washington, and at several Arizona museums including the Pueblo Grande, Sharlot Hall, Phippen, Tucson Museum of Art, and the Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

Canyon Pond 36" x 36" oil painting by Tom Haas

Early exposure to paintings by N.C. Wyeth ignited Tom’s drive and confidence to learn about art and express himself visually. Versatile and prolific, Haas is most inspired by time spent outdoors capturing nature’s light, color, and form.

Rural Deliveries 18" x 24" oil painting by Tom Haas

Baby Sitter 30" x 20" oil painting by Tom Haas

Coastal Afternoon 36" x 30" oil painting by Tom Haas

Scarlet Distraction 18" x 24" oil painting by Tom Haas

Buffalo Valley Creek 36" x 24" oil painting by Tom Haas

Wait...Heel...Sit 12" x 36" oil painting by Tom Haas

Story Teller 27" x 18" oil painting by Tom Haas

Season of Gold, Yampa River Valley, Colorado 30" x 48" oil painting by Tom Haas

Are You Comin'? 36" x 30" oil painting by Tom Haas

Mi Casa Su Casa 24" x 36" recent demonstration of oil painting by Tom Haas

Passing Through 18" x 24" oil painting by Tom Haas

Neighbor's Garden 12" x 9" puppy portrait sample oil by Tom Haas

Grazing on Mixed Greens 16" x 20" oil painting by Tom Haas

Outskirts 48" x 132" triptych oil painting by Tom Haas (2 of 3 pieces shown)

Below Black Mountain 48" x 48" oil painting by Tom Haas

Saving the Planet 16" x 20" oil painting by Tom Haas

Anthropologist 11" x 14" oil painting by Tom Haas

Observations about Tom and his work:

"I highly recommend the artwork of Tom Haas for your home or office. This award-winning artist has mastered several art styles from western realism to plein air landscapes to contemporary designs." Sue Willoughby, Fine-Art Appraiser and former Museum Director from Scottsdale, Arizona

"My first experience as a plein air painter was truly memorable thanks to my friend and fellow artist Tom Haas. Tom's amazing ability to capture the essence, atmosphere and light of even the most complex views with ease was remarkable to me....As a long time studio painter - I have gained great respect for plein air painters – and Tom is definitely on the top of my list." Joni Falk, Fine Artist from Phoenix, Arizona

“Tom, Thanks for the excellent workshop. It was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect, the class size was small, and the instruction was top notch”. John Joosten, Fine Artist from Fountain Hills, Arizona

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FREE Studio & Gallery Tours

at NE Phoenix home of award-winning artist Tom Haas.

You'll get to see and enjoy

variety of original paintings on display;

presentation/illustration samples

for interior designers; and an

oil painting demonstration.

The next studio tour is

Saturday, July 11, 2009, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Also open by appointment.

4002 E. Kimberly Way, Phoenix, AZ 85050 Map