Jeff Thomsen

I paint representationally and mostly in oils, both scenes observed and those imagined. I am sometimes inspired by music, often by animals, and always by the atmospheric play of light falling throughout the day and drifting away at night. I like a sense of narrative and feeling of place and character, and so I attempt to manipulate my paint to realize these feelings only to sometimes learn that the qualities of paint and endless permutations of color impose their own ideas, which I’m content to let play out. I often see the world in deep, vibrating layers, and I do my best to paint in a way that reflects this.
Small landscapes or drawings are painted or drawn on the spot and then modified as needed in the studio. Larger works are realized after a long process of sketching, drawing, oil studies, and muddling through. Because a painting may always head in a thousand different directions, studies may sometimes ultimately exist as independent statements of their own. In actuality, there are no studies or final versions — there are simply different versions of endless possibilities. I wish I had the time to explore them all.

Jeff Thomsen Resume
Jeff Thomsen 2020 video by John Thornton 

Jeff Thomsen's solo exhibition is upcoming January 15 - February 9, 2025. 
Opening Reception:  Saturday, January 18, 2 - 5 p.m. 


Noctuelles (Night Moths), oil on linen, 24" x 30"  Available 


Oiseaux tristes (Sad Birds), oil on linen, 24" x 30"  Available


Une barque sur l'océan (A Boat on the Ocean), oil on linen, 24" x 30"  Available 


Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester), oil on linen, 24" x 30"  Available


La vallée des cloches (Valley of the Bells), oil on linen, 30" x 24"  Available


Summer Night in a Quiet City, oil on linen, 30" x 24"  Available


Night Moths in Chestnut Hill, oil on linen, 30" x 24"  Available


Street Scene with Leaf Bags, oil on board, 16" x 16"  Available 

 
July 2023, oil on linen on board, 11" x 14"  Available


The Lafayette Sycamore and Gilpin House, oil on linen on board, 10" x 14"  Available


Early March, oil on linen on board, 9" x 12"  Available


Snowbells and Carriage House, oil on board, 10" x 10"  Available


Rose Bush and Historical Marker, oil on linen on board,  8" x 6"  Available


A Corner Yard in April, oil on board, 8" x 8"  Available


Fall Street Scene, oil on linen on board, 9" x 12"  Available 


View from South Ardmore Park, oil on board, 8" x 10"  Available


Winter Vines by a Spring House, oil on board, 12" x 9"  Available


Study for Summer Night in a Quiet City, oil on linen on board, 20" x 14"  Available 


Study for Noctuelles and Oiseaux tristes, oil on linen, 12" x 24"  Available 


Study for Noctuelles, oil on linen, 12" x 15"  Available 


Study for La vallée des cloches, oil on linen on board, 9.75" x 7.75"  SOLD 


Grisaille Study for La vallée des cloches, oil on linen, 15" x 12"  Available 


Charcoal Study for La vallée des cloches, charcoal on paper, 30" x 24"  Available 


Charcoal Study for Oiseaux tristes, charcoal on paper, 24" x 30"  Available 

Jeff Thomsen's previous solo exhibition was held March 15 - April 9, 2023. A selection of works is currently available at the gallery as indicated below.  For inquiries on all others, please Contact Us.   
Cerulean Arts Collective Virtual Tour & Talk - March 29, 2023 


Toward Evening, oil on linen, 30" x 40"  Available 


Keeper, oil on linen, 30" x 20"  Available 


Young Jaguar, oil on linen, 24" x 30"  Available 

Six Young Jaguars, oil on board, 13" x 15"  Available 


Study for Toward Evening, oil on linen on board, 16" x 20"  Available 


Cat on a Fence, ink & watercolor on paper, 6" x 7.5"  SOLD 


Midsummer, oil on board, 10" x 10"  Available 


Quiet House, oil on linen on board, 14" x 18"  Available 


Perhaps Five Trees, oil on board, 8" x 16"  SOLD 


Summer Walk, oil on linen on panel, 9" x 12"  Available 


View to the Yard, oil on panel, 8" x 8"  Available 


First Leaves and Last, oil on linen on board, 11" x 14"  Available 
 

Midday, Spring, oil on board, 10.75" x 10.75"  Available 


Morning in the Shadow of the Yew Trees, oil on board, 8" x 13.5"  Available 


Small Pavillion, oil on board, 6.5" x 8.5"  Available 
 
 
Ball Field Study, oil on board, 12.25" x 18"  Available 


Return in the Summer, oil on linen, 24" x 30"  SOLD 


Rocks at Beavertail, watercolor on paper, 7.5" x 12"  SOLD 


Cove Off Conanicut Island, watercolor on paper, 7" x 10"  Available 


Rocks at Fort Wetherill, watercolor on paper, 7.5" x 11.5"  Available 


Jamestown Harbor, Showers, watercolor on paper, 6" x 12"  Available 


Rhode Island Windmill, ink wash on paper, 9" x 8.25"  SOLD 

Notating Nature, oil on linen, 24" x 36"  SOLD 


Summer Night in a Small Yard, oil on linen, 18" x 24" 


Cat in Yellow Room, oil on linen mounted on panel, 16" x 20" 


Night Scene with Cat, oil on panel, 12" x 16"  


By a Quiet Road, oil on linen mounted on panel, 12" x 18" 


The Light Across the Street, oil on panel, 11" x 14"  


Lemur Looking, oil on linen mounted on panel, 9" x 12"  


A Rumor of Spring, oil on panel, 14" x 11"  


Bright Morning along Karakung Creek, oil on panel, 12" x 16" 


Things Which Grow in Early Spring, oil on panel, 12" x 9"  SOLD 


Morning Study, oil on panel, 12" x 9"  


Playing in the Creek, oil on panel, 9" x 12"  SOLD  


Flowers after News of Tilda, oil on panel, 18" x 12"  SOLD 


Summer Morning in Cathy's Yard, oil on panel, 8" x 16"  SOLD 


On Athens Avenue, oil on panel, 7" x 10.25" 


Warm Morning, oil on panel, 8" x 12" 


Red Tree Fall, oil on panel, 10" x 10"  


Lynx, oil on panel, 9" x 12" 


Step Study, oil on panel, 8" x 10" 


Study for Return in the Summer, oil on paper, 11" x 14"  SOLD 

A Cat's Journey, oil on linen, 24" x 30"  SOLD 

Day Lilies, Hot Afternoon, oil on panel, 10" x 10"  


A Mississippi Nocturne Study, oil on linen mounted on panel, 14" x 11" 


Winter Bank, oil on linen mounted on panel, 9" x 12" 


Community Garden, oil on panel, 9" x 12" 


Midday, When People are at School or Work, oil on panel, 12" x 12"  

Overgrowth and Undergrowth, oil on panel, 10" x 10"  SOLD  

Late Winter Thaw, oil on linen mounted on panel, 6.25" x 10"  SOLD  

February Dog and Walker, oil on panel, 8" x 8"  SOLD  


Sasha, charcoal on paper, 4.5" x 8"  SOLD  


March Snow Shadows, oil on panel, 8" x 8"  SOLD  


Study for Early Morning in a Small Town, oil on linen mounted on panel, 8" x 12"  SOLD

Field Patch, August, oil on panel, 8" x 8"  SOLD 


March Daffodils, oil on panel, 10.875" x 18.375"  SOLD


Corner Daffodils, oil on panel, 6" x 11"  SOLD

Corner of a Yard, oil on museum board, 8.25" x 9.5"  SOLD


Midsummer, Mill Grove, oil on panel, 8.25" x 13.125"  SOLD 

Bartram's Garden, oil on panel, 8" x 8"  SOLD