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.
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's solo exhibition Miroirs and Other Paintings is upcoming January 15 - February 9, 2025.
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 18, 2 - 5 p.m.
Miroirs Booklet by Jeff Thomsen
Miroirs: Noctuelles (Night Moths), oil on linen, 24" x 30" Available
Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes (Sad Birds), oil on linen, 24" x 30" Available
Miroirs: Une barque sur l'océan (A Boat on the Ocean), oil on linen, 24" x 30" Available
Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester), oil on linen, 24" x 30" Available
Miroirs: 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, 8" x 10" 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
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