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How the National Park Service uses the interpretive paintings of Mr. Thomas.
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These pages offer detailed images of the fine art giclee prints created from the original oil paintings of landscape and visionary artist JH Thomas, mostly from the work done in his studio in Flagstaff, Arizona. They also include several posters from of his digital paintings. As they become available, links to the online Cafe Shops that produce and provide reproductions and other gift items, are provided. Click on the image.
"Fall Comes To The North Rim Grand Canyon"
PS0055_This smaller print is the preliminary study painting done just prior to execution of the large four panel painting. See "Step By Step" Demonstration. It took several months to complete this assignment. The entire story is told from preparing the masonite panels, mixing colors and lessons of planning during the painting. Includes detail close ups.
PS0057_This is how the final gallery print appears in its current published form. It depicts the four separate panels floating over a close up mezo tint of a portion of the painting detail. Size is 23"x35" and the price is $75.00. Orders came in immediately, the painting sold before it was finished. Click on this image to visit the page for placing your orders. This painting, and its online tutorial, is featured in an eBook published By Creative Spotlight. Five months in the making, including the preliminary study painting, To better appreciate the effort behind this painting...
"Seems Like Forever"
PS0013_Grand Canyon on a December morning. It's about 8:30 in the morning from the area of Hopi Point near Hermit's Rest. The winter sun is coming up far to the right in the southeast. A lone raven surveys the unlimited domain before it. (You can see him sitting in the tree) "Seems Like Forever" Poem Behold the dawn! December morn. I watch the forms, exposed by light, I know it's all geology, A masterpiece of time and space, I know my sight may see so far, © JH Thomas 2001, All Rights Reserved. "Grand Canyon Meditation"
PS0060_Grand Canyon sunset near Hopi Point, drenched in evening light. Quoted from Mr. Thomas: "The reason that I named this painting, "Grand Canyon Meditation" is because it encompasses two philosophic ideas that are amongst my favorites to think about. First, in the artistic world it is known that greater freedom of expression, without distraction, comes from a limited color palette. As the song lyrics go, the "Freedom of my chains." Or as we painters realize, there's more to do with less. The second idea is about our personal perceptions of reality. This is a close up study of texture and geological erosion at one particular area of the Grand Canyon, as seen from Hopi Point during a winter sunset. In this moment the orange color of the setting sun influences and saturates all of the natural colors of the depositional rock layers and foliage. In this moment even green trees become a shade of orange. And it all "looks normal." It is like this in our daily lives. Our attitudes and our emotional mind sets "color" our realities, our daily events, to fit the overall scene we know the facts to be, our "idea" of the world. We are "safe." Without any conscious effort we actually determine what we see and experience. It is a profound idea to meditate on. This event is inescapable. So it is in this picture. These "bigger" ideas were my inspiration as I painted." --Thomas
"Above The Clouds"
PS0066_This is a scene near Moran Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, after a summer storm. The southern majority of the canyon is still filled with clouds and fog, a special time at the canyon when one sees it. "Metaphorically, the painting for me is an example of what we see and what we don't see in life. Our immediate present or reality (the foreground) seems solid, permanent and trustworthy. We gaze at the horizon and move toward the future confident that it will be there. Events, big and small, like these buttes above the clouds appear and are visible in our expectations and memories. But most of life and certainly the unconscious and unseen forces that stimulate most of what goes on is beneath the clouds, out of sight and hidden from our view. We wonder at its mystery and its power but must remain resigned to living in the atmosphere of consequences within which we feel confortable yet estranged at the same time. Nothing is what it seems." ...Thomas
Business offices and personal homes are populated by framed gallery prints from Thomas' original oil paintings. Professional buildings on the campus of Northern Arizona University display reproductions as well as some originals, because of the regional landscape theme in these paintings. Gives new meaning to the phrase, "Corporate Art" of nature. CLICK of the graphic above to view an animation of how this visionary painting, "The Meeting Place," was created. This finished painting now hangs in the offices of chiropractor Doug Larsen. |
 Over the years local Professionals and Businesses have purchased the use of Mr. Thomas' creative work for their own use as well as business application. The latter has included advertising, business promotion, Christmas Cards, Thank You gifts and more. The beauty of Northern Arizona, featured in most of Thomas' paintings, has always been a perfect promotional companion for any business in this region. In consideration of this, and as an expression of our gratitude for the patronage, we are pleased to provide this FREE business listing: (John Vroom - Webmaster) Bed and Breakfasts of Northern Arizona B and B Lodging is known for its home-like ambience, privacy, parking security, better food and personalized service. Yet they are just as convenient as any hotel, often with better locations. Please consider this option for your next visit to this area. Comfi Cottages of Flagstaff Canyon Country Inn Aspen Inn Bed and Breakfast Grand Living Bed & Breakfast Arizona Mountain Inn Arizona Sled Dog Inn Conifer House B&B Inn Elden House Bed and Breakfast England House Bed and Breakfast Fall Inn To Nature Bed and Breakfast Hidden Hollow Bed and Breakfast The Inn at 410 B&B Starlight Pines Bed and Breakfast Legacies Bed and Breakfast Alpine Inn Hannagan Meadow Lodge Hacienda de la Mariposa Luna Vista Bed and Breakfast Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast Log Cabin Bed and Breakfast Adobe Hacienda Bed and Breakfast Adobe Village Graham Inn Alma de Sedona Inn Apple Orchard inn Briar Patch Inn Canyon Villa B&B of Sedona Country Garden Bed and Breakfast Cozy Cactus Bed and Breakfast Lantern Light Inn The Penrose Bed and Breakfast Territorial House Old West B&B Touch of Sedona B&B |
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Northern Arizona Galleries
This is a photo taken during Thomas' "One Man Show" in a Sedona Fine Art Gallery 2005. Many of his paintings are done on 3D masonite panels.
Here's another typical example, one of our favorite downtown restaurants, Mountain Oasis, has used reproductions of Thomas' oil paintings as their menu covers for years. The perfect northern Arizona ambience. |
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