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Focal Point: Kyle V Thomas
Visit Kyle V Thomas's Canvoo Focal Point on the web



Whether painting a landscape, still life or a figure, each creation incorporates the true essence of the subject, creating a remarkable body of work.

- Informed Collector

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Other Web Pages with info about Kyle V Thomas

Kyle V Thomas's Main Artist Website

 

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Biography

Kyle Vincent Thomas is a contemporary realist who excels in painting still-lifes, landscapes, and the figure. His works hang in private collections across America and internationally in Ireland, Scotland, and France. Though he didn't start painting until his early 20's, Kyle recognized his interest in art at an early age. As a young boy, he loved to draw people and things and through books and museum visits, he developed a great love for realist art, especially the works of Michelangelo and Rembrandt. However, serious study in art didn't start for him until 1997 when he enrolled at Laguna College of Art and Design. It was there that he was trained to draw and paint in the classical tradition. While studying at LCAD, Kyle discovered and became greatly influenced by the 19th century artists John Singer Sargent and Joaquin Sorolla. He continues to look to their work for guidance and encouragement. Kyle graduated in 2000 with a BFA in Painting. He later went on to receive his MFA in Figurative Painting from the Academy of Art University in 2009.


Kyle currently lives in Chandler, Arizona with his wife and three children.

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Born in Newton, Massachusetts

BFA Painting & Drawing, Laguna College of Art & Design, California
MFA in Figurative Painting, Academy of Art University, California


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Edinger Gallery, Top 21 Artists, Laguna Beach, CA
LCAD Fairhaven Mausoleum Art Exhibition A.D. 2010, Santa Ana, CA

2009
Salmagundi Club, 32nd Annual Non Members Exhibition, New York, New York

2006
HC West Gallery, First Friday Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
Scottsdale Artists' School, The Best and Brightest 2006, Scottsdale, AZ
- Awarded People's Choice Award for "Hunted"
Upstream People Gallery, 8th Annual Realism Int. Juried Art Exhibition, Omaha, NE
- Awarded Special Recognition for "Muse"

2001
Grandview Retirement Residence, The Grandview Art Project, Los Angeles, CA
Malibu Vineyard Art Gallery, Visual Voices, Malibu, CA

2000
Fact Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Edinger Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Cruz LA Gallery, Nine After Four, Venice Beach, CA

1999
Safeco Lobby Gallery, Literally & Figuratively Speaking, Fountain Valley, CA
Edinger Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

1994
Beasley Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ


PUBLICATIONS
Best of America Oil Artists & Artisans - Volume 1, 2007, Kennedy Publishing


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America
 

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Other Web Pages Kyle V Thomas Recommends
(These pages are not necessarily about Kyle V Thomas)

"Why Beauty Matters" BBC's Roger Scruton

Open Box M

RayMar Art Panels