Tom Shropshire Artworks Gallery

Draculas' Carriage
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Description A haunted cityscape with a pumpkin-faced moon glowing ominously overhead. Bats fly across the sky as Dracula's horse-drawn carriage moves along the cobblestone street. A female vamp…
Headless Horseman
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Description A headless rider on a galloping horse holds a glowing pumpkin high. The scene is set within a misty, autumn forest with vibrant fall colors.
Whitetail Falls
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Description A tranquil forest scene features a solitary deer standing near a gentle waterfall. The vibrant fall foliage in warm hues surrounds the scene, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
Forbidden Forest
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Description A centaur with long flowing hair walks through a glowing autumn forest. The vibrant leaves create a magical atmosphere as a creature lurks nearby.Harry Potter tales feature the Forb…
Airship Over Scotland
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Description A large airship hovers over a sprawling city with Gothic architecture in Scotland. The skyline shows buildings in silhouette against a dramatic sky.
A Fish Out Of Water
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Description A mystical scene depicts a mermaid observing a sailing ship amidst turbulent waves near a rocky cliff. The moon casts a gentle glow over the ocean, adding an ethereal touch.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams [800x600]
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Description A city street glows…
Back Alley Hustle
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Description A man in a trench c…
Woodland Nymph
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A mystical figure draped in green dances beneath large, sprawling trees in a verdant forest. The scene exudes a sense of enchantment and connection with nature. Forest nymphs are minor goddesse…
The Leshy
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A dense forest bathed in soft, golden light, creating a mystical ambiance. The silhouette of a figure with antlers stands majestically in the center of the scene. In the shadowed depths of anci…
Tail Lights on Rush street
Description A bustling Rush street in Chicago is captured during a rainy night. Bright lights reflect on the wet pavement, creating a vibrant urban scene. The contrast of warm and cool lights are compelling. Rush street…
On The Rocks
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A sailing ship struggles against powerful waves during a storm. Lightning illuminates the scene, creating a dramatic atmosphere.
Dragon's Realm
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A vibrant dragon stands guard on a rocky cliff near a stunning castle nestled in snow-capped mountains. The scene captures a medieval fantasy world.
Bird of Prey
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Birds of prey are carnivorous birds known for their sharp talons, hooked beaks, and keen eyesight, used for hunting live prey like mammals, reptiles and other birds. The American eagle is a pow…
Sophia
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Description A woman stands with her hands in her hair, surrounded by abstract textures and colors. She wears a blue top, blending into the vibrant background.I have had a fan crush on Sophia Lo…
Avatar
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. A striking face emerges from a textured, abstract background with a blue and red color scheme. Vibrant hues and bold brush strokes create a dramatic effect.Avatar; a visible manifestation or em…
The Seeress
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. A woman is depicted with swirling elements of blue and orange, creating a dynamic composition. Her presence is ethereal, surrounded by cosmic motifs and dark shadows. A Seeress is a prominent f…
Light Against the Darkness
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. An energetic composition with dynamic lines and vibrant colors. Splashes of teal and gold create a striking contrast against darker tones.
A Whisper of Time
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. A swirling blend of colors creates an impressionistic and ethereal scene. Cool tones dominate, with hints of shimmering light and contrasting shadows.
'Tis the Season
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Vibrant ornaments hang on a Christmas tree, featuring colorful baubles and delicate snowflakes. The festive decorations are illuminated by soft, glowing lights.
Winter Shadows
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A peaceful winter scene captures a snow-covered forest path surrounded by tall, bare trees. Sunlight filters through, casting shadows on the snow.
Chance of Flurries
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A bustling city street is captured during a snowy night, with lights from buildings illuminating the scene. Pedestrians hurry along the wet streets as snow continues to fall, creating a moody u…
Halloween on Edward Street 2
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Children dressed in various costumes gather outside a haunted house under a large full moon. Bats fly across the sky, adding to the spooky atmosphere.Edward Street in Burlington, Wisconsin is a…
Bewitched
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A witch rides a broomstick under a full moon, surrounded by bats. The cityscape below includes lit windows and a carved pumpkin.Inspired by the old sitcom Bewitched: an entrancing 60s sitcom th…
Burst of Autumn
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A vivid depiction of autumn trees with golden leaves against a rich blue sky. The vibrant colors create a striking contrast and highlight the beauty of nature. There are silhouettes of deer vis…
A Murder of Crows
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A serene forest scene is painted in warm tones of orange and brown, capturing the essence of autumn. Silhouettes of crows add a mysterious element to the tranquil setting. There is a shadowy fi…
Airship Over the City
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A fantastical airship floats above a misty urban skyline, illuminated by the glow of a full moon. The city is depicted with intricate details, featuring towering buildings that merge into the h…
Art of Refinement 2
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. An oil refinery processing fossil fuels looks like a futuristic city as it separates crude oil into useful products like gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil. Refineries operate 24/7, 365 day…
Forest Dryad
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! A mystical figure adorned with antlers stand…
Steampunk London
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A bustling cityscape is shrouded in fog, with people holding umbrellas walking along the wet streets. Airships hover above the city, adding a sense of steampunk fantasy to the scene.
Bridges
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. A vibrant display of colors blends with abstract forms, creating a dynamic and energetic scene. Structures like arches and bridges emerge subtly through the interplay of light and color.
Cursive
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. A dynamic abstract composition features swirling lines and splashes of contrasting colors, creating a sense of movement and energy. The color palette includes earthy browns, soft blues, and vib…
Window View
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Window View Raindrops streak down a window, blurring the view of a brightly lit cityscape at night. The lights create a warm glow, contrasting with the cool darkness of the scene.
Opening Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Opening Night Radiant city lights pierce through a rainy night, reflecting off wet streets as people with umbrellas navigate the shimmering scene. The ambiance captures the dynamic energy and b…
West With Giraffes
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting was inspired by the book "West With Giraffes" by Lynda Rutledge. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story. An emotional, rousing novel based on the…
If Looks Could Kill
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. If Looks Could Kill A detailed depiction of a wolf's face emerges from the dark background, with its intense eyes catching the viewer's attention. The use of warm tones highlights the fur and c…
Time Changes All
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Time Changes All A skull rests beside an ornate clock with Roman numerals, while a reflective glass sits nearby. The scene conveys a moody, reflective atmosphere.
Armchair Voyages
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Armchair Voyages A model ship is placed atop an old book, flanked by a bottle labeled "Bulleit Rye" and a magnifying glass with a decorative handle. The composition creates a nostalgic and vint…
UFO Visitors
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. UFO Visitors In a remote corner of Scotland alien visitors scan the landscape.
California Fires
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. Flames engulf a wooded area, creating a vivid contrast between the bright fire and the dark forest. The intensity of the fire is evident from the vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows, casting an…
Who Am I
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Who Am I A lone figure emerges from an abstract swirl of colors, with vibrant splashes of turquoise and deep blacks contrasting with softer whites and grays. The scene evokes a sense of mystery…
Wired
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. A dynamic blend of colors and abstract forms creates a sense of movement and depth. Dark lines intersect with muted tones, adding complexity to the composition
Dreaming
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. A figure with flowing hair appears to be in motion, enveloped in vibrant blues and greens that evoke a sense of movement and energy. The blurred background adds to the dreamlike quality of the…
Purple Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Description A mystical woodland scene is bathed in a soft, ethereal light, creating a sense of tranquility and wonder. Tall trees with bare branches frame the view, leading the eye toward a bri…
Chicago L Train
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The Chicago ‘L’ has been winding its way through the city’s alleys and rumbling past windows for well more than a century. For many Chicagoans, it’s part of everyday life. Snow falls gently ove…
A Walk in the Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Two people are embracing each other as they walk through a snowy forest with tall bare trees surrounding them. A warm glow illuminates the sky, providing a contrast to the cold, wintry landscap…
The Yule Tree
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. The Yule Tree A Yule tree is a decorated evergreen tree that symbolizes life and spring, and is celebrated during the winter solstice. A beautifully lit Christmas tree stands against a dark, sn…
One Horse Open Sleigh
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. A snow-dusted forest scene envelops a lone rider on horse drawn sleigh, creating a serene yet mysterious atmosphere. The warm glow of sunset filters through the trees, enhancing the contrast be…
Something Wicked
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Something Wicked "By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes" ~ William Shakespear Spooky scene depicts a jack-o'-lantern-headed figure holding a lantern amidst a mysterious,…
Halloween Forest Witch
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Halloween Forest Witch A mysterious, autumnal forest features a menacing figure with a pumpkin head in the center. The trees appear animated, with expressive faces blending into the dark, earth…
Halloween Cat Lady
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Halloween Cat Lady A cold wind blows, scattering the falling leaves in the cold misty air. A witch walks along the path following her black cat Halloween is near. Halloween, witch, black cat, f…
A Walk in the Wood
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. A Walk in the Wood Wood has a dual meaning in this title. As a young boy I was inspired by an artist named Robert Wood. Robert William Wood was an American landscape painter. He was born in Eng…
Downtown Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Downtown Rain The wet city streets reflect the glittering lights of the city at night. Pedestrians hurry across the intersection under their umbrellas, dodging rain and traffic ...just another…
Chicago Wrigley Building
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Chicago Wrigley Building Chicago’s iconicWrigley Building, known for its soaring clock tower and festive walls of white terra cotta, has been home to the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for one hundred yea…
Cool Swagger
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Cool Swagger A city girl with a…
A Walk in the Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A rainy evening scene depicts people walking under umbrellas along a reflective city park path flanked by tall trees with bare branches. The background suggests a blend of urban lights and a ev…
A Hard Place
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. A Hard Place A blend of dark and light brush strokes creates an abstract composition, with a central burst of textured splatters giving an impression of energy and movement. The contrasting col…
Photosynthesis
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 12. Vibrant green and black hues dominate the abstract piece, with dynamic splashes and strokes creating an energetic visual. The play of light and shadow adds depth, suggesting movement and chaos…
Wisconsin Friends
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Wisconsin Friends The dairy state of Wisconsin has lots of these large and curious friends. Tags; cows, dairy cows, Tom Shropshire art, barnyard animals, spring flowers, pasture
King Cluck
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. King Cluck The regal look of this fowl fellow inspired the title. Tags; chicken, rooster, Tom Shropshire art, King Cluck
Oriole
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Oriole Smaller and more slender than an American Robin, Baltimore Orioles are medium-sized, sturdy-bodied songbirds with thick necks and long legs. Look for their long, thick-based, pointed bil…
Not Impressed
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Not Impressed The skeptical expression on this fellow tells me he is not impressed with me. Tags; owl, Great Horned Owl, owls, wildlife. Birds, Tom Shropshire art
Snarly
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Snarly The wolf snarl is complex, and does not necessarily indicate an attack, but a warning and a form of communication. In a dominance display, it is a warning that they will bite if not resp…
A Tro of Eagles
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. A Trio of Eagles A rare Bald eagle trio captivated webcam viewers. Trio relationships may not be the Bald Eagle norm, but in this case, it’s resulted in several healthy, thriving eaglets and ex…
Phoenix Rising
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Phoenix Rising The Phoenix is a mythical bird associated with renewal and regeneration. It is a symbol of hope, of life and better things to come. The Phoenix represents transformation, strengt…
Counting Coup
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40. Counting Coup This large painting was purchased by our dear friends, Dick and Mim Eichland many years ago. Mim recently passed and Dick generously offered to return the painting as he is now in…
Into The Vortex
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48. Into The Vortex Vortex Definition; Something that resembles a whirlpool, a mass of fluid or air with a whirling circular motion that tends to form a vacuum in the center. I am more interested i…
Spectral Prism
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48. This painting received a First Place Award for Abstracts in the International BoldBrush Art Competition Spectral Prism To me, painting abstracts is a freeing and cleansing exercise that I must…
Last Hurrah
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. Last Hurrah Colorful Autumn leaves dance in the wind and float to the ground in their final performance of the year. Tags; Autumn, Autumn leaves, fall colors, semi-abstract, Tom Shropshire art
Into The Aether
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Into the Aether In Steampunk fiction Aether is often used as the element that keeps airships afloat. Sometimes I can see myself Whirling through space Dancing with stars Tags; Aether, abstract,…
The Fifth Element
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! The Fifth Element Aether is known as the Fif…
Outside the Bubble
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Outside the Bubble A bubble in time Floats But will not last Tags: ; abstract, abstract expressionism, non-objective, Tom Shropshire art, modern art, contemporary art
Old Temple
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Old Temple of Athena Against a backdrop of stars, the stone figures still support the temple in the moonlight. If original art is not in your budget, this painting is also available as an affor…
Easter Bunny
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Easter Bunny Public Service Announcement; If you see the Easter Bunny dropping chocolate M&Ms, don’t eat them – they’re not chocolate. Tags; Easter Bunny, Easter, rabbit, colored egg, easter eg…
Sunflower Proposal
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Sunflower Proposal This painting was inspire…
Fantasy, Whiskey and Time
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Fantasy, Whiskey and Time This little tableau was arranged to showcase a few of my favorite things - my copy of The collected works of Jules Vern (a gift from my son), J. Henry whiskey (Wiscons…
My Studio
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. My Studio This is a corner in my upstairs studio that I refer to as Studio 1. My studio and classroom in the lower level I call Studio 2. Back in the 70's, I heard there was a guy in New York t…
Favorite Things
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 12. Favorite Things I painted a few of my favorite ornaments on the family tree. Ralph Waldo Emerson put it best however, “The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.” Tags; Christmas o…
Bourbon Break
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. Bourbon Break Any drink tastes better poured from a crystal decanter! This painting features my favorite indulgence in a decanter that was a gift from my son a number of years ago. I’ve heard it…
Happy Hour
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. Happy Hour Maker’s Mark is a fine bourbon that a gentleman from Tennessee introduced me to over 35 years ago. But as the saying goes …“There are no bad bourbons, only better bourbons”. Their tra…
Armchair Traveler
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Armchair Traveler These two globes are part of the collection displayed in my home (I even have a large standing globe with a fully stocked bar inside). My purpose in this painting was to focus…
Peter Rabbit
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. Peter Rabbit We have had this little figure of Peter Rabbit driving his car for many years. My wife brings him out at Easter and we fill up the back of his roadster with malted milk eggs.
Glass Half Full
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. Glass Half Full To a pessimist the glass is always half empty, to an optimist the glass is always half full, and as pragmatist once said, “either way there’s clearly room for more booze”. I’m an…
Watercolor Study 198
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 197
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 191
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 187
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 185
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 184
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 183
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 181
Watercolor, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 180
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 179
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 175
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 170
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 166
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 162
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 151
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 148
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Pabst Theater Milwaukee Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb hot pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Lincoln Rises Again
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. Lincoln Rises Again This statue of Lincoln was attacked by a vandal in Burlington, Wisconsin. A young man with a pickup truck and a tow strap toppled our 103 year old bronze of Abe Lincoln and l…
Watercolor Study 146
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 142
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 141
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. "Hoan Bridge Study" Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unfram…
Watercolor Study 140
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 139
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor study 133
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 130
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 129
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 128
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 126
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 125
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 124
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 121
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 120
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 119
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 118
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 117
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 116
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 115
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 114
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 113
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 112
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 111
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 110
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 109
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. "Going For Ice Cream" Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unfr…
Watercolor Study 108
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 107
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 106
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 105
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 104
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 103
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 102
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 101
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 100
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 099
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 098
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 097
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 087
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. 2B, or not 2B. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 086
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 083
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 082
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 081
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 080
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 079
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 078
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 077
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 076
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 075
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 074
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 073
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 072
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 071
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 070
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 069
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 068
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 067
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 066
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x8 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4.75 x 7.5 sold unframed
Watercolor Study 065
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 064
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 063
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 062
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 061
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 060
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat
Watercolor Study 059
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat – unframed
Watercolor Study 058
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 057
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 056
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 055
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 052
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 051
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 050
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 049
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 048
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 047
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 046
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 045
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 044
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 043
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 042
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 041
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 040
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 035
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 024
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 023
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 022
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
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Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 008
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 007
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 006
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Watercolor Study Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 005
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 004
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 003
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Original signed watercolor study size 5x7 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 002
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Original signed watercolor study on 140 Lb cold pressed paper 5x7 image 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Watercolor Study 001
Watercolor, Paper, 5 x 7. Original signed watercolor study on 140 Lb cold pressed paper 5x7 image 4x6 sold with mat - unframed
Christmas Sparkle
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Christmas Sparkle This painting was inspired by the cover art of Ideals Magazine, a publication that was always on display in our home over the holiday season. Ideals Magazine was published in…
Music Lover
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 20. A loyal dog gazes at his elderly owner with love, listening to him play the harmonica. This has been in my own private collection for many years but it's time to find it a new home.
Goddess of Food & Drink
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Goddess of Food and Drink People gather at the bar in one of my favorite restaurants, “Crazy Waters” in Milwaukee. There is a plaster bust on the wall behind the bar. I have no idea what it rep…
One Stormy Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This painting was inspired by the album cover of “One Stormy Night” which shows the blurry image of a man and woman seen through a rain drenched window glass. The first Mystic Moods Orchestra a…
Woman in the Window
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The soft contours and warm color of the nude female figure are contrasted with the cold hard edges of the room and window. The naked vulnerability of the woman as she looks out at the harsh and…
Sable Falls
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Sable Falls My granddaughters were chasing waterfalls in the upper peninsula of Michigan, hiking and kayaking, and posted many beautiful photos. They provided the inspiration for this painting.…
Orion Nebula
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 12. Orion Nebula A star is born! Emission Nebulae are huge, fluorescent clouds of gas that have become ionized and glow with various colors. The green-colored Orion Nebula is 20 lightyears across a…
Airship Gypsy Wind
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Airship Gypsy Wind (Steampunk S…
Milwaukee Fog
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER! This painting, has been awarded by Jury, the honor of Outstanding Acrylic in the International BoldBrush art competition!! This painting is also featured as cover art for the nove…
A Good Ship
Acrylic, Canvas, 18 x 24. A Good Ship There are good ships and wood ships, ships that Sail the sea, But the best ships are friendships, may they always be. ~ Irish Proverb * This has always been a favorite toast of mine…
Airship Over Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Airship Over Milwaukee The intrepid airship “Gypsy wind” floats across the night sky above Milwaukee catching the light of a brilliant full moon. Only the flap and sputter of the steam driven p…
Shattered
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Shattered Shots fired! Shattered glass, shat…
Edinburgh Writers Museum
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! I was fascinated with Edinburgh…
The Tempest
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. The Tempest It sums up the things we’ve been through; from violent storms worldwide, a raging global pandemic, political strife and a country divided. The Tempest is a play by William Shakespea…
Moonlight on Waves
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Moonlight on Waves The elementa…
Sea Monster
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Deep Sea Monster The Norwegian legend of the Kraken comes to life as a deep sea cephalopod rises from below and wraps it's tentacles around a sailing ship. It could have been a giant squid that…
New York City of Dreams
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. “New York City of Dreams” by Tom Shropshire was selected for an award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Throughout its history, New York City h…
Autumn Wind
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Autumn Wind As the days grow shorter and the nights colder, leaves turn gold and russet and red as they fall from gnarled branches to dance upon the wind and rustle along the ground skittering…
Forest Stream
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Double Award Winner!! This painting has been awarded the honor of Outstanding Acrylic and a Jury’s Favorite in the International BoldBrush art competition. The FAV15 AWARDS are selected by the…
Airship Attack
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! A battle at sea is over quickly when an airs…
A Rainy Night in Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. A sudden Spring downpour drenches the city streets as people hurry to find a dry place to escape the cold rain. Traffic slows to a crawl as the driving rain drums on the car roofs and reduces v…
Airship Explorer
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Airship Explorer The intrepid Airship Explorer descends into the lost valley of the Gods. The stone entry beckons with its air of mystery and ancient wonder. If original art is not in your budg…
New Growth
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! New Growth I must get a bit phi…
Bridge to Nowhere
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Bridge to Nowhere The title of this painting was inspired by the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee. The Hoan bridge project in Milwaukee on the lakefront was shut down in 1973 leaving the bridge with no…
The Game Is Afoot
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! The Game Is Afoot The foggy st…
Suspended Structures
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Suspended Structures This composition suggested structures floating above the surface of the planet. Industrial manufacturing on the edges of space seems to be a possible way to reduce pollutio…
Opening Day
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Opening Day A spectacular sunri…
Airship In The Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Airship In The Rain A steam pow…
Gesu Church Marquette Hall
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Gesu Church and Marquette Hall A crisp autumn night descends and the lights reflect and shimmer on the wet pavement as the traffic passes along Wisconsin Avenue. Just blocks from downtown Milwa…
Serenity
Acrylic, Canvas, 14 x 11. Serenity Gurgle of a forest stream A misty primal grove of stately trees and secret places Peace and serenity Tags; forest stream, waterfalls, Tom Shropshire art
Eruption
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Eruption There is a definite apocalypse feel to this piece. I feel destruction, fire and molten magma from the earth’s crust shooting into space …so certainly not a serene and soothing work. Ta…
Airship Over Paris
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! The “Gypsy Wind” airship is sailing above th…
Oriental Theater Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. The Oriental Theatre is located in the East Side neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built and opened in 1927 as a movie palace, and features two minaret towers. It is officially known…
Blue Ice
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Blue Ice Crystals of ice are found in the de…
Life Above Angelo's
Acrylic, Canvas, 25 x 12. Life Above Angelo’s In this imaginary scene I was hoping for a whimsical feeling of the city after dark. The tenants above “Angelo’s” party on a warm summer night. They are young and chasing th…
April Storm
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Rumbles of thunder roll across the valley an…
Heatwave
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Heat Wave It's a humid nigh…
Guardian of the Forest
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Guardian of the Forest Owls have been a symbol of mystery and wisdom for centuries, as well as intuition and protection. They are often associated with the night, which can represent darkness a…
Abiogenesis
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Have you ever wondered about th…
East Wisconsin Avenue
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. East Wisconsin Avenue This view is looking west with your back to Lake Michigan at the very end of Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. Most Milwaukee natives still refer to the building at…
Airship by Moonlight
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. FINALIST! This painting was selected by judge Carl Dalio, as one of the Finalists in the International Gateway art competition. Judge's comment: This painting presents a refreshing and whimsica…
Odin's Messengers
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Odin's Messengers Two ravens sit on Odin's shoulders and tell Odin what is happening in the world of man. They fly out each morning and soar all over the world. A translation of their names fro…
City Fragments
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! City Fragments All of my life I…
In Her Majesty's Service
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. In Her Majesty’s Service (Steampunk Series) A majestic airship under full canvas sails over the seaside city on its way to adventures in faraway lands. Her sister ship follows her lead as the s…
Blood Moon Over The City
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Blood Moon Over The City A bloated blood moon suspended low over the city casts an eerie glow against the dark sky as drivers below streak along the freeway. The full moon nearly always appears…
Triffids
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Ever wonder how I choose a title for my abstract artwork? I usually choose a name for my abstracts near the end of the painting process because I paint intuitively without any pre-planning. I s…
Into The Sun
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Into the Sun Three ships sail into the sun as a lone figure watches from the ramparts of the ancient ruins. I think I was influenced by the Outlander series that my wife and I have been watchin…
Airship Sea Rescue
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Airship Sea Rescue I love painting my Steampunk airships! In this episode an airship is flying to the rescue of the sailors and passengers of a sinking ship that has floundered on the rocks in…
Milwaukee Morning
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Milwaukee Morning The sun rises over Lake Michigan and begins to burn away the morning mist and casts the skyline into silhouette. The slim tower left of center, is the historic Milwaukee City…
Deconstruction
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Double Award Winner! This painting was selected as a Finalist in the Gateway International Painting Competition! This painting was also selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the sta…
Glenfinnan Monument
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Glenfinnan Monument On a trip to Scotland we…
Hoan Bridge
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Hoan Bridge This painting has been awarded the honor of Outstanding Acrylic and a Jury’s Favorite in the International BoldBrush art competition I have tried to paint this bridge several times…
Airship Armada
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. "Airship Armada", was selected by the staff of Fine Art Views as part of the FAV15 (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the January 2015 BoldBrush Painting competition. Airship Armada (Steam…
Red Planet
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Red Planet Not when, but if we reach Mars the rest of our journey to the stars will be humanity's challenge. We need to heal our own planet now as we strive to explore our solar system and then…
Isle of Skye
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Isle of Skye A recent trip to Scotland and the Isle of Skye provided the inspiration for this painting. The sun breaking through the shifting clouds added dramatic lighting to the rugged landsc…
Inside Oriental Theater Chicago
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Inside the Oriental Theater Chicago by Tom Shropshire was selected for an award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent 2016 International BoldBrush painting competition! They were called…
Excuse Me?
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. The pose says it all, and gave me the title for the painting ..."Excuse me?"
Machine Gun Madam
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. “The voluptuous blonde bombshell (and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like) just delivered a Chicago Valentine to a couple of wise guys trying to muscle in on her operation ...a hooker with a heart of ho…
A New Day
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A woman faces the rising sun after a night in the ancient gloomy forest. As the warm rays of the sun bathe her face and burn away the morning mist, her dark fears take flight and she feels rebo…
Afterglow
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Awarded "Best In Show" Gateway International Art Competition 2019 Afterglow An afterglow is a broad arch of pinkish sunlight in the sky that is scattered by fine particulates like dust suspende…
Dreams of Budapest
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Dreams of Budapest - River Cruise Reverie This is a fantasy of mine ...to cruise down the Rhine or the Danube in luxury while a panorama of medieval towns, churches and castles pass before me.…
The Enchanted Voyage
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. “Mr. Pecket built a sailboat in his backyard. It would never stay afloat for it was built of fantasy, irony and humaneness. One night Mr. Pecket did experience his "Enchanted Voyage", and only…
Chicago Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Chicago Snow Christmas Shoppers Chicago has…
Blue Ice Crystals
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Blue Ice Crystals Crystals of i…
Winter Classic
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This painting was used for a step-by-step demonstration in my book "Acrylic Landscapes" which is part of the best selling Walter Foster, How To Draw and Paint series. Winter Classic My inspirat…
Keep the Motor Running
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Keep the Motor Running The LaSalle sedan idles in the alley as a mobster calls on a rival bootlegger. The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the Chicago typewriter) held at his side was ref…
Castle Island Ireland
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Castle Island Ireland McDermott's Castle is located on Castle Island in the southeast corner of Lough Key. Legend has it that a chief of the McDermotts during their reign was so opposed to his…
Nightlife
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 20. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Nightlife The vibrant nightlife of a city a…
Milwaukee at Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Milwaukee is a vibrant and progressive city…
City Noir
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 24 x 1.5. I love this subject! The garishly lit city towers above the mean and foggy streets as a trench-coated figure is illuminated by the headlights of a dark sedan. A jazz saxophone player can…
Old Man of Storr
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Old Man of Storr The Old Man of Storr, a natural rock formation located on the Trotternish Peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions on the is…
Connected
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Connected As I painted this I w…
Milwaukee Art Museum and Skyline
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. The Calatrava design of the Milwaukee Art Museum on Lake Michigan is a spectacular achievement in beauty and engineering. The open "wings" of the Burke Brise Soleil are accented by the skyline…
Heartbreak Hotel
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent International BoldBrush painting competition! A woman leans out of the old hotel window h…
Chicago State Street
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Chicago State Street State Street grew up with Chicago. In 1830, before Chicago was incorporated, the name State road appeared in a survey made by the Illinois and Michigan canal commissioners.…
Landfall
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Landfall Three ships have dropped anchor in the quiet cove as the sun sets in glorious splendor. Tags; tall ships, sunset, Tom Shropshire artseascape
Old Chicago Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Old Chicago Rain Staccato drumm…
Smoke and Mirrors
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Smoke and Mirrors Something tha…
Holiday Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Holiday Snow The city becomes a winter wonderland blanketed in fresh falling snow. Lovers stroll along, oblivious to the weather. Holiday lights sparkle and distant lights add a festive air to…
Crossing Paths
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Crossing Paths A warmly dressed couple out for a snowy walk with their dog are unaware of the deer crossing the path right behind them. Tags; walking the dog, snowy forest, deer, falling snow,…
Secret of Castle Keep
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Secret of Castle Keep Bolts of lightening crackle from the sky as the crack and rumble of thunder shakes the ground. A procession of hooded figures files from the tower, as our heroine runs for…
Quantum Entanglements
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. TRIPLE AWARD WINNER! The BoldBrush Award for AbstractAward Sponsor: FASOJudge: Laurie Kersey This painting was also selected as a Finalist in the Gateway International Painting Competition and…
Bear Creek
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Bear Creek Wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing but there are still many areas of untamed beauty for us to enjoy. This north woods scene shows a bear on a fishing trip Tags; Bear, northern…
Atlantis Found
Acrylic, Canvas, 18 x 24. Atlantis Found I loved the idea of an ancient city under the sea filled with artifacts and treasure! The legend of Atlantis has intrigued people for centuries. It was thought to be an advanced…
Charles Bridge Prague
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Charles Bridge Prague Not only…
A Political Landscape
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! A Political Landscape This painting evoked t…
River Rising
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. River Rising The river has risen over its banks and created a miniature island of trees. Tags; tiny island, flood stage, sunset, river rising, Tom Shropshire art
Jungle Expedition
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Jungle Expedition Is it a search for hidden treasure or a search for knowledge, perhaps both? The lost city in the jungle is shrouded in mystery and almost completely covered by the encroaching…
Rainy Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Rainy Night There is something…
Wildfire
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Wildfire I could almost feel t…
Outside Space & Time
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Outside Space & Time Rising from the raging sea Ancient castle Greek, Gothic, Medieval fortress Full Moon Tags; storm, seascape, ancient ruins, full moon, Tom Shropshire art
Silver Bells
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Silver Bells Christmas season i…
Classic Snow Scene
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Classic Snow Scene This imaginary snow scene was inspired by countless Christmas cards, Ideals Magazines and Currier and Ives prints. I can’t help painting nostalgic sentimental paintings aroun…
Coalescent Theory
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. This painting was selected as a Finalist in the Gateway International Painting Competition! Coalescent Theory Coalescent theory is a model of how gene variants sampled from a population may hav…
Racing The Sun
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Racing the Sun Three galloping mustangs silhouetted against a spectacular sunset. Tags; horses, sunset, wild mustangs, Tom Shropshire art, horses
Looking Up
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Looking Up The title is both literal and metaphorical; The abstract patterns and heavy texture suggested a forest canopy to me, but I was also considering the dark times we have been experienci…
Another Stormy Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Another Stormy Night The wet city streets reflect the glittering lights of the city at night. Pedestrians hurry across the intersection under their umbrellas, dodging rain and traffic ...just a…
Demon Princess
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. NEWS FLASH!!! AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Demon Princess Th…
Holy Hill Wisconsin
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Holy Hill Wisconsin Holy Hill This landmark located in southeastern Wisconsin is known as Holy Hill Basilica. The national shrine is situated on the highest elevation in that part of the state.…
Warrior Queen
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Warrior Queen With her horned headdress and feral cat’s eyes, this queen of the forest kingdom is a terrifying sight to her enemies. Many have fallen beneath her ax and sword and many more will…
Chicago Clock
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Chicago Clock Holiday shoppers brave the elements to shop for their holiday gifts at Macy’s (formerly Marshall Fields) beneath the historic Great Clock. The Great Clock was installed on Marshal…
Acrophobia
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Acrophobia Imagine balancing on…
Day's End
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. Day’s End A relative of mine once said to me, “If you’ve seen on sunset, you’ve seen ‘em all”. That is the opposite of the truth. Every sunset is as unique as a snowflake and I could paint one e…
Voodoo Woman
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Voodoo Woman With the eyes of a jungle cat, the voodoo woman stalks through the night beneath the full moon. Her dark powers are strong and feared by all that know her. Around her neck is the s…
Submersion
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. This painting was selected as a Finalist in the Gateway International Painting Competition! Submersion Submersion is the act of being, or putting something, under the surface of a liquid so tha…
Basilica of St. Josaphat
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Basilica of St. Josaphat Located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, it is one of 62 minor basilicas found in the United States. In its grandeur and opulence it is an excellent ex…
War Pony
Acrylic, 16 x 20. According to the dictionary, these horses are descendants of the animals the Spanish conquistadors brought to the Americas that were adopted by the indigenous people. They were also known as cow pony,…
Cold Comfort
Acrylic, Canvas, 8 x 10. Cold Comfort There is little to no comfort in this frozen landscape. After the snow has passed temperatures plummet and the snow crunches beneath your boots. There is a somber beauty in the wild…
Cradle of Life
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. Cradle of Life Astrobiology, the study of life's origins on Earth and the possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmos, is a burgeoning scientific field that has the characteristic of being esse…
Opening The Portal
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Opening the Portal The witch is using her powers to open a portal to another dimension. Something evil is coming through the gate summoned by her spell. My grand daughter, Callie, was my model…
Emerald City New York
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. I intentionally enhanced the greenish tint on this New York skyline as I thought about the immigrants coming to America and their first glimpse of the city. It must have seemed as strange and m…
Sacred Ground
Acrylic, Canvas, 10 x 8. Sacred Ground There are special places in the world where your spirit is uplifted …For some it’s a soaring stone cathedral, for others it’s towering forest trees. I can appreciate both, but the…
A Trio of Witches
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A Trio of Witches Three witches rise from the depths of the stagnant pond with gleaming eyes and evil souls. I loosely based this painting on an old photograph of my grand daughter, Angie (midd…
When Planets Align
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. A convergence of energy, color and light with hints of interstellar beginnings.
Street Life
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. This painting of a city street is completely imaginary but representative of any older run-down neighborhood in any major city such as New York, Detroit, Chicago, or Milwaukee. People are outs…
Moonlight on Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 8 x 10. Moonlight on Snow Turquoise colors the sky and snow on a cold winters night. A stray moonbeam illuminates a small knoll of wind-tossed trees. Tags; snow scene, landscape, moonlight, Tom Shropshi…
Royal Descent
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. NEWS FLASH!!! DOUBLE AWARD WINNER My painting "Royal Descent" was awarded "Best In Show" in the Gateway International Painting Competition. This painting was also selected for a FAV15 award, a…
Airship Over Atlantis
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Airship Over Atlantis (Steampunk Series) A royal airship on a voyage of exploration floats serenely above the fabled city of Atlantis. What is Steampunk? Steampunk is modern technology—iPads, c…
Oriental Theater Chicago
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! FINALIST!! This painting was also selected b…
Lillian
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This painting of the famous silent film actress, Lillian Gish, was inspired by a photo captured by photographer Charles Albin, New York, 1922.
Frozen Dawn
Acrylic, Canvas, 8 x 10. Frozen Dawn It’s the kind of morning where your breath turns to vapor and the watery sun shares little warmth. Tags; small treasures, snow scene, sunrise, landscape, winter, Tom Shropshire art
Bio-synthetic
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. Bio-synthetic Perhaps I've been reading too much Science Fiction lately, but I was feeling a swirling combination of flesh and metal in this painting as it progressed. The fleshy pinkish tone c…
Downtown Bus
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Downtown Bus On a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee, it’s nice to be warm and dry on the bus and looking out the steamed-up windows. It’s not so nice standing on a corner waiting for a bus to sho…
Airship over the Mountain
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Airship Over the Mountain (Steampunk Series) The airship, “HMS Standish” floats above the towering mountain peaks in all her Victorian splendor sailing slowly and serenely towards undiscovered…
Blown Away
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Blown Away Tossed about like leaves on the wind and silhouetted against the beautiful sunset, people become untethered from the earth. Beauty can free us from our restraints and allow us to tru…
Glories of past & Present
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. Glories of past and Present Columns of clouds Columns of stone Only one stands the test of time Tags; sunset, cumulus clouds, Greek or Roman pillars, Tom Shropshire art
Milwaukee Public Market
Acrylic, wood pabel, 12 x 12. Milwaukee's Public Market is located in the Historic Third ward, a thriving area of trendy restaurants, art galleries and bars. This view is from the St Paul bridge near the intersection of…
Interstellar DNA
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48. Interstellar DNA I recently viewed the stunning photos taken by the Hubble telescope celebrating twenty-five years in orbit around our planet. A short time later I read an article about the dis…
The Wolf & Mr. Mouse
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The Wolf & Mister Mouse I smell dinner I sense danger Time to close the door Tags; wolf, Mister Mouse, Shropshire art, snow scene,
Mayflower
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Mayflower I painted this for my Dad many years ago. He was a direct descendant of Miles Standish, the soldier that sailed with the pilgrims on their voyage and protected them after their arriva…
Infrastructure
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. I envisioned steel girders, bridges, cracked foundations and falling debris. Our crumbling infrastructure seems to be a favorite subject of politicians but not something that is moving them to…
Radio City NYC
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Radio City NYC Nothing says Christmas like Radio City Music Hall in the falling snow. Where else is not only a national landmark, but also an integral part of the heart and soul of New York Cit…
Above the Waves
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Above the Waves Remember the flying ship, “the Jolly Roger”, in Disney’s Peter Pan? That was the inspiration for this painting. Tags; Peter Pan, Jolly Roger, Disney, Tom Shropshire art, seascap…
Oak Trio
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. "Russet, red, yellow and brown Floating to the ground, falling down Oaks of autumn shedding color"
Mother Lode
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Mother Lode I actually used metallic gold acrylic paint for the organic globular shapes which then suggested gold nuggets to me. This painting is heavily textured with black painted sides and o…
Foggy Afternoon
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Foggy Afternoon It’s a cold damp day in the city and the fog has blanketed the park creating low visibility and misty halos around the lights. Traffic sounds are muffled and a steady mist falls…
Halloween Fright
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Halloween Fright My granddaughters, Callie and Angie, provided the inspiration for this painting. On a road trip together, they took a selfie in the north woods. I immediately thought “Hallowee…
Birch Buddies
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. Leaves of gold and orange rustle in the autumn breeze ...can snow be far away?
A Magical Walk
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. A Magical Walk Falling snow muffles the sounds of the city and transforms the city park into a magical kingdom of winter. There is nothing else that can change a landscape into a wonderland in…
Across The Bay
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. Across The Bay The city itself inspired this abstract expression of light and distortion. I find that my urban depictions continue to become more abstract as time goes on. I am completely comfo…
Halloween Jack
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Halloween Jack Gnarled old trees with eyes and teeth Serpentine roots twisting amid Dry leaves of Autumn Halloween Jack smiles a wicked smile Tags; Halloween, Halloween trees, witch, jack-o-lan…
Birds of a Feather
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Birds of a feather flock together is an Engl…
Entanglements
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Entanglements We can encounter many types of entanglements in our lives; the truth, legal, relationship, friendship, ethical and professional. I didn’t have to look any further than my power co…
Brooklyn Bridge Cruciform
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 30. This painting was licensed for the movie "Back in the Day" A boxing drama starring William De Meo and Alec Baldwin "Brooklyn Bridge Cruciform", was selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favori…
Halloween Hollow
Acrylic, Canvas, 18 x 24. Halloween Hollow Evil pumpkins, man-eating trees, that thing from the Ring movie …sometimes it’s just not worth the free candy. A forest path in Autumn Beckons you through twisted trees Dried l…
New Winter's Day
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. New Winter’s Day The softly falling snow adds to the blanket of white already covering the northern pine forest. The rising sun promises a new winter’s day …while the slumbering trees dream of…
Urban Nocturne
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Urban Nocturne I felt kinetic energy and the angles of building like shapes with shards of light and sharp reflections stabbing the darkness. Areas of color like molten lava plus a sprinkling o…
Autumn Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Autumn Rain It is early evening on a stormy…
Halloween Ghost Ship
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Halloween Ghost Ship The tattered sails flap in the wind beneath a full moon as evil spirits sail forth. On Halloween night the ghost ship sails upon the dark seas with a captain and crew of th…
Shropshire Island
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. My big brother Jim and his wife Lin owned this island in northern Wisconsin for decades. They generously shared this magical place with friends and family. Our family vacations to the island cr…
Smoldering
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Smoldering It's a great word isn't it? “burning slowly with smoke but no flame.” Do you feel a smoldering fire, like damp leaves? ...maybe an emotion such as smoldering passion or anger? Perhap…
City Park
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. City Park I love to create scenes of the city juxtaposed with natural elements such as trees, atmosphere, or skies. My goal for this piece was to create the feeling of a cold and wet autumn eve…
Halloween House
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Halloween House In almost every neighborhood there’s at least one house with a creepy vibe and a haunted look about it. On Halloween night for trick-or-treat, usually no house gets skipped, eve…
Night Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Night Rain A damp and rainy ni…
Molecular Response
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Molecular Response Microscopic…
Viking Longship
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Viking Longship A raiding party is in trouble on the open sea as their ship encounters massive waves. Long, sleek and fast longships were designed to travel up narrow rivers and held up to 120…
Chicago Noir
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Chicago Noir Film Noir is a cinematic term u…
Sorceress
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Sorceress Those poor souls lost in the Disma…
Mysterious Island
Acrylic, Canvas, 18 x 24. Mysterious Island A ship of exploration discovers an uncharted island, with an active volcano, at the edge of the known world. What discoveries will be made? Is the island inhabited? Are the na…
Dirty Boulevard
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Dirty Boulevard The lyrics of the 1989 Lou Reed song by the same name came to mind as I completed this painting. It seemed to me to embody the dark and gritty streets of New York. The song cont…
UFO's - A Rescue Party
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. UFO’s – A Rescue Party Explorers of the third planet from a yellow star have crash landed among the ruins. A rescue squad has arrived to beam aboard the crew of survivors. After the downed ship…
Suppertime At The Farm
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Suppertime At The Farm This is…
The Blues
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. The Blues DOUBLE AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition ,,, AND Bes…
Joan's Window
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. The afternoon sun of a summer day, filtered through the curtain, gives a nostalgic glow to the country kitchen.
Old Water Tower Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Milwaukee's old North Point Water Tower is this years choice for my annual holiday painting. I can remember riding past the tower as a youngster. I always thought it looked like a storybook cas…
Downpour Manhattan
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Downpour Manhattan A damp and rainy night on the city streets …bright lights are reflecting on the wet pavement in a dazzling display of dancing colors. People are hurrying to destinations as t…
Blown Away 2
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Blown Away Swept off your feet and hanging on for dear life! A whimsical look at a Spring rainstorm and a mother and son impromptu flight. Tags; Spring storm, whimsical, whimsy, umbrella flying…
Cotton Candy Clouds
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Cotton Candy Clouds That's what I called them when we were kids because of the pink and blue cotton candy spun sugar concoctions sold at the state fair. Those clouds of sticky goodness dissolve…
Distant Habitat
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 20. NEWS FLASH!!! AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Distant Habitat I…
Yellow Finch
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. I painted this little guy as a class demonstration for our "birds" session. The soft background and blurred edges were my goal, plus contrasting the hot yellow color against a cool blue-green b…
Sleepwalker [800x600]
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Sleepwalker The sleepwalker moves across the lawn to the waters’ edge under the baleful eye of the moon. There is a dreamlike quality to the misty atmosphere with the muffled sounds of water an…
Madison Square Park NYC
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Madison Square NYC I love a rainy day, and a rainy day in New York seems to me like the opening scene of a romantic movie. Madison Square Park, a seven-acre urban oasis, is located in the heart…
Kilchurn Castle
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Kilchurn Castle There are few more scenic castles in Scotland than Kilchurn, built on a small, rocky isthmus joined to the shore at the tip of Loch Awe. Kilchurn was one of numerous castles ere…
Urban Renewal
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. DOUBLE AWARD WINNER!! "BEST IN SHOW" award in the Gateway International Painting Competition This Painting was also selected for an award as a judge’s favorite. The FAV15 AWARDS are selected by…
December Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. December Snow There is something magical about fresh city snow as it swirls down from the night sky blanketing the walks and streets, muffling the sounds of traffic. In December we aren't yet j…
Halloween Specter
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Halloween Specter Avoid the old graveyard on Cemetery Hill after sunset, and never, ever go near there on Halloween when the moon is full and evil spirits walk the earth. I have loved Halloween…
Chaos
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. Chaos is the science of surprises, of the nonlinear and the unpredictable. It teaches us to expect the unexpected. Tags; abstract, abstract expressionism, non-objective, Tom Shropshire art, mod…
Safe Harbor
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Safe Harbor As the sun goes down a ship leaves her safe harbor and sails into the twilight.
Soho Showers
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Soho Showers A sudden downpour in Soho on a Saturday night provides a drumbeat of raindrops on umbrellas and the awning sheltering a group of street musicians. There is music and romance in the…
Secret of the Stones
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Secret of the Stones I started this painting of the Callanish Stones in Scotland as a landscape but the mysterious Monoliths caused me to include a figure. I was channeling the thousands of cov…
Bonfire by the creek
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Bonfire By The Creek Two adventurous boys tend a bonfire beside the slow moving water of a shallow creek. The sun slowly sets as purple shadows of the night gather to draw a velvet curtain on a…
Against the Grain
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Against the Grain Kinetic energy surges across the canvas in the form of purple lightning ripping asunder the space time continuum. Stars float in the cold reaches of outer space. Prints and me…
Big City Blues
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Big City Blues If you get to hear the blues played outdoors on a saxophone in the night, with the sounds echoing from the steel canyons of the city, you will never forget it. This is my attempt…
UFO Alien Invasion
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. UFO Alien Invasion Terrified people run to escape the early morning attack of the flying saucers! They say the proof of intelligent life in the universe is that they haven't tried to contact us…
Navajo Nation
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. Navajo Nation This abstract painting suggests the colors and patterns of the southwestern desert and the textiles, pottery and beadwork of the people. The Navajo Nation is a Native American ter…
Assignation
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Assignation Assignation is defined as an appointment for an illicit love affair. We see a mysterious twilight meeting on the shore of a placid lake. A woman in her nightdress, under the somber…
Brooklyn Bridge In Fog
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. Brooklyn Bridge In Fog The Brooklyn Bridge, ranks as one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th Century. The impressive bridge spans the East river between Brooklyn and Manhattan. The br…
Halloween Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Halloween Night The graveyard on Cemetery Hill is a good place to avoid on Halloween night. Spirits walk the earth and a demonic force inhabits the jack-o-lantern as it waits for unwary childre…
What Is It Good For?
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. This painting was selected as a Finalist in the Gateway International Painting Competition! What Is It Good For? War, huh, good god, What is it good for? Absolutely nothing ... lyrics to War, a…
Harvest Gold
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Harvest Gold The serenity of wide open spaces and the billowing clouds invoke feelings of peace and harmony. The fence added a vertical element to help offset the strong horizontal planes of th…
Chicago River Gold
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Chicago River Gold Glittering lights are reflected and sparkle along Chicago’s Riverwalk. Something you may not know, the river was actually engineered to flow backwards. Originally the river f…
Purple and Gold Fusion
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. Purple and Gold Fusion Fusion is the process that powers the sun and the stars. It is the result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity. I hope you can feel the power an…
Lavender Fields
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Lavender Fields This painting is all about the strong color combinations. I wanted to showcase the sky but also include strong accents of Turquoise blue and Lavender. I was going for a traditio…
A Summoning
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A Summoning Under the full moon a nude sorceress casts her spells summoning something from the depths of the sea. Who or what is being called to the surface? I will leave that to your imaginati…
Third Street Shuffle
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Third Street Shuffle The energy of the city pulses through the wet downtown streets as cars jockey for position. Glittering lights form the backdrop for the ballet of late night traffic. Crowds…
Cosmic Dust
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Cosmic Dust Cosmic dust, also called extraterrestrial dust or space dust, is dust which exists in outer space, or has fallen on Earth. ~ Wikipedia Tags; Cosmic dust, extraterrestrial dust, spac…
In Pursuit
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. In Pursuit A full moon illuminates the waves as a pirate ship pursues a merchant ship across the high seas. You can hear the snap of the sails in the wind and feel the roll of the deck as the p…
Fireflies and Moonlight
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Fireflies and Moonlight A magical moment as a bewitched woman dances with the moon and fireflies on a midsummer’s night. The celebration of Midsummer's Eve (St. John's Eve among Christians) was…
Stormy Weather
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Stormy Weather This painting was inspired by the Etta James recording of the song by the same name on her 1960 album “At Last”. "Stormy Weather" is a 1933 torch song written by Harold Arlen and…
Global Pandemic
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Global Pandemic I didn't want to, or plan to paint this, but it seems I had no choice. When you are inundated with news of the COVID 19 epidemic day and night and you are under lock down, it is…
Springtime On The Rock River
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting is featured in Acrylic Painting: Landscapes, my step-by-step How-To book for artists; Read More Springtime On The Rock River A passing thundercloud provides a dramatic backdrop to…
The Pack
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. In Wisconsin "The Pack" usually refers to our football team, but this is a more primitive group of team mates. They say today's domestic dogs are descended from wolves, but there is nothing dom…
Hot Jazz
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 12. Hot Jazz The rich notes of a jazz sax echo among the brick and steel canyons of the city and resonate in the night.
Golden Hour
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 36. Golden Hour “The golden hour that proceeds the night of a lazy summer’s day, are soft in hues of muted light by sun’s last dying ray” … first line from a poem I wrote many years ago. My inspira…
A Knight in Shining Armor
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! A Knight in Shining Armor Our h…
Milwaukee Lakefront
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The Calatrava design of the Milwaukee Art Museum is a spectacular achievement in beauty and engineering. The Quadracci Pavillion and the open "wings" of the Burke Brise Soleil face the waters o…
Reflections of Christmas
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! I decided to paint two holiday…
Pabst Mansion Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. I have toured this house many times over the years, but it is even better when all dressed up for the Christmas holidays. This painting is of The Ladies’ Parlor at the Pabst Mansion adorned wit…
Urban Sprawl
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 20. Urban Sprawl My inspiration for this piece is the sprawling cities that are ever growing and spreading across the land almost like a living organism. I have been creating loose abstract images…
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes This sultry Prohibition era dame is at home at a society ball or a dark speakeasy. Good girls may go to heaven ...but bad girls go everywhere! Another addition to my "Si…
Snow and Steam
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Snow and Steam Out of the swirling snow the steam engine thunders towards the crossing belching smoke and steam into the frigid air.
Art, Books and Wine
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Easily three of my favorite things ...and of couse, the sunlight dancing on and bouncing off the objects!
Stormy Weather 2
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 12. Stormy Weather 2 This painting, and a larger version, were both inspired by the Etta James recording of the song by the same name on her 1960 album “At Last”. "Stormy Weather" is a 1933 torch s…
Metro Moon
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Metro Moon The full moon shines down on the lighted glass and steel canyons but its luster is lost in the garish strobe lights of the urban jungle below. This is my, semi-abstract impression of…
Steampunk War Horse
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. "Steampunk War Horse" was selected by the staff of Fine Art Views as part of the FAV15 (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the International BoldBrush Painting competition. A steam powered…
Mountain Elk
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Elk are shown against the majestic mountain backdrop on a high meadow in the early morning mist.
Christmas Morning
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. I wanted to show the dawn of winter morning with the warm yellow sunlight breaking through the snow covered trees and lighting up a secluded forest stream. I titled it "Christmas Morning" becau…
UFO's Above the Lake
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. UFOs Above the Lake A scouting party of alien spacecraft flies above a placid lake somewhere in the Midwest region of the USA. This painting evokes a feeling of awe and mystery but supplies no…
Eilean Donan's Rainbows
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Eilean Donan’s Rainbows As if the castle and setting weren’t magical enough, a double rainbow appeared just as we were preparing to leave the site and resume our Scottish tour. I was able to ca…
Butterfly Effect
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 12. Butterfly Effect This painting has been awarded the honor of Outstanding Acrylic and a Jury’s Favorite in the International BoldBrush Art Competition Principles of Chaos “The Butterfly Effect:…
Milwaukee City Hall
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Milwaukee's City Hall is an impressive architectural achievement and it has been recently renovated. This scene reminds me of leaving the Performance Arts Center on a rainy night after enjoying…
Halloween Coven
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Halloween Coven A coven is a group or gathering of witches. In this spooky painting the witches have gathered in a foggy forest to worship and cast their spells under the light of a pale moon.…
Moon Over Cathedral Square
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. "Moon Over Cathedral Square" was selected by the staff of Fine Art Views as part of the FAV15 (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the International BoldBrush Painting competition. Cathedral…
harbor lights
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. AWARD WINNER!! This Painting was awarded Best-In-Show in the International Gateway Painting Competition The placement of shapes and colors suggested a harbor night scene to me, although it was…
Fading Majesty
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. I have always been drawn to antiquities, lost cities, and Medieval castles. As a youngster, I wanted to be an artist ...but archeology has always been a distant second choice. I sort of combine…
Halloween Witch
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Halloween Witch A witch appears in a cloud of smoke at the site of a murderer’s hanging (look to the right). A severed hand from the corpse will become a “Hand of Glory” useful for its magical…
Just The Two Of Us
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Just the two of us The Bill Withers song by the same title came to mind as I worked on this piece. The couple in the foreground are in love and oblivious to the rest of the world around them. “…
Space Debris
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. DOUBLE AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition ,,, AND Best In Show…
Eilean Donan
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. I guess this scene expresses my Scottish ancestry. "Eilean Donan Castle is one of the most recognized castles in Scotland, and certainly one of the most popular visitor attractions in the Highla…
She Rises
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition! She Rises As the sun sinks behind the trees a…
Red Sleigh
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Red Sleigh I can’t help painting nostalgic sentimental paintings around the holidays. I was inspired as a youngster by images from Ideals Magazine and also the popular and sentimental Currier &…
High Tide Milwaukee Art Museum
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. The Calatrava design of the Milwaukee Art Museum on Lake Michigan is a spectacular achievement in beauty and engineering. The open "wings" of the Burke Brise Soleil in this view reminded me of…
Sacred Bundles
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36 x 1.5. There is a Native American theme to this work. Sacred Bundles refers to medicine bundles. A medicine bundle is a wrapped package used by Native Americans for religious purposes. A package…
Halloween Haunted Forest
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Halloween Haunted Forest Ghosts and spirits float about like autumn leaves on the wind. Witches come out to play under the moon on Halloween night. Tags; Halloween ghosts, Halloween spirits, gh…
Chicago Water Tower
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Chicago Water Tower I was feeling the holida…
Christmas at the Farm
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 30. I remember the ride to my parents’ old farmhouse near Johnson's Creek, Wisconsin. Singing along with the Christmas carols on the car radio, bundled up in our winter coats as my wife, Nancy, and…
Crimson Fields
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The setting sun painted the fields a deep red and silhouetted the farm as the day came to and end.
Hidden Gesture
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 24 x 1.5. "Its mysterious, dark and romantic all at the same time. I see phantoms in it! I love it!" Comment from Hollie on Abstract painting “Hidden Gesture”
Halloween Raven
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Halloween Raven Ravens are often seen as omens of death or bad luck. This guy has an eye torn from a socket dangling from his beak …that’s never a good omen! Tags; Halloween raven, Halloween cr…
Holy Hill
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. This painting is featured in Acrylic Painting: Landscapes, my step-by-step How-To book for artists; Read More Holy Hill This landmark located in southeastern Wisconsin is known as Holy Hill Bas…
Rain on the Windshield
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. Rain On the Windshield A spray of drops on a car windshield create an abstract prism of light that turns a rainy night city view into something wondrous! I just wish the oncoming driver would d…
Milwaukee 3rd Ward Public Market
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Milwaukee's Public Market is located in the Historic Third ward, a thriving area of trendy restaurants, art galleries and bars. This view is from the St Paul bridge near the intersection of Wat…
Witch Crossing Ahead
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Witch Crossing Ahead Scott, Gina and Tanya are regretting their decision to Trick-or-Treat down Halloween Lane. A sign up ahead warns of a Witch crossing and Jack-o-lanterns light up mysterious…
Woman In Red
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Woman in Red The “Woman In Red” was the woman that helped the F.B.I. ambush and kill Public Enemy No. 1, John Dillinger, in 1934 outside of the Biograph movie theater. She was a prostitute and…
American Classic For The Holidays
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. American Classic for the Holidays Inspired as a youngster by images from Ideals Magazine and also as a tribute to the popular and sentimental Currier & Ives American lithographs. Ideals Magazin…
North Point Lighthouse
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20 x .75. Each year I paint a special holiday scene to share with my family, friends, and collectors. This year I chose North Point Lighthouse, a Milwaukee landmark. Perched on top of the bluffs ov…
spirit stallion
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Magnum was as dangerous as his name implied. This beautiful proud Morab stallion belonged to my sister Linda and niece Wendy.
Crosswalk
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 36. “Crosswalk” was selected for an award as a jury’s favorite. The FAV15 AWARDS are selected by the staff of Fine Art Views for the international BoldBrush painting competition! Crosswalk A damp a…
Fairy Tree
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Fairy Tree A family tradition continues. My wife’s grandfather had a hollow tree in his yard and he would leave small presents or pieces of candy for his grandchildren and told them that the fa…
Follow the Stream
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Follow the Stream A hiker follows a stream through a winter forest. The towering trees create a winter shrine of silence over the blanket of snow below. I can’t help painting nostalgic sentimen…
the blue planet
Acrylic, 12 x 16
Halloween on Edward Street
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Halloween on Edward Street My daughter lives on Edward Street in Burlington, Wisconsin. On Halloween trick or treaters swarm the neighborhood in their colorful costumes looking for candy. There…
Mayflower At Sea
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. Mayflower At Sea This painting was created for my own private collection and as a Thanksgiving legacy to my family. My late father, Robert Standish Shropshire, would have loved this painting. H…
Beneath a Golden Sky
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Beneath a Golden Sky A dark city is in silho…
Five Miles Deep
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Up On The Roof
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Up On The Roof Inspired by the lyrics of a song recorded by the Drifters which became a major hit in early 1963, Lyrics; When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much…
Mister Bones
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Mister Bones Just when you think that you’ve heard the last of Mr. Bones a noxious green vapor forms and wafts out of his evil skull. It must be All Hallows’ Eve (also known as Halloween)! Tags…
Into the Sunset
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Into the Sunset Once upon a time, sailing ships crossed the oceans on voyages of exploration and discovery. This is what inspired me to paint a fully rigged ship sailing into the west. I am cur…
In the Beginning
Acrylic, 40 x 40 diameter x 1"
The Spider King
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. The Spider King The young boy is in charge and riding upon a giant spider while brandishing a whip. His sister looks calmly out of the painting at the viewer. Clouds scud across the full moon a…
Scattered Showers NYC
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. Scattered Showers NYC Clouds gather over the East river and rain is falling in the distance as the lights of New York City glitter in the fading light. This is a Gallery Wrapped canvas with pai…
Sunset Voyage of the James Standish
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. I named this fictional schooner in memory of my older brother, James Standish Shropshire. Jim loved to be on the water and always owned a small fleet of watercraft, from leaky rowboats and cano…
nude with pillow
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16 x .75
cold fusion
Acrylic, Canvas, 6 x 6
Walking After Midnight
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Walking After Midnight _ SOLD A lonely…
Moon Witch
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Moon Witch A full moon rises over the old cemetery on Halloween night as bats flutter across the sky. A young witch and her black cats cast a spell as the jack-o-lanterns flicker into life and…
Blue Planet Reflection
Acrylic, 20 x 16
Autumn at Holy Hill
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. This is a landmark located in southeastern Wisconsin known as Holy Hill Basilica. This national shrine is situated on the highest elevation in that part of the state. I have painted this subjec…
City In The Sky
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 8. City in the Sky This is a semi-abstract depiction of city lights and windows in the urban landscape. I super-imposed the flat black design element on top of the more loosely painted illumination…
Navy Pier Chicago
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The Navy Pier Ferris wheel in Pier Park was modeled after the first Ferris wheel built for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It is the jewel of Navy Pier with its thousands of l…
Full Moon on Halloween Ln
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. My kids, all grown up now, inspired this painting. From left to right are; Tanya, Gina, and Scott.The kids are not so sure they want to trick-or-treat at the spooky house down the lane. Can't s…
Tidal Waters
Acrylic, 24 x 36. Second FAV15 Award in the BoldBrush Painting Competition (May 2024) BoldBrush Painting Competition - FAV15% (February 2014) "Tidal Waters", was selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of th…
Campfire Ghost
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Campfire Ghost Here’s my annual Halloween painting featuring the Halloween adventures of the Trick-or-Treat Trio, the three kids representing my own children, Gina, Tanya, and Scott (now Adults…
Angel of the Lake
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Angel of the Lake It was a time of mystery and magic as the mists parted and the crescent moon shone down on the ruins of the old abbey. The gnarled branches of the ancient oak trees claw at th…
Rain In The City
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12 x 1. Rain In The City Walking In The Rain, by the Ronnettes and featuring Ronnie Spectre (1964) provided inspiration for this painting. I still love the rain and I love this song. People are cau…
Bather at Sunrise
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Yes, I'm a romantic at heart. A painting awash in the warm glow of a rising sun with a classic female fiqure in the foreground, is my nostalgic nod to Romanticism.
tendrils
Acrylic, 14 x 11
Mister Halloween
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. AWARD WINNER! This painting has been awarded the honor of Outstanding Acrylic and a Jury’s Favorite in the International BoldBrush Art Competition Mister Halloween This guy puts the scare in sc…
Rush Hour
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Rush Hour Lights dancing on wet pavement, traffic hissing through puddles, people scurrying to cross the street as thunder and the rumble of the overhead train mingle in the night.
River Trees
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This painting is featured in Acrylic Painting: Landscapes, my step-by-step How-To book for artists; Read More River Trees The setting sun shines through the river trees in a brief halo of dying…
Solar Flare
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16 x .75
nude model Maria
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16 x .75
Halloween Dare
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The little boy dressed as Batman, takes the dare and bravely heads to the scary old house for Trick-or-Treat. His older sister and friends huddle together outside the gate. The light is on so s…
Allen Bradley Clock Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9 x .75. This painting is featured as cover art for the novel "Beneath the Polish Moon" by author Jake Kominski Another Milwaukee landmark, this was listed in Guinness World Records as the world's…
Geode Formation
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48
ChristmasTree Delivery
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This farmer's old truck is lumbering down a snow covered dirt road delivering a Christmas tree to his family in 1940's rural Wisconsin.
Fountain Square
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Fountain Square A foggy night in downtown Cincinnati is the backdrop for this painting of the famous fountain glowing in the damp and hazy atmosphere. Fountain Square has been the symbolic cent…
Bourbon & Blues
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 8. Bourbon and Blues This abstract painting is inspired by the golden amber liquid and the sounds of cool blues …all three are made in America. The small painting has a large impact. The gallery wr…
Halloween on Cemetery Hill
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Halloween on Cemetery Hill These evil pumpkins have taken on a life of their own as if carved by the Devil himself, and an unholy light gleams in the dark without any candles. They share a wick…
end of day
Acrylic, Canvas, 18 x 24
City Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. City Snow Falling snow muffles the noise of the downtown traffic as holiday shopper’s scurry about their business. Tags; falling snow; city at night; city lights; holiday shoppers; Tom Shropshi…
Watercolor Abstract Study 005
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Abstract Watercolor Study Original signed abstract watercolor study size 7x5 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size approximately 6x4 – unfram...
Chipmunk Island
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Chipmunk Island When I was young and my son was still a boy, we camped out on tiny Chipmunk Island on Trude Lake in Northern Wisconsin. We named it after the only other occupant we encountered…
Halloween Ghost
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Licensed with permission to Canadian theater group for Halloween theater production poster A full moon shines down as a ghostly apparition arises from the grave in an old cemetery on Halloween…
Watercolor Abstract Study 004
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Abstract Watercolor Study Original signed abstract watercolor study size 7x5 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size approximately 6x4 – unfram...
Milwaukee's Calatrava by Moonlight
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The Calatrava design of the Milwaukee Art Museum is a spectacular achievement in beauty and engineering. The Quadracci Pavillion and the open "wings" of the Burke Brise Soleil face the cold glo…
winter willow
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24
Stone Bridge and Wicked Laughter
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The old stone bridge almost leans against the trees in this autumn landscape. Kinda looks like the bridge Ichabod Crane rode across pursued by the headless horseman, doesn't it? This painting h…
Watercolor Abstract Study 003
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Abstract Watercolor Study Original signed abstract watercolor study size 7x5 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size approximately 6x4 – unfram...
Halloween Spook
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Halloween Spook Here’s my annual Halloween painting featuring the adventures of the Trick-or-Treat Trio. The three children representing my own kids (now Adults) decide to take a shortcut throu…
October at Holy Hill
16 x 20. This landmark located in southeastern Wisconsin is known as Holy Hill Basilica. The national shrine is situated on the highest elevation in that part of the state. I have painted this subject many times and I h…
Leon's Frozen Custard
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Leon's Custard is a Milwaukee landmark on south 27th Street. Family owned and operated since 1942,
City Girl
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. City Girl The rain has turned to a light drizzle and the wet city streets reflect the glittering lights of the city at night. The young city girl crosses the street completely at home in this ur…
Watercolor Abstract Study 002
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Abstract Watercolor Study Original signed abstract watercolor study size 7x5 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size approximately 6x4 sold with…
Winter's Eve at Holy Hill
Canvas Print, 18 x 24. This painting won the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel art competition and was featured on the front page on Christmas morning. Although the original painting has been sold, Limited Edition Giclee Print…
Flowered Hat Plus Attitude
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Flowered Hat Plus Attitude This lady ha…
Pumpkin Tree
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. As the sun sets, black cats and glowing jack-o-lanterns prepare for Halloween night! This is my favorite spooky painting commemorating one of my favorite times of the year.
Milwaukee's Rainbow Bridge
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Milwaukee’s Rainbow Bridge The bridge I depicted is the Hoan Memorial Bridge on Milwaukee’s lakefront where the Milwaukee River flows into lake Michigan.It has become a symbol of unity and civi…
Private Dancer
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Private Dancer The Gentleman's Club is her workplace and private dances and tips provide her livelihood. She is a perfumed predator who hustles to separate gullible men from their money and she…
Watercolor Study Abstract 001
Watercolor, Paper, 7 x 5. Abstract Watercolor Study Original signed abstract watercolor study size 7x5 hand painted on 100% cotton, acid free, archival, 140 Lb cold pressed paper, image size approximately 6x4 sold with…
Halloween Shortcut
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Halloween Shortcut Taking a shortcut through the woods on Halloween night after Trick-or-Treating seemed like a good idea at the time …but now, not so much. Shadows and moonlight have given the…
Christmas Train
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting was licensed by the National Railroad Museum for their annual Christmas card! My painting is a tribute to locomotive #1003, Wisconsin’s 100 year old treasure. Built in 1913, this…
Milwaukee Riverwalk
Acrylic, Panel, 12 x 12. Milwaukee Riverwalk The Milwaukee Riverwalk is a continuous pedestrian walkway along the Milwaukee River in downtown , Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Past and present artfully connect along the Downtown…
Babydoll
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. This is without a doubt the creepiest painting I've ever made. I actually painted this about 30 years ago, and then roughly 15 years ago I revisited it and added the Raven. I asked my then teen…
Morning Mist
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Autumn mornings in Wisconsin often begin with a damp fog until the sun burns it away. I used the hazy atmosphere to add drama to the appearance of the steam locomotive thundering into sight and…
I Love Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent International BoldBrush painting competition! I Love Rain Drops and trickles of rain spla…
Milwaukee Lion
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Milwaukee Lion For a week, police had been receiving reports of a "lion-like" animal roaming the streets of Milwaukee. Finally, a resident caught video of the creature. The cellphone footage sh…
Canadian Pacific Holiday Train
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is North America's longest rolling food bank fundraiser and since it started in 1999, the program has raised close to $9.5 million and 3.3 million pounds of f…
In The Still Of The Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. In The Still Of The Night Inspired by the song recorded by the Five Satins, I still fondly remember slow dancing to the song as a teenager. This is one of the songs that may lay claim to being…
Wisconsin Dells Fantasy
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Wisconsin Dells Fantasy The Wisconsin Dells is a scenic area, with glacially formed gorges that feature striking sandstone formations along the banks of the Wisconsin River. In 1856, tourists b…
Train Crossing
Acrylic, 20 x 16. The Soo Line 1003 steam powered train is still operating in Wisconsin, traveling around the state to bring this example of railroad history to the people. It is stored for viewing at the Wisconsin Auto…
Christmas Shopping
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Christmas Shopping Crowds o…
Trick-or-Treat
Acrylic, 16 x 20. I love Halloween and the fall of the year. I remember the good old days when kids would go Trick-or-Treating at night. It was fun and spooky and I wanted to capture that feeling again.
snow shadows
Acrylic, 20 x 16. A crisp winter morning with the sun just rising over a snow covered park.
Warriors
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Warriors “Warriors come out to playeeyay!” This painting reminds me of the 1979 cult classic “The Warriors” about a New York Street gang trying to get home after a botched gang summit. They hav…
Swamp Witch Rising
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The swamp witch rises from the stagnant waters of the swamp. She is covered in sinewy ropes of decaying vegetation and the remains of her tattered dress. Tendrils of fog and swamp gas swirl abo…
Tug Boat in Trouble
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The sturdy little tugboat struggles through heavy seas heading for a safe harbor as the wind howls and the waves flood the decks and threaten to capsize the craft. The immense and violent waves…
The Harpist
Acrylic, 20 x 16. This talented young woman performed for a wine dinner at B.J. Wentkers in Burlington, Wisconsin.
Light Diffusion
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Diffusion of Light This painting was inspired by a photo I took while participating in an ArtWalk in Racine, Wisconsin. It was a challenge to capture the dancing lights and reflections bouncing…
A Gangster's Life
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. A Gangsters’ Life The shady and illegal activities of this mobster include loan sharking, extortion, bribery, gambling, bootlegging, and of course, prostitution. “Is that a gun in your pocket o…
the skaters
Acrylic, 20 x 16. I painted this while the snow was falling outside my studio. Another big storm is headed our way tomorrow. The snow can be a real problem, but it sure is beautiful. I hope you enjoy this nostalgic wint…
Downtown Tree
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Downtown Tree Holidays in the city include tree lighting ceremonies, Christmas decorations on main streets, and lighting displays …Milwaukee is no exception. My hometown even has a Jingle bus t…
Deadly Surprise
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Here is number nine in my "Sin, sex, and cigarettes" series, my tribute to the lurid pulp magazine covers and film noir genre. Nothing puts a damper on a romantic interlude like a loaded gun po…
Beachcombers
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Here's a couple walking the beach at some tropical locale. This original painting has been SOLD; however, Open Edition Prints of this painting are available on the Reproduction page.
City Pulse
Acrylic, Canvas, 10 x 8. City Pulse The city never sleeps. After dark the city comes to life with flashing lights, traffic sounds, and a pulse of restless energy. Reflections on the wet streets add to the visual bombard…
Those Things Will Kill You !
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Sex was her weapon of choice, but would it stop a bullet? A gunman aims to kill as the scantily clad target takes a drag, of what may be, her last cigarette. Another painting in my “Sin, sex, a…
Castle on the Lake
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. I love the renaissance feel of this painting! I think I was channeling the artist William Turner ...at least I hope I was. It's always about the sky and the atmosphere. I hope you enjoy this i…
Milwaukee River Lights
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This is an impressionistic scene of downtown Milwaukee looking south on the river. I wanted to capture the glittering lights and their reflections on the water and also the energy and mood of t…
Flood Stage on the River
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
.38 Special
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Lucky number seven in the "Sin, Sex and Cigarettes" series has arrived. This lethal lady is armed and patiently awaiting the arrival of someone. I wouldn't want to be that guy.
America On Fire 2020
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 24. America On Fire 2020 I do not usually paint political subjects. These powerful images are visceral not political. In this painting I wanted to capture the images of rage and fire that we all sa…
rocky shore
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Bad Girl
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This is number eight in the "Sin, Sex, and cigarette" series, my tribute to the lurid pulp magazine covers and film noir genre. The title comes from the old saying "good girls go to heaven ...b…
Vegas - Sudden Downpour
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER! This Painting was selected as a finalist in the International Gateway art competition by judge, Morgan Samuel Price. Judge's comment: Vegas Sudden Downpour by Tom Shropshire is a…
Letting Go
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Mystery of the Lake
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. “Mystery of the Lake” by Tom Shropshire was selected for an award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent 2016 International BoldBrush painting competition! A sense of impending doom and t…
A Scottish Snowfall
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. A Scottish Snowfall This painting was inspired by my recent trip to Scotland and is loosely based on a picture of Edinburgh I snapped with my cell phone. I used the reference for the main build…
Four horses of the apocalypse
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48
Red Peril
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This is the sixth painting in my "Sin, Sex, and Cigarettes" series, my tribute to the lurid pulp magazine covers and film noir. All the essential elements are here ...from the gun, cleavage, dr…
Chicago From Above
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. "Chicago From Above", was selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in a recent BoldBrush Painting competition. Chicago From Above From the air the lights of Chicago c…
UFO's Breaking Cloud Cover
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Visitors from outer space, concealed in the clouds, break cover soaring above the small blue planet. WE ARE NOT ALONE! I just had fun doing an artist's conception of alien tourists dropping by.
Silent North
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20 x .75
Snowy Day
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. Snowy Day A white blanket of snow covers the city and hardy pedestrians brave the elements as they negotiate the snow-covered sidewalks of a downtown New York street. Tags; falling snow; New Yor…
UFO Northern Exposure
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. UFO Northern Exposure A visitor hovers above the lake and trees with rhythmic flashing lights glowing in the northern sky. The insects and wildlife are silent sensing an alien presence in their…
Early flight
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. The sun rises, burning away the morning haze, and the sudden flap of wings breaks the stillness of the day.
Urban Reflections
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. Urban Reflections I always try to capture the chaotic tempo of the urban scene after dark and the reflections of the lights on wet pavement. As a child, from the top of the Sears Tower, I remem…
UFO Got Milk?
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Strange lights flashing in the night sky and suddenly a beam of eerie green light shoots down and a dairy cow rises into the strange saucer-shaped vessel hovering above the farm pasture! Inters…
Neptune's Finger
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36 x .75. This painting was inspired by the famous rock formation in Cabo San Lucas. Located between The Arch and Lover's beach, there is a rocky structure named, "Neptune's finger", that emerges f…
Heading Home
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Heading Home The dazzling shards of abstract light against the backdrop of the city at night provided the inspiration for this painting. The heavy texture helped create the dancing light across…
UFO's - A Scouting Party
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. I've never seen a flying saucer but the idea of them intrigues me. I wanted to show three of them mysteriously appearing above a tranquil and serene unpopulated landscape.
moonscape
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. This painting almost painted itself. I was in the zone, music playing and my brush just danced across the surface of the canvas until it was finished. I think I heard the frigid winds howling o…
Nashville Nights
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Nashville Nights As always, I was inspired by the lights and reflections of the city at night. I tried to capture the pulse and throb of the Nashville streets beneath the towering buildings tha…
Magnificent Seven
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting was inspired by the Waterford, Wisconsin Balloon Festival taking place as I write this. There is something truly majestic about the huge and silent hot air balloons floating above…
ufo sighting
Acrylic, 16 x 20. In true Steampunk style, an antique flying saucer with coal burning engines is polluting the pristine air of a national park!
Farewell To The Visitors
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Farewell to the Visitors Usually Aliens are portrayed as hostile invaders out to conquer the planet, but what if they were here to protect and help us instead? In this painting I envisioned the…
Singing In The Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Singing In The Rain This began as a typical rainy city street scene until my subconscious mind took over and I felt compelled to add the “Gene Kelley – like” character in the foreground. That m…
flight of the swan
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Glass & Steel
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. Glass and Steel This impressionistic view of a downtown street on a rainy day was loosely inspired by the city of Chicago. It is not meant to be a detailed rendering of a specific location, but…
Flight of the Swan 3
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24
Discovery of America
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48. Being of Nordic descent, I have always enjoyed the theory that the Vikings were actually the first to discover and visit America. In this version the long boats can fly and the women are the wa…
Daybreak Willow Creek
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Daybreak Willow Creek The sun rises and warms the air dissipating the mist from the marshy areas and sparkling off the water as it climbs towards the top of the trees. The stream gurgles musica…
Chicago Gold
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40. An impressionist view of Chicago after dark. The lights glitter and shine like a pot of gold against a backdrop of towering buildings. A light fog drifting in from Lake Michigan diffuses the go…
Moose Rider
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. Here's an example of "Traditional with a Twist". I painted this traditional scene some time ago, but never felt satisfied with it. I removed it from the frame and studied it on my easel and tho…
Holiday Shoppers
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Holiday Shoppers It’s Christmas time in the city or a least the day after Thanksgiving. Shoppers huddle together on the corner waiting for the traffic light to change. The lighted store windows…
turtle clan elder
Paper, 20 x 16. The original painting has been faithfully reproduced in breathtaking color on the finest quality acid-neutral paper and limited to editions of 950 or less. Every lithograph is hand-signed and numbered by…
flight of the swan 2
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24
White Buffalo
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. According to Native American legend the return of the White Buffalo signifies a thousand years of peace. I chose to represent the legend with the dawn of a new day and white doves to represent…
Downtown Shuffle
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Downtown Shuffle Commuters heading for home…
Sunbather
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16 x .75. My studio cat, Moe, always found great spots to sunbathe and nap. He's gone now and I wanted to capture his backlit form with a halo of light, plus the slightly annoyed look on his feline…
White Elk Spirit
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The White Elk became her spirit guide and spoke to her in a vision. Viewer's Comment; "The picture speaks to my spirit. Your Spirituality is strong and deep and the old ones smile on you. The v…
spirit of the midwest
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24
Cold Chicago Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 8. Cold Chicago Rain Autumn rain in Chicago is a harbinger of winter snows soon to come. The cold downpour seems to soak into your bones and the wind off Lake Michigan cuts through your coat and ch…
Cotton Club
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Cotton Club This is my artist’s conception of a band at the famous Cotton Club. Opened in 1923, the Cotton Club on 142nd St & Lenox Ave in the heart of Harlem, was operated by white New York ga…
Rally over Castle Rock
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24
Chicago Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 25 x 12. Chicago Rain A damp and rainy night on the city streets …bright lights are reflecting on the wet pavement in a dazzling display of dancing colors. People are hurrying to destinations as they do…
Halloween Trick or Treat
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 36. "Halloween Trick or Treat", was selected by the staff of Fine Art Views as FAV15 (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the BoldBrush Painting competition. The excitement of dressing up in cos…
Above the Dragon's Teeth
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. The Dragon's Teeth Mountains are a fictional mountain range in the Shannara book series by Terry Brooks. I haven't actually read the books but I liked the name, and this is how I envisioned the…
City Moon
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. City Moon The bright glow from a full moon illuminates the night sky as city lights glitter below. The moon seems caught in the skeletal embrace of the naked trees on a hilltop park above the c…
fishing the marsh
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. This scene reminds me of the marshy areas and Cranberry bogs up in northern Wisconsin.
Peace with Honor
Acrylic, 24 x 30 x .75
Wet Streets
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Wet Streets It’s a rainy night on the city streets. Bright lights are reflecting on the wet pavement in a dazzling display of dancing colors. People are hurrying to destinations under umbrellas…
Will-o-the-wisp
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. Under a full moon, the ghostly woman in green holds out her lantern to lure hapless victims into the swamp. Definition; A will-o-the-wisp is a ghostly light seen by travelers at night, especia…
Pelicans
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! The hazy sun shimmers across the water backl…
Urban Cowgirl
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Urban Cowgirl A city girl with a country flair walks the wet pavement of the city streets. She knows the city night scene …you could say it’s not her first rodeo. The Fourth painting in my seri…
Atlantis The Lost Continent
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. AWARD WINNER! This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in a recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Atlantis the Lost Continent…
Burnt Reflections
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Burnt pine trees are silhouetted and reflected as the sun sets in the Firehole Lake area of Lower Geyser Basin Marsh, Yellowstone National Park.
Nocturne In Lavender
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent International BoldBrush painting competition! Nocturne In Lavender I like the nostalgic feel of this at…
Flying On Eagles
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Flying On Eagles Here I imagined a clan of primitive forest people that have tamed a species of giant eagles for their use. Mounted on the giant birds they soar across the skies and over the mo…
traditions' promise
Paper, 16 x 20. The original painting has been faithfully reproduced in breathtaking color on the finest quality acid-neutral paper and limited to editions of 950 or less. Every lithograph is hand-signed and numbered by…
megalithic monuments
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20 x .75
In the City Again
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. In the City Again I painted this as a companion piece to my painting “In the City”. I thought that two similar pieces may work well for some collectors in the right space. However, both are fin…
Mississippi Dawn
Acrylic, Panel, 18 x 24. Open Edition Prints of this painting are available here; http://tom-shropshire.artistwebsites.com/featured/mississippi-dawn-tom-shropshire.html
Miss Ruby
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Sin, sex and cigarettes ...these were the essential elements of a good cover for every vintage pulp magazine. I think Miss Ruby embodies all that and more. I am currently working on an ongoing…
Rainy Night Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48. Rainy Night Milwaukee It’s a rainy night on the city streets. Bright lights are reflecting on the wet pavement in a dazzling display of dancing colors. People are hurrying to destinations under…
What Have I done?
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. A new painting to add to my Vintage Pulp Art Collection. A woman is remorseful after shooting her lover. We see the proverbial "smoking gun" nearby and the cold dead hand of her former boyfrien…
remembrances
Acrylic, 24 x 30
Cairo, Egypt
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Cairo Egypt My goal in this painting was to convey the hazy oppressive heat of the city with the towers silhouetted against the hot sky. I used a monochromatic palette of red and yellow oxide,…
Smokin' Hot
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12 x .75. This Steampunk Girl with tattoos is armed and dangerous! I especially like the design element provided by the tribal style tattoo on her left arm.
shimmering waters
Paper, 20 x 16. The original painting has been faithfully reproduced in breathtaking color on the finest quality acid-neutral paper and limited to editions of 950 or less. Every lithograph is hand-signed and numbered by…
weather alert
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Ominous clouds swirl together as the high winds strip the leaves from the wildly tossing trees. A good time to head for the basement!
Rain On Wisconsin Ave
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Rain On Wisconsin Avenue A sudden downpour drenches downtown Milwaukee and the hiss of tires on wet pavement joins the swish of windshield wipers as pedestrians navigate through the puddles.
Queen of Tarts
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This painting is loosely based on the notorious New York Madam, Polly Adler.She opened her first bordello in 1920, under the protection of mobster Dutch Schultz and was a friend of mobster Char…
Moe
Acrylic, Canvas, 8 x 8 x .75
water spout peril
Acrylic, 20 x 24. This Painting seemed to paint itself. I watched it evolve as I went. I had no preconceived idea as I began, and the romanticized drama played out through my brush. It reminds me of the Victorian morali…
In The City
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. In The City The city at night during the holiday season is a festival of lights even without decorations, but I added a touch of red and green in the reflections. Passenger cars, cabs, buses an…
Steampunk Vampire
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This Victorian gentleman is no gentleman, or for that matter, even human. This vampire predator prowls the foggy London streets in search of prey and his search has been successful!
Trail West
Acrylic, 16 x 20. The covered wagons climb up the mountain trail and a column of smoke tells them they are not alone in the wilderness. The play of light and shadow is what interested me the most in this painting. I wan…
The City In The Sea
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. The City In The Sea This painting was inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same name. It’s a melancholy poem that creates powerful images of a strange city in the west with a proud tower…
Steampunk Girls
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Steampunk Girls This painting is a companion piece to Steampunk Jack. While killing prostitutes in the Whitechapel district was his specialty, Jack is about to meet his match in this East Londo…
Thin Ice
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This is Wisconsin in November where winter seems to come early and leave late. This painting could be of an early thaw or an early freeze. There is a cold dampness in the misty air that seems t…
Steampunk Jack
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Steampunk Jack A tip of the top hat to Jack the ripper in this Steampunk version of London’s serial killer. Wait until he runs into the two steampunk girls in the Whitechapel alley, the outcome…
shipwreck
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24 x .75
historic third ward
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20 x .75. This area just south of downtown Milwaukee is a vibrant area of trendy restaurants, art galleries, lofts and theatres. Of course there is also a farmer's market and plenty of taverns. It'…
Coffee Shop on Chestnut
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 16. Coffee Shop on Chestnut The Coffee Shop on Chestnut and Pine is shown here on a snowy December night after an opening night Art Party for my students (AKA; Fine Art and Cheap Wine Group) Tags;…
Shanghai Surprise
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Here is my 11th painting in my ongoing "Sin, Sex and Cigarettes" series. This time it's the mysteries of the Orient. In the war years asians were often portrayed as sinister villians like Dr.…
Snow for Christmas
Acrylic, 12 x 16. This is a typical winter evening in Wisconsin ...what's all that about global warming?
Northern Solitude
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Northern Solitude The lonely sound of a loon’s cry echoes across the lake as the sun sets behind the pine trees. The crackling fire provides some light and warmth for the camper as he prepares…
Chicago Theater
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This historic Chicago landmark first opened it's doors in 1921 and has thrilled visitors ever since. The last time I was there was for a performance of "Dirty Dancing", but the theater itself i…
preparing for the dance
Paper, 20 x 16. The original painting has been faithfully reproduced in breathtaking color on the finest quality acid-neutral paper and limited to editions of 950 or less. Every lithograph is hand-signed and numbered by…
Mean in Green
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12 x .75. This is another painting in my ongoing series "Sin, sex and cigarettes" a salute to the cover art of the pulp magazines. This could be that double crossing client I referred to in my "Cit…
Milwaukee Sculpture
Acrylic, Panel, 12 x 12. Milwaukee Sculpture The sculpture, The Calling is a public artwork by American artist Mark di Suvero located in O'Donnell Park, which is on the lakefront in Milwaukee. The artwork was made in 19…
Dance of the Jellyfish
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. These Sea Jellies remind me of Japanese Lanterns glowing in the night. Scientists say these ancient creatures have been around for over 500 million years. A group of jellyfish is sometimes call…
Red Witch
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. This is a favorite of mine! With Halloween just around the corner, this lady and her familiar are ready to put a spell on you.
Downtown
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 x 30. Flashing lights, city traffic, pedestrians and noise are all part of the urban scene as the denizens of the concrete jungle prowl the streets.
mardi gras woman
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 24 x .75
Rough Sailing
Acrylic, 16 x 20. This painting began as a cloud study, then a seascape, and finally, a sailboat painting. I had no particular location in mind ...could be anywhere. I could almost hear the snap of the canvas and the sp…
Old Chicago Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 20. Old Chicago Night This painting is a re-creation of Chicago during the Prohibition era. It is a completely imaginary scene but I based it somewhat on my own research of vintage photos from the…
megadolon shark
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16 x .75. This prehistoric predator made its' closest living relative, the Great White Shark, look like a minnow. Adults were between 55 an 60 feet long and weighed as much as 100 tons. The paintin…
South China Sea
Acrylic, 16 x 12. I love the mood and the exotic feel of foreign ports and other cultures. I tried to capture the romance of faraway places and the majesty of the setting sun.
Central Park After Dark
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Central Park After Dark Caption; As you walk alone on a misty winter evening in New York Central Park, the mysterious figure of a stranger appears out of the fog. Muffled sounds of traffic seem…
castle of the mountain king
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. "...towering above the frozen wasteland, the castle of the Mountain King caught the last rays of the dying sun."
Twilight Run
Acrylic, 12 x 16. My painting was inspired by the horses of Jericho Creek Farm and Horse Power Healing Center in Eagle, Wisconsin. This painting was also featured as cover Art for the book of poetry "Celebrating the Hea…
moonlight bay
Acrylic, 12 x 16. I painted this for my Dad. He is 97 years old and wanted a new painting for his room. I know how much he loved spending time at his lake cottage and I remember that he would often sing (off key) a song…
Fred's
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Fred’s Located in the heart of Burlington, Wisconsin, Fred’s is home of the self proclaimed “Worlds Best Burgers” and is a local landmark. I self proclaim this painting the “World’s Best Painti…
Out of the Clouds
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Our intrepid aeronauts are sailing through the clouds far above the winding river below.
Treasury of Petra
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This famous location was featured in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", as a secret temple. That is actually what it was when rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johan Ludwig Burkhardt…
Wet Day
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 12. Wet Day The rain streaked window reflects and distorts the lights of the slow moving traffic navigating through the storm. I love the rain and rumble of thunder!
Multnomah Falls Oregon
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. This magnificent waterfall is located just a 30- minute drive outside of Portland. A 611-foot-tall roaring, awe-inspiring cascade of water, with all the power and beauty of untamed nature.
Atlantis faded glory
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. The legendary beauty of the ancient city of Atlantis has faded into the mists of time. It is near the end for the fabled city that ruled the world for untold centuries. Pristine walls and walkw…
Rainy Night Blues
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Rainy Night Blues A spring thunderstorm drenches the city and isolates the pedestrians under awnings and umbrellas to escape the downpour. Car tires swish through puddles on the wet pavement as…
Farm Road
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. This is a painting of the gravel road that led to my parents' farm in Farmington, Wisconsin. The road sign for Highway X was just past their driveway ...we always said "X marks the spot."
potawatomi warrior
Paper, 20 x 16. The original painting has been faithfully reproduced in breathtaking color on the finest quality acid-neutral paper and limited to editions of 950 or less. Every lithograph is hand-signed and numbered by…
Back Alley Justice
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This painting was granted permission to be used as a cover for original Orchestra music "Fantasy Noir" by Alexander Mansour The tenth painting in my "Sin, sex, and cigarettes" series features a…
Threefold
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. Threefold Three feathered friends gather at dusk looking for a fresh fish dinner. Are they herons, egrets or cranes? I have no idea, but they added a nice touch of white in the foreground.
Fasten Seatbelts
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Fasten Seatbelts If you have ev…
man in the shadows
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12 x .75. Another addition to my "Sin, sex and cigarettes" series. A hardboiled private eye reaches for his gun in this nod to the cover art of the pulp detective magazines Sin, sex and cigarettes…
chicken strut
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. It was fun painting my fine feathered friends. This is a departure from my usual subject matter, but I'm happy with the results.
Minneapolis Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The reflections of bright red tail lights on the wet pavement against the subdued background of the rain-washed city are the main elements that drew me to this scene. My daughter, Gina Tuchel,…
Face of Fear
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. What is she afraid of, giant mutated insects, creatures from outer space or just plain murderers ...who knows? Another tribute to the pulps and B movies has emerged from my brush! These are a l…
The beacon
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. This small study was completed to demonstrate the power of dramatic contrasts in landscape and seascape paintings. This original painting has been SOLD; however, Open Edition Prints of this pain…
Chicago Raindrops on Glass
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Raindrops splatter against the window as thunder shakes the glass and rumbles across the dark and churning sky. The city looks as if it is underwater …a lost city of Atlantis beneath the waves.…
High Tide Milwaukee Art Museum
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24 x .75
Dusk
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. This small study was painted to capture that fleeting moment just before the sun sinks below the horizon and night begins. I wanted to soften and blur the edges to show that dreamlike stillness…
New York Harbor at Daybreak
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The tugboat is one symbol of New York. Along with its more famous icons of Lady Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the Brooklyn Bridge, the sturdy little tugs, once all steam powered, work…
morning
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40
fallen angel Hypocrisy
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12
Carriage Ride in Central Park
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Outside the Plaza Hotel and Central Park in Manhattan you'll find one of New York City's favorite attractions - Carriage Rides in Central Park! Carriages, traditionally called "Hansom Cabs", ar…
Skillet Creek Falls Wisconsin
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. According to the Sauk County Historical Society of Wisconsin; Skillet Creek Falls is located on Skillet Creek which meanders its way to Pewit’s Nest, and continuing until it finally joins the B…
fallen Angel Despair
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. This painting is one of the three paintings in the "Fallen Angel" series. The androgynous winged figure has fallen to the ground in utter despair surrounded by the somber forest.
Plaza Hotel New York City
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. The Plaza Hotel in New York City, located at Fifth Avenue Central Park South, is a landmark and a treasure. If you want to see more of the inside of the Plaza, watch the latest "The Great Gatsb…
night flight
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
dance of the magiziens
Paper, 20 x 16. The original painting has been faithfully reproduced in breathtaking color on the finest quality acid-neutral paper and limited to editions of 950 or less. Every lithograph is hand-signed and numbered by…
Rocket Kitty and Other Tales
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. This painting is part of an ongoing series of tribute paintings that reflect my lifelong interest in pulp literature and cover art, from "Weird Tales" to "True Detective" and from the gritty ba…
UFO's entering atmosphere
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 40. A beautiful class H planet revolving around a distant star receives alien visitors at the edge of the atmosphere. It could be ancient earth or maybe future earth, who knows? H Class Planet - cl…
Milwaukee Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. This is an impressionistic painting of Milwaukee's historic City Hall. This is the second time I've painted this building and I'm pleased with the result. The dark and misty rainy day with the…
El Morro Puerto Rico
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16
St. Andrews Cathedral
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. St Andrews Cathedral The Cathedral of St Andrew is a ruined Roman Catholic cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It fell into disuse and ruin after Catholic mass was outlawed during the 16th…
City Rain Against the Window
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30. Rain drops and rivulets create a dancing prism of colored lights, on the window glass, against a backdrop of the city at night. ...and it's even raining as I write this! This is a gallery wrapp…
Bumbershoot
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This dapper fellow is sitting on the roots of an enormous tree in a rain storm protected by his umbrella. Why? ...I couldn't say.
cloud study
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16
bathing the royal elephant
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. In this painting I wanted to create a bucolic rural scene so popular with the romantic painter's of the past, and then add a twist by showing an African elephant being bathed in a stream with W…
Chicago at dusk
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Chicago Skyline at Sunset
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40. Chicago Skyline at Sunset I never tire of painting the Chicago skyline. The lights glitter and shine against a backdrop silhouette of towering buildings as the sun sets. This painting is on gal…
autumn fairy
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Autumn gives way to winter as the trees lose their leaves and the first snow covers the ground ...butterflies and fairies must depart.
Montezuma, Costa Rica
Acrylic, Panel, 12 x 16. This laid back place is everything you think a tropical paradise should be. I had a Long Island Iced Tea in the open air beachfront bar. It was a hippie community in the 60's and although it has…
Power Center
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24. The Sears Tower, now named the Willis Tower, had the name changed under terms of the 2 million dollar lease agreement between the building owners and a London-based insurance company. To most m…
coastal waves
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. This painting is based on a fabulous trip to San Diego, California to visit my cousin Jackie Ann and her husband Bill. We traveled north through Los Angeles and then along the coast on highway…
lake spirit
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. I like the mood of this painting that features a ghostly apparition rising from the waters of a northern lake.
city yacht club
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 x 30. The glittering lights of the city form a backdrop to the pleasure craft floating in regal style in the harbor. The yachts of various sizes are dwarfed by the colossal buildings and the night re…
outdoor concert
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40 x .75
Mesa Verde
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16 x .75. Searching for stray cattle, two cowboys discovered these magnificent ruins in 1888. Abandoned by the cliff dwellers in the 13th century, and now a national park, they inspire awe in visit…
City Flare
Acrylic, Canvas, 10 x 8. City Flare The city after dark is a never-ending cavalcade of lights and noise and I love it! Tags; city rain, rainy night, Tom Shropshire painting, urban landscape, night scene, city lights, ci…
Castle on the Hill
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. I love the mood of this scene with the morning light filtered through the early haze of a crisp autumn day.
Totems
Acrylic, 24 x 36. The tidal wave symbolizes the tide of white settlers that swept away the proud heritage of the Native Americans. The branches on the totem poles indicate a living and growing culture.
atlantis
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! The legend of Atlantis suggests…
Wind Tossed
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A calm sky and wild crashing surf, a dangerous combination.
Walking in the Rain
Acrylic, 20 x 16. I love a rainy night ...The rumble of thunder, wet pavement, wavy reflections, and the swish of tires from passing cars! The plan was to keep this painting loose and impressionistic Viewers comment; I…
Tooker Alley Chicago
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. One can almost imagine the denizens of early 20th century Chicago climbing over the garbage cans “down Tooker Alley to the Green Light over the Orange Door” to get to the famed Dil Pickle Club.…
Home Before Dark
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. It's raining cats and dogs and apparently children too! I remember being told as a child to be home before dark. If you came home after the street lights came on, you were in big trouble.
Early Snow
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Early Snow It's November in Wisconsin and a bit early for snowfall, but this is when it's new and fresh and we can appreciate it. Later, I'm sick of it and dreaming of Spring.
City Cats
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. A bright and hazy moon shines down upon the city roofs as a conclave of stray cats gather to yowl their appreciation at the sky.
sleepwalker
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30
fallen angel Vanity
Acrylic, Canvas
city nocturne
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
City Noir
Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 24. I love this subject! The garishly lit city towers above the mean and foggy streets as a trench-coated figure is illuminated by the headlights of a dark sedan. A jazz saxophone player can be hea…
moon maidens
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24 x .75
Eagle and the Unicorn
Acrylic, Canvas, 48 x 36. I tried to capture the epic feel of Heroic Art which often depicts dramatic battle scenes and features larger than life images. This is a huge painting and it hangs in my home. Luckily the room…
Cincinnati Skyline
Acrylic, 16 x 20 x .75. I lived in Cincinnati, Ohio for 4 years from 1984 to 1988. This is a view of Riverfront Stadium and the bridge across the Ohio river to Kentucky. It's a great city and I have many fond memories o…
Central Park Gapstow Bridge NYC
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This famous bridge in central park has delighted visitors from around the world. The backdrop of New York City with lights gleaming is a pleasure to paint and I have painted it numerous times.…
angela, woodland fairy
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This is a painting of my grand daughter, Angie, in her ballet outfit. I added the wings to make it more fun and whimsical. Although the original is in my own private collection, Open Edition Pr…
Bourbon Street, Baby
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. Bourbon Street Baby, by Tom Shropshire was selected for an award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent 2016 International BoldBrush painting competition! There is nothing like the excite…
mermaid on the rocks
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24 x .75
Joey and furry Murray BFF's
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16 x .75. This is a painting of my Grandson, Joey, and his best friend Murray. I think I captured both of their personalities. And although they look nothing alike, Murray is the brother of my dog,…
snow in central park
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20. Curving gracefully over the narrow neck of the Pond at 59th Street, Gapstow is one of the iconic bridges of Central Park. Design aficionados might notice a striking resemblance to the Ponte di…
Incantations
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The Red Witch is casting a spell under the crescent moon in the shadow of the bare oak trees. The fire has suddenly flared up as she invokes the name of the demon she summons on All Hallows Eve…
Art of Refinement
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Art of Refinement The intricate tangle of pipes, smoke, and glittering lights are irresistible subjects for my brush. An oil refinery at night is a magical industrial world of massive technolog…
Solo Flight
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. Pennant and American flag flying, the balloon soars towards the setting sun with a lone star or satelite shining in the west.
Cold Hard Streets
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This piece began as a class demonstration in monochromatic painting and was later completed in the studio. I like the mood and film noir feel of the finished work. It reminds me of the opening…
Halloween Dog - Sassy
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12 x .75
City On The Lake
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40. The wind blows through the man-made canyons formed by glass and steel, while neon lights and countless headlights flicker and gleam, the sun sets ...darkness decends, and the city awakens
Pulse of the City
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. I love this painting! It began as a pure abstract but then evolved into a semi-abstract of dazzling city lights and reflections. This painting is on a gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides…
Dad
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This is a portrait of my Dad, Robert Standish Shropshire. He knew how to enjoy life and we all miss him but we do appreciate the many years we shared his love and laughter. So raise a glass of…
City Rain
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20 x 1.5. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! I love a rainy day! The reflections on…
BJ Wentkers Rainy Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. The original painting is displayed in the dining room of the restaurant, but Canvas Giclees' are available in a limited edition of 25. Image size 16x12 for $150. This Painting has been SOLD but…
Chicago Moon
Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 40. This painting was selected for a FAV15 award by the staff of Fine Art Views in the recent International BoldBrush painting competition! A full moon over Chicago with the John Hancock Center in…
Rainy Days and Mondays
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. I always liked the Karen Carpenter song with the same title. The only difference is rainy days and mondays never get me down. I love rainy days ...the wetter the better. Rain storms have always…
Snowfall in Cathedral Square
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16 x .75. The Cathedral of Saint John is a Milwaukee landmark and just east of the small city park. In the summer Jazz in the Park is held here and in the winter it's decorated with lights and holi…
Milwaukee river Downtown
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24 x 1.5. I grew up in the city of Milwaukee and I love to paint the city at night. This is a view of the Milwaukee River looking north. The revival of the city's downtown Riverwalk has added a vi…
City Lights 2
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. The wet pavement of the city streets reflecting lights in a prism of colors still fascinates me. This impressionistic scene was commissioned as a companion piece to the first "City Streets" pa…
The Carny
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. I painted this character study quite some time ago. I have it hanging in my studio where I see it every day. The timeworn features and piercing stare tell of a hard life and a less-than-friendl…
Nor'easter - New York City
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. "Suckerpunch Nor’easter adds to the misery of Super Storm Sandy victims." – Baltimore Sun Blog“God hates us!” the New York Post said in a front-page headline.These are the headlines regarding t…
Steel Canyons
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24. The soaring skyscrapers dwarf the crowds of pedestrians caught in the rain. Traffic hisses past on the wet pavement and the city sounds echo from the glass and steel cliffs. The overcast sky c…
Bar Girl
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 20. Bar Girl A young Eurasian woman is surrounded by the neon jungle of the city lights. She peers over the top of her sunglasses with a world-weary look that belies her youthful age. This is a hea…
Moon Over Third Street
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. I painted this as a companion piece to "Street Life". I had so much fun painting the seedy section of town teeming with life and vitality, that I was compelled to paint it again. I added the gu…
scott
Acrylic, 24" x Diameter
Chicago Skyline Silhouette
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 36. The twinkling lights of the city at night are a subject that I always return to. I also love the silhouette of man-made mountains against the evening sky. The Hancock tower dominates this view…
The Plaza
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The Plaza movie theater in Burlington, Wisconsin first opened in 1927 and is still operating today. The front view is deceiving, because the theater is much bigger than it appears. It actually…
skyscraper - Chicago
Acrylic, Canvas, 40 x 30. In this painting of the Chicago skyline, the man-made skyscrapers are dwarfed by nature's towering cloud formation.
Chicago Night
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 20 x .75. I love city night scenes and I have since I was very young. I did many watercolor paintings of the subject, but I never could quite achieve the effects I wanted. Acrylics are the perfect…
Times Square New Years Eve
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. Since 1907 Times square ball drop has played a prominent roll in celebrating and counting down the seconds to each New Year. The Times Square ball drop is one of the best-known New Year's celeb…
Savannah
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This beautiful young lady is my grand daughter Savannah Shropshire. She is an award winning young artist and is known to like and prefer pretty things. She is also a fan of "Hello Kitty". Altho…
Brooklyn Bridge
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. This iconoc New York landmark, the Brooklyn Bridge, ranks as one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century. The impressive bridge spans the East River between Brooklyn and Manhatta…
Spires
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. I love to contrast buildings against the brilliant colors of the sky at sunset or sunrise. Even man's grandest architectural creations seem paltry when shown against the glories of nature.
Church Spires
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. This small study was painted directly on the canvas without drawing or underpainting. My goal was to capture the morning light and hazy silhouettes of the buildings in gradations of intensity fr…
Old Chicago
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12 x .75. Here's my artist's rendering of the intersection of State and Randolph in Chicago. I loved the old black and white photograph that this is based on. The three story beer bottle dwarfs the…
Buffalo and Broadway Milwaukee's 3rd Ward
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Cold rain and sleet form the backdrop for this painting of a small section of Milwaukee's HistoricThird Ward. People hurry along the wet pavement seeking the shelter of the large overhang and w…
Walk in Central Park
Acrylic, 20 x 16. I wanted to capture the solitude of the park in winter with the gleam of the headlights indicating the heavy traffic just beyond the snow covered oasis.
bridge in central park
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. I painted this for the holiday feeling. With Christmas just around the corner, I wanted to paint a snow scene of Central Park showing the snow falling and the buildings in the back ground. This…
Snow Moon
Acrylic, 12 x 9. Since the heaviest snow usually falls in the month of February, Native American tribes of the north and east called this month's full moon the Snow Moon. We just dug out from a February blizzard in Wisc…
Rainy Afternoon Milwaukee
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The great thing about a rainy day is that you don't feel guilty about staying indoors. Listening to a storm roll through has always had a soothing effect on me and I love to paint while the rai…
Chicago at night
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Rainy Day In The City
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. Another rainy day, but I have always liked thunderstorms and dark overcast days. Perfect weather for taking a nap or curling up with a good book. This reminds me of Milwaukee's Third Ward. I cr…
Giants in the mist
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. The Chrysler Building, an Art Deco skyscraper in New York, was the worlds' tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. This painting features th…
Milwaukee My Hometown
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. I was born and raised in Milwaukee and began my art career in this great city by a great lake! As a teenager I was awarded scholarships to the Saturday Art Program at the Milwaukee Art Museum.…
winter moon
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9
Gapstow Bridge
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12. Although this painting has been sold, there are other paintings available of the bridge in Central Park, and open edition prints of this painting can also be purchased. Curving gracefully over…
juneau park
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. This statue of Milwaukee pioneer, Solomon Juneau, stands vigil in a snow covered park overlooking Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee.
central park
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16
downtown lights
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The glittering lights of the city are a subject I am drawn to time and time again. Although this scene is loosely based on Milwaukee's skyline, it could really be any large city. I intentionall…
Chicago Skyline
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20. The man made cliffs of steel against a backdrop of clouds with glittering city lights, is a subject that I always return to.
city lights
Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 16. This is another painting in the ongoing "City at Night" series. I wanted to convey the impression of city lights through a wet windshield.
high tide war memorial
Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 30 x .75
Empire State Building
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. The Empire State Building is still an awe-inspiring landmark. I wanted to capture the glittering city lights as a backdrop to this amazing building in a loose semi-abstract technique. I think t…
Joan of Arc Monument
Acrylic, Panel, 20 x 16. Joan of Arc Monument The equestrian statue of Joan of Arc is one of the most famous in Paris. Tags; Joan of Arc, monument, Paris, France, Tom Shropshire art, equestrian art
City Haze
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 12 x .75. AWARD WINNER This painting was selected for a FAV15 award, a jury’s favorite, by the staff of Fine Art Views in the International BoldBrush painting competition! Ghostly skyscrapers tower…
Cobblestone Cat
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 16. When I tried to take this guy's photo he was not very cooperative. He turned his back on me and stalked away. I followed him snapping pictures as he ignored me and made his escape. I like the c…
Old Blue Eyes
Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 12. On the beach in Samara Costa Rica, this shaggy beachbum came and joined us. My friend Walt and I were sitting on a log in the shade of some palm trees while our wives waded in the Pacific ocean.…
Ta Prohm
Acrylic, 16 x 12. This is another in my "Bucket List" paintings and is loosely based on the Temple of Ta Prohm. This ancient ruin was also used as a location in the film "Tomb Raider". I added the Buddhist monks in thei…
Choco's Surf School
Acrylic, Panel, 16 x 12. We had lunch in Samara in a beachside outdoor restaurant and this entrepreneur had his surf school propped up against the vine-covered tree. Great location, low overhead ...what more do you want?