Bridgeport, CT, United States
BIOGRAPHY 02.29.16 Thomas N. Graves Thomas N. Graves, a Fairfield County Connecticut marine arti...
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About the artist
Joined In 2016
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BIOGRAPHY
02.29.16
Thomas N. Graves
Thomas N. Graves, a Fairfield County Connecticut marine artist has been capturing the essence of the sea for over 40 years. Raised in Santa Barbara, California within walking distance of Hendry's Beach, he would spend hours watching the endless forms the waves created as they rose up and broke cascading their white foam.
He is an experienced sailor who currently races and cruises his J/37c sailboat, Bad Dog on Long Island Sound and is a member of Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, Connecticut. He has participated in many “distant” races including a leg from Bermuda to Montauk. Tom says, “There is no better feeling on earth than being on the boat watching, hearing and feeling the bow digging into a wave, separating the water, watching it slide down the side of the boat and having it leave a marvelous wake astern.”
His representational depictions are inspired by the sea, sea life and seafaring: they are the drivers for his paintings be it one of the many boat commission or work for the sheer enjoyment of capturing an image he likes on canvas. He is represented by the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery in Fairfield, Connecticut; Southport Gallery Southport, Connecticut; Hiden Galleries in Stamford,...
His work has been exhibited nationwide in these galleries:
Southport Gallery, Southport, Connecticut
Questor Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, Fairfield, Connecticut
Hiden Galleries, Stamford, Connecticut
Harbor Gallery, Rowaton, Connecticut
Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Delray Beach, Florida
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Organ
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art, Winona, Minnesota
Caviler Gallery, Nantucket, Mass. and Greenwich, Connecticut