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Tom Darrah
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biography |
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 The Old Church
24" x 48" - oil on canvas - $5900
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 Alex II
12" x 48" - acrylic on board - $2750
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SOLD -
Roses and Baby's Breath
24" x 36" - oil - $3200 |
Sierra Blanca Serenity
48" x 60" - oil - $9600 |
Truches I
oil, 24 x4 8- $6200 |
Winter Morning at Las Trampas
oil, 24 x 48 - $6200 |
SOLD - Red Roof Church, Northern New Mexico
oil, 20 x 24 - $3200 |
SOLD - Truches
oil, 30 x 40 - $5800 |
SOLD - Church at Truches
oil, 16 x 20 - $2600 |
SOLD - The Old Church in Albuquerque
oil,15" x 30" - $2650 |
SOLD - Ghost Monks of Rancho de Taos
oil, 20 x 24 - $3350
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Tom Darrah studied
at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Fleisher
Art Memorial, the Hussian School of Art, and the
University of New Mexico. While in Philadelphia, he also
worked as an artist for the Evening Bulletin. Thanks to
a generous invitation from the U.S. government, Tom was
able to leave Philadelphia and visit exotic and exciting
new places across the globe. This also allowed him to
further his education, which brought Tom to the
Southwest, where he studied with Herman Rose, from the
Art Student League of New York at the University of
New Mexico. While in Albuquerque, he also met and
studied with Wilson Hurley.
During the summer of 1978, Tom found himself at a show
in Ruidoso, where he met and fell in love with the
Sacramento Mountains. Six months later, he and his
family had moved to Cloudcroft, where he opened his
studio, the Red Oak Gallery. From 1978 to 1991, he lived
and worked in this area, going from watercolor to egg
tempura, and finally acrylic and oil, and concentrating
on commissions of public works from the New Mexico Arts
Council. He also began delving heavily into portraits
and in 1995 he reopened his gallery in Cloudcroft before
moving it to Ruidoso in 2000. Since then, he has been
showing work in numerous galleries throughout the
Southwest. His work is in the permanent collection of
the Albuquerque Museum, and the Western Heritage Center,
Hobbs.
Today, Tom concentrates on contemporary impressionistic
work, and is considered a modern traditionalist.
Considering art a lifetime learning effort, he also
works heavily on large figure drawings. Collaborating
with writers, Tom has also begun mixing art forms by
adding poetry to dreamscapes, and painting illustrations
for childrens literature all in an effort to express
his views on life and philosophy with fresh eyes. He is
noted for brightly colored cloud scenes, portraits and
nudes, as well as area landscapes and a number of
mission series. He currently shows in Austin, El Paso,
and Midland, Texas and in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
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