Wyoming artist, Tom Lucas has dedicated the past forty years engaging in his pursuit of painting distinctive western art. His biggest influences have been Charlie Russell, Carl Rungius, Bob Kuhn, Ken Carlson, Nicolas Fechin, and David Leffell, to name a few.
Tom has taken advantage of anatomy and still life workshops, honing his skills in painting wildlife and scenery. He has spent a great deal of time building an art morgue so as to perfect a vast spectrum of ideas to put on canvas. Be it still life, background, or wildlife.
Many commissioned works have been purchased throughout the United
States as well as Europe. He is an Artist In Residence currently
at Buffalo Trails
Gallery in Jackson Hole Wyoming, and Velvet Thorn Gallery in Dubois
Wyoming. Tom has won many awards in the form of honorable mentions,
people’s
choice, and ribbons, are proudly displayed in his log home which, by the
way, he also built and restored himself.
Whenever an occasion arises to participate in a Quick Draw, Tom takes
full advantage of the opportunity. One occasion let to an article
in "The
Western Horseman" in their "Gallery" section. The fall 2002
issue of "Inform Art", under "Print Bits" featured
another article concerning a painting winning twin awards at the Wyoming
Art Association’s annual convention at Dubois Wyoming.
Numerous interviews have been recorded in newspapers and magazines,
one of which is "The Wind River Rendezvous" featuring Tom’s
artwork. His expertise in replicating Indian artifacts is on the market
in the form of videotapes. One being, "The Sheep Eaters: Life in the
Mountains", the other, "The Bighorn Sheep Bow". The bow
is an ancient piece of Sheepeater Indian tribe weaponry, long obsolete,
which Tom has perfected on his own from Osborn Russell’s 1830 journals.
Today Tom lives near the Wind River Mountains with his wife Tammy
who stands by his side in all his endeavors to persevere.