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Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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“Busy Street” 12 in. x 16 in. x 0.25 in.
Oil on Panel $384.00
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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“Boundary Waters
12 in. x 16 in. x 0.25 in. Oil on Panel
$384.00
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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“Dining at Mickey’s” 24 in. x 30 in. x 0.75 in.
Oil on Canvas SOLD
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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“Skyway Shopping”
12 in. x 16 in. x 0.25 in. Oil on Panel
$384.00
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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“St. Paul Hotel”
30 in. x 24 in. x 0.75 in. Oil on Linen on Stretcher
SOLD
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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“Lake Street Café” 18 in. x 24 in. x 0.25 in.
Oil on Panel $864.00
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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”Street Festival” 16 in. x 20 in. x 0.25 in. Oil on Canvas on Panel
$640.00
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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“Taking a Walk” 12 in. x 12 in. x 0.25 in.
Oil on Panel $288.00
Tom Fisher Fine Art 7704 Homestead Ave. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651-295-7667
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Artist Statement/ Bio
“My desire is to filter the three dimensional image through heart-felt emotional responses and in
some small way enrich the viewer’s spirit. Toward that end, I use simplified line, enriched
values, and complementary color in an attempt to give homage to the Creator, the true Artist of
Excellence.” - - Tom Fisher
Tom Fisher is a master oil artist who is passionate about his art. He is an impressionist oil artist
that is easily identified by his signature use of strong, bold color.
Fisher studied at the University of Minnesota, St. Cloud State University and Bemidji State
University, with additional experience as a commercial technical illustrator for a top 500
company.
His paintings are held in many private collections throughout the Unites States and have been
featured in number newspaper articles. He has also produced numerous large scale window
designs in stained-glass for churches throughout the United States.
“As an artist I try to capture the color, line, value and design created by light as it cascades along
the surfaces of the subject, In addition, I try to simplify and yet hopefully leave an impression
that speaks to the viewer”.
Fisher usually picks a dominant colour and then with use of transparent glazes and additional
intense color he brings out interest in different areas of the painting. His palette uses a double
primary palette made up of warm and cool yellow, red and blue oil paint topped with orange or
violet to provide transparency or opaqueness. He focuses on subject edges and uses transparent
glazes combined with impasto brush strokes of opaque paint to provide the finished painting with
greater impact.
"I walk a line as an artist somewhere between making the subject look real or making it look
interesting. I feel more of a pull on my heart strings to make it look interesting than to look real,
as photographs are used to capture that type of reality and, besides, real can be boring. Therefore,
I simplify some areas and/or aspects of the subject, I stray from reality, and I enhance or use
whatever color I like, thereby improving the painting, hopefully, in the eyes of the potential
viewer and give each work its’ own personality. Of course, the play of values across the image
will always be of utmost importance.”
To learn more about the artist, to sign up for his free newsletter, or to commission a painting of
your subject, please email him at [email protected].