Thomas Blackshear
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Background Cactus-SOLD

oil on linen
22.50h x 19w in
57.15h x 48.26w cm
SOLD

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Buffalo Hunt-SOLD
<p> oil and gold leaf on mounted canvas on wooden board<br /> 48h x 48w in<br /> 121.92h x 121.92w cm<br /> SOLD</p>...
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Cowboy Classic-SOLD

oil on canvas
51.50h x 48w in
130.81h x 121.92w cm
SOLD

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Cowboy Study and Sketch-SOLD

pencil on paper
14h x 11.50w in
35.56h x 29.21w cm
SOLD

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Golden Leaves-SOLD

oil and gold leaf mounted on canvas
26h x 17w in
66.04h x 43.18w cm
SOLD

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Hummingbird-SOLD

oil on canvas
27h x 23w in
68.58h x 58.42w cm
SOLD
 

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Brother Eagle-SOLD

oil on canvas
31h x 43w in
78.74h x 109.22w cm
SOLD

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Golden Cloud-SOLD

oil and gold leaf on board
23h x 20w in
58.42h x 50.80w cm
SOLD

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Mark Twain-SOLD

oil on canvas board
12h x 9w in
30.48h x 22.86w cm
SOLD

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Peace Pipe-SOLD

oil and goldleaf on board
36.5 x 27.5 in
(92.71h x 69.85w cm)
SOLD

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Taking Flight Study-SOLD

pencil on paper
19h x 22.50w in
48.26h x 57.15w cm
SOLD

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There Once Was a Time-SOLD

oil on canvas
30h x 45w in
76.20h x 114.30w cm
SOLD

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Yellow Shirt - SOLD

oil on canvas board
12h x 9w in
30.48h x 22.86w cm
BlaT031
SOLD

Biography

Thomas Blackshear II, b. 1955 Waco, TX

Thomas Blackshear went to work for the Hallmark Card Company in Kansas City MO for one year after his 1977 graduation from the American Academy of Art in Chicago. While there he met the famous illustrator Mark English and became his apprentice for several months. In 1980 he worked as head illustrator for Godbold/Richter Studio. He became a freelance illustrator in 1982 and has been self-employed ever since.

Known for his dramatic lighting and sensitivity to mood, Blackshear has produced illustrations for advertising, books, calendars, collector’s plates, greeting cards, magazines, postage stamps and national posters. His clients range from Disney Pictures, George Lucas Studios and Universal Studios to International Wildlife and National Geographic Magazine. Thomas has illustrated 30 United States postage stamps, including four 50th Anniversary Movie Poster Stamps, the Universal Monster Stamps and the Mother Theresa Stamps. He also illustrated a commemorative stamp book entitled “I Have a Dream”. Seventeen of his original paintings from the publication were exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. and toured the country for eight years.

Thomas has also designed and executed illustrations for four collector’s plate series, including Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Star Trek and Star Trek, the Next Generation. He is known for his bestselling Christian prints produced for Day Spring’s Masterpiece Collection, including “Forgiven”, “Coat of Many Colors, Lord of All”, “Watchers in the Night” and “Liberty”.  In 1995 Blackshear created his most popular art line today. For 20 years “Ebony Visions” has been the number one selling black figurine collectible in the United States.

Blackshear has taught three semesters at the San Francisco Academy of Art College, as well as lectured at numerous workshops throughout the country. He is also known internationally, having taught a workshop in Sweden and toured German Air Force bases twice. In 2006 at his show in Vatican Thomas unveiled his painting of Pope John Paul II for the 25th Anniversary of the Pope John Paul II Foundation.

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