TOM YOST
Artist's Statement
Color is the theme of this show: Color which is captured in these works in each picture’s unique depiction of specific places, in specific seasons at specific hours of the day. From the icy blue waters of Trillium Lake in the morning, to the emerald green fields of Spring Valley in the afternoon, to the indigo faces of the breaking waves off Neskowin Beach at dusk. This exhibition features twenty new studio paintings created between the fall of 2024 and the summer of 2026.
These works encompass scenes that I witnessed, photographed, and then translated with
oil paint into my own interpretations of each landscape. A photographic image of each scene is essential to begin my process of achieving realism in a painting. This initial document serves me with the all-important guidelines for the composition as I begin the layout of each painting. The realistic details are useful and available in describing each landscape. I, however, am not beholden to the photo. Details in the photo can be subtracted or changed, and the values and colors come from my own vision and memory. Then as the painting progresses it seems to find its own way and come to fully realized life. Capturing a moment in real time and preserving that image in oil paint is a privilege and an obligation for me.
Also included in this exhibition are many of my plein aire studies. These paintings are started and completed on location in just a few hours as opposed to the studio works which can require from 2 to 6 months (and up to 50 hours) to complete. The studies are an exercise for my mind and eye which serves me well when I paint in the studio.
This is my third solo exhibition at The Good Gallery and I want to thank Tim and Sarah Good for their commitment and support of my work.
SOLO EXHIBITION
The Good Gallery – The Colors of Nature, Kent, CT Aug 15 - Sept 20
The Good Gallery – Familiar Places, Kent, CT Sept 28 - Nov 10 2024
The Good Gallery – Views of the Litchfield Hills, Kent, CT | Aug 5 - Sept 5, 2023
Questroyal Fine Art – Captivating Shores. Tom Yost Reveals Connecticut’s Coast, New York, NY | Oct 28 – Dec 30, 2021 Questroyal Fine Art – At the Edge of Truth, New York, NY | May 11 – June 2, 2018
Questroyal Fine Art - At the Threshold of a Dream, The Hudson River, New York, NY | Oct. 29 –Nov, 2015
New Britain Museum of American Art – Tom Yost – A Modern Realist, New Britain, CT | May – August 2015
Behnke-Doherty Gallery – Captured Moments, Washington Depot, CT | Oct – Nov. 2012
Behnke-Doherty Gallery - Light’s Subtle Touch, Washington Depot, CT | Nov-Dec. 2010
P.H. Miller Gallery - Autumn 2008 Solo Exhibition, Woodbury, CT | September - October 2008
P.H. Miller Gallery - Local Horizons, Woodbury, CT | April - May 2006
State Capitol Office of State Senate Republican Leader Louis Deluca Connecticut State Capitol , Hartford, CT | April 2004
Washington Art Association - Recent Work, Washington, CT | March 2004
Minor Memorial Library - Diverse Landscapes, Roxbury, CT | October - Nov. 2002
Good News Café -Atmosphere and Light, Woodbury, CT | May - June 1996
JURRIED EXHIBITION
New Britain Museum of American Art - The Nor’ Easter, 55th Annual Juried Exhibition, New Britain, CT | Aug 7 - Sep 7, 2025
Hudson Valley Art Association - 92nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT | Jun 6 - July 17, 2025
New Britain Museum of American Art - The Nor’Easter, 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, New Britain, CT | Jun 22 - July 14, 2019
Lyme Art association – New England Landscape Invitational Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT | Sept. 26 – Nov. 7, 2014
Kent Art Association – Presidents Show, Kent, CT | July 21 – Sep. 2, 2013
New Britain Museum of American Art – 40th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, New Britain, CT | First Prize | December 2009
New Britain Museum of American Art - 39th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, New Britain, CT | November 2008
New Britain Museum of American Art - 38th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, New Britain, CT | First Prize | November 2007
Mattatuck Museum - The Connecticut Vision 2004, Waterbury, CT | September - Nov. 2
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 – Washington Art Association 2019 Members Juried Show. Second Prize for painting in show for “Constitution Marsh”.
2016 – Selected by Litchfield Magazine for the 2016 “Most Influential People in Litchfield County” listing - July-August 2016 edition.
2009 – New Britain Museum of American Art – 40th Annual Juried Exhibition: First Prize in Show & Oil/Acrylic Prize for “Thunderhead”
2007 – New Britain Museum of American Art – 38th Annual Juried Members Exhibition: First Prize for “Fields on Toplands Farm”
2005 – Flanders Nature Center, Woodbury, CT, selected Tom to be the Featured Artist in the Four Seasons of Flanders Benefit Gala
2004 – Chambers of the Senate Majority Leader at the State Capitol