Thomas blackshear

Since 1963, Trailside Galleries has been regarded as one of the pre-eminent dealers in American representational art, specializing in a rich and varied collection of works by the leading western, wildlife, figurative, impressionist, and landscape artists in the country. The artist roster includes members of the Cowboy Artists of America, National Academy of Design, Oil Painters of America, the Prix De West, Society of Animal Artists, National Sculpture Society and Masters of the American…

Blackshear’s “Western Nouveau” paintings have captured the imagination of Western art connoisseurs, who always have a sharp eye for ...

Keepers of the Flame by Thomas Blackshear. My all time favorite Christian artist.

Thomas Blackshear, African-American painter, is an artist who is best known for his emotionally powerful Christian and ebony themes. Blackshear is considered to be one of the world's most talented artists because of his versatility, consummate skill, and extraordinary sense of color, style, and design.

After graduating in 1977 from the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Thomas Blackshear worked for a year for the Hallmark Card Company in Kansas City, Missouri. While there, he met the famous illustrator Mark English and became his apprentice for several months. By 1980, he was working as head illustrator for Godbold/Richter Studio. Blackshear...Read More

Thomas Blackshear. A Common Thread.

Join us for an intimate discussion between Thomas Blackshear, Dean Mitchell, and Ezra Tucker as they discuss their creative practices, which move across design & illustration, commercial, and fine art. Their […]

Thomas Richman Blackshear II is an African-American artist illustrator, many of whose paintings adorn Evangelical churches. He is also a sculptor and

Thomas Blackshear II.