By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by contemporary American landscape painter Tom McGregor (born 1952 Jamestown, North Dakota). 

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Tom McGregor’s earliest memories are of his time spent drawing on a large slate chalkboard in the back room of his mother’s business. He remembers being completely absorbed in his work. That feeling of total immersion is something he strives for every time he paints.

 

Since graduating from Minnesota State University, Moorhead in 1987 with a BFA in art, he’s pursued a career as a self-employed graphic designer with an office in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It wasn’t until he discovered plein air painting in 2007, that painting became his primary creative outlet again. It combines his passion for being outdoors with his love for painting. These days, he maintains his design business but is working towards being a full time painter.

 

McGregor strives for honesty in his work, trying to be true to what he sees and feels as a result of being immersed in nature. He tries to find, not just the beauty, but that which tells a story, has a history, affects him emotionally; but most of all, challenges him to think about where he is as a human being living in this particular time and place.

                   Exhibitions and Awards (Partial List)

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  2016 — Grand Marais Plein Air Invitational, Honorable

Mention

• 2016 — Red Wing Juried Plein Air Competition and Exhibition, Quick Paint Winner

• 2016 — Grand Hill Gallery, 8-person Exhibit

• 2015 — Grand Marais Plein Air Invitational, 2nd Place

• 2015 — Hudson Plein Air Invitational Plein Air, Honorable Mention

• 2015 — Paint Du Nord, Duluth Art Institute, Juried Plein Air, 4th Place - Quick Paint

• 2015 — Red Wing Juried Plein Air Competition and Exhibition, Judges Award

• 2015 — Grand Hill Gallery, Two Person Show, Saint Paul MN

• 2015 — Crossings at Carnegie, Two Person Show, Zumbrota MN

• 2015 — Lowertown Artists’ Juried Show, AZ Gallery, Juror’s Choice

• 2014 — Minnesota State Fair Art Competition, Honorable Mention

• 2014 — Minnesota River Plein Air Festival and Competition, First Place

• 2014 — Red Wing Juried Plein Air Competition and Exhibition, First Place

• 2014 — Bell Museum of Natural History, U of M, Project Art for Nature Group Show

• 2014 — Lowertown First Friday, Saint Paul, MN, Featured Artist

• 2013 — Mayo Clinic, permanent collection, Rochester MN

• 2013 — Lowertown Artist’s Juried Show, AZ Gallery, Juror’s Choice

• 2013 — Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson WI, solo exhibit in Riverview Gallery

• 2013 — Frameworks Gallery, 2 Person Show, St. Paul MN

• 2013 — AZ Gallery, Project Art for Nature, group show, St. Paul MN

• 2013 — Jamestown Medical Center Gallery, solo show, Jamestown ND

• 2013 to Present — Saint Paul Almanac Show, AZ Gallery, featured 26 times in 2013 through 2016 Saint Paul Almanac

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