Apples vs Oranges, 2022

Tom Furey  

Artist Statement:

Art has always been an important part of my life. The process of making Art from the days of working with my grandmother to create crafts at the young age of five to my current pursuit fifty five years later working as a professional painter. I approach my art work with personal and professional artistic challenges. Over the years I have worked in my studio with some very prestigious highly professional artist. These artists have inspired most of what I do today. My studies in college has taught me only working hard and doing what you love to do leads to success. I enjoy all types of art and I don't have one artist that I place at the top of my list. I create my art to satisfy my need to create. I feel compelled to give a part of me to anyone that understands and is willing to embrace the art. Each piece I create becomes part of my art family. It conveys where I am and what I was doing at the time of its creation. My mission as an artist is to share what I have learned over the years through my art.

Education:

Tom was educated at Bucks County Community College and the Maryland Institute of Art (MICA).

Awards & Distinctions:

Tom Furey is an award winning, Bucks County Fine Artist, creating Contemporary American Oil Paintings. He has been expressing his Artistic Ideas for over forty years. His subjects range from Bucks County Landscapes, Still Lifes, Florals to Heavy Industrial. In addition to a career in the Fine Arts, Mr. Furey also worked as a Professional Jewelry Designer in Bucks County and Philadelphia.
Tom was educated at Bucks County Community College and the Maryland Institute of Art (MICA). After completing college, he returned to Bristol, Pa. and with two other local painters established an Artists' Community and Cooperative named the "Mill Street Studio". The Co-op served as a working studio for many local artists and was functional for over twenty years. He was also the proprietor of a Pencil Portrait business.
Today, Tom continues to create paintings for private collectors in addition to doing commissions. His private collections are held by clients in Canada, England, Ireland, Germany and the United States. Tom is a member of the Phiadelphia Sketch Club and several Bucks County Artists' Organizations.

Exhibitions:

2018 Come Together...Right Now juried exhibit
2018 Silver Lake Summer Sojourn
2018 LBCC Tuxedo 3 Juried Exhibition
2018 Conservatory Spring Show
2018 PSC - 155th Annual Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings
2018 CONSERVATORY LATE WINTER SHOW
2018 Philadelphia Sketch Club Juried Art of the Flower Exhibit
2018 Pennsylvania ART of the State Juried Exhibit
2018 GRUNDY Library Exhibit
2018 Lower Bucks Hospital Winter Art Exhibit
2018 Artsbridge Members Art Show
2018 NHAL Juried Art Show
2017 Gallery at Lower Bucks Campus Exhibit
2017 Lower Bucks Community College
2017 Conservatory Fall Juried Exhibit
2017 88th Phillips Mill Art Show, New Hope, Pa
2017 31st Annual Bucks Fever Juried Exhibition, Warrington, Pa.
2017 Artists of Bristol & Bristol Students Exhibit , Grundy Library, Bristol ,Pa.
2017 Conservatory Juried exhibition competition, Doylestown, Pa.
2017 ARTSBRIDGE MEMBERS SHOW, Stockton, Pa.
2017 Philadelphia Sketch Club "Art of the Flower", Phila., Pa.
2016 Bucks County Conservatory Celebrating Fathers, Doylestown, Pa.
2016 3rd Bucks County Hospital Exhibit, Bristol, Pa
2016 Artist of Bristol Summer Sojourn
2016 2nd Bucks County Hospital Exhibit, Bristol, Pa
2016 PSC Annual Member Art Show, Phila., Pa.
2016 AOY 11th Annual Members Show, Yardley, Pa.
2016 Water Works Exhibit, Gallery at Lower Bucks Campus
2016 7th Annual Juried Art Show, New Hope, Pa.
2016 153rd Annual Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Pa.
2016 30th Annual Bucks Fever Juried Exhibition, Warrington, Pa.
2016 Conservatory Juried exhibition competition, Doylestown, Pa.
2016 TULPEHAKING ROOTED, Nature Center, Hamilton, NJ.
2016 CFA DO WOP SHOW 50s and 60s, Bristol, Pa.
2016 Art of the Flower PSC Exhibition , Philadlephia Sketch Club, Phila. , Pa.
2016 Artists of Bristol & Bristol Students Exhibit , Grundy Library, Bristol ,Pa.
2016 Show Some HeArt 125, Bucks County Community College, Bristol, PA.
2016 1st Bucks County Hospital Exhibit, Bristol, Pa
2016 ARTSBRIDGE MEMBERS SHOW, Stockton, Pa.
2016 AOY 5th ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, Yardley, Pa
2016 Gold Light 2nd Annual Juried Show, New Hope, Pa.
2015 Arts and Cultural Council of Bucks County First Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Visitors Center, Bensalem ,Pa.
2015 Fright Exhibition, Centre for the Arts, Bristol, PA.
2015Diversity Exhibition, Artist of Bristol, Grundy Memorial Library, Bristol, PA
2015Conservatory Artist Fall Members Exhibition, The Conservatory, Doylestown, PA
2015Call of the Wild Juried Show, Bucks County Community College, Bristol, PA
2015  Trenton Ellarslie Trustees Invitational Show, The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
2015  Middletown 2015 Summer Solstice Art Show, Middletown Township Municipal Center, Langhorne, PA
2015  Annual Art Benefit, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2015  Pine Run Art Show, Pine Run Retirement Community, Doylestown, PA
2015  6th Annual Juried Art Show, New Hope Art League , New Hope, PA
2015  Artist of Yardley Fourth Annual Juried Art Show, Artist of Yardley , Morrisville, PA
2015  Rich Timmons Gallery Juried Exhibition, Rich Timmons Gallery, Doylestown, PA
2015  Conservatory Artist Guild Juried Exhibition, The Conservatory, Doylestown, PA
2015  First Annual Open Juried Show, Gold Light Gallery, New Hope, PA
2015  2015 Art of the Flower Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2015  Art is Natural Exhibition, Artist of Bristol, Grundy Memorial Library, Bristol, PA
2015  2015 Member's Show, Artsbridge, Stockton, NJ
2014  One Artist Show, Playmasters, Bensalem, PA
2014  Proud to be American Show, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
1982  Two Artist Show, Alerbesched Gallery, Telford, PA
1982Allied Artist of America, New York City, NY
1981  Allied Artist of America, New York City, NY
1980  Allied Artist of America, New York City, NY
1980  Bucks County 1st Annual Art Alliance Show AWARDED Best in Show
 

Artistic Influences:

I started an Artist co-operative when I finished college. I worked with many professional artists for 25 plus years. The co op gave me a great way to share, learn and grow as an Artist.

Tags:

Bucks county artist, oil painting, fine art, realist, landscapes, still life.