Voices of Experience - Thomas Paquette

Utowana Inlet II 39 x 54” Oil

Thomas Paquette’s light-filled paintings are inspired by the landscape surrounding his studio in northwestern Pennsylvania near the Allegheny National Forest as well as the landscapes of his extensive travels throughout the United States and Europe. (He calls himself “an incorrigible traveler”.) His credentials include residencies awarded by the Millay Colony, the Robert M. MacNamara Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, the USM/Aegean Arts and Cultural Exchange and three National Parks.

Paquette has completed many public and private commissions including four seven-foot-high canvases for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, a thirty-two foot long canvas for Central Lakes College, and paintings for the collection of the Queen Mary 2.

On-location work for Paquette is only the first step in the development of his paintings. He often works in gouache for these plein air studies, then taken to the studio for extens…