TomHokansonArt

 Painted in acrylics on 9x2 stretch canvas.

  Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos is an old-time honky-tonk that Joan and I would frequent while in college. The ghosts of Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, George Strait and the Ace in the Hole band, and others that we danced to still echo there. This was painted with acrylics on a 9x12 stretch canvas.

"Autumn Road" painted on a salvaged wood board  

"The Village." Acrylics on stretch canvas.  

First painting of 2024 is this 9x12 acrylic of the Manarola Harbor in Italy. Deciding if I'm going to take what I learned and re-produce it on a 24x30 canvas.

In late December, I painted three small acrylics for my grandchildren: a mason jar filled with flowers for Evelyn, a pink rose for Mathilde, and a red fox for Jude. Six-year-old Mathilde was so impressed by the fox that she decided to copy it on this black sketch pad she got for Christmas. I think her sense of shapes is remarkable. Young Fox   Mathilde's Young Fox Mason Jar of Flowers A Pink Rose

This is inspired by the words of one of my songs, "The Arms of the Fisherman," It's on a 16x12 stretched canvas in bright acrylics. The Arms of the Fisherman By Tom Hokanson Let the waves wash over you Let the love rush over too And you will be in the Arms of the Fisherman Come and rest inside His boat When the storms rage, you will float So put yourself in the Arms of the Fisherman In our struggles there will be On the shore and on the sea Jesus waiting there for me. And you. So run into the Arms of the Fisherman When you read the Bible book There’s a Spirit and a hook And you’ll be caught in the Arms of the Fisherman Walk on water if you can If you can’t then take His hand And you’ll be held in the Arms of the Fisherman When the water is too deep When the mountain is too steep Jesus saves the day for me. And you. So run into the Arms of the Fisherman

 A small 8x8 stretched canvas reflecting the unique style of Santa Fe.

 I found an amazing photo of some purple crocus so figured it was worth trying to paint on a small 8x10 .canvas. Here's the result.