TomHokansonArt

Golden Birches , an 11x14 framed acrylic painting, was donated to the 2025 Holiday market at Abiding Love Lutheran Church. The market is on Saturday, November 1 from 9am to 3pm. Flyer is below the image of the painting. Golden Birches

 The Pigeon Point Lighthouse , south of San Francisco, is stunning. Here's my attempt at capturing the iconic view on an 8x8 canvas in acrylics. Pigeon Point Lighthouse

This was a fun project. During our trip to Arizon and Utah, I took a photo of the Temple of Sinawava and Zion National Park.  Back home, I decided to paint it, first in watercolor, then in acrylics. The results are below, along with the source photo. What do you think? Watrercolor Acrylic Source Photo

"Autumn Road" painted on a salvaged wood board  

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

  This 16x20 inch painting is done on canvas paper, mounted to Gesso Board. I'm loving the rich colors and more impressionistic style. Hope you do too! Now available in My On-Line Store .

Trying a new technique and a new style for fun. The result was "Fire in the Sky," and explosion of a sunset over mountains and a little stream.  

 Blue Bicycle at the Beach is an 16x20" acrylic painting. I repurposed an old canvas my daughter, Jill, gave to me of a painting she needed to let go of. I hope you like it!

 “The Good Father” is an acrylic painting from a photo of my son-in-law, Perry, carrying Mathilde and Evelyn near the end of a long hike down to Barton Creek. I hope it reminds us to spend time with our loved ones out in nature. The Good Father

In August of 2021, we went to Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin and I captured Mathilde and Rachel tip-toeing across the lily pond.   

"Introduction to Paddleboard" was a gift to my daughter and son-in-law, Rachel and Perry, for Christmas. The subjects are their daughters, Evelyn (age 2, at the top) and Mathilde (age 4, at the bottom). The source photo is also below showing them on a weekend outing where they rented a paddleboard.  

My first in-person class at The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria was enjoyable. The class was Magnificent Acrylics taught by Phillip Wade. There were 15 students in the class. Week 1: Landscapes. I select this mountain photo featuring a rocky outcropping. The rocks were difficult but I got there . Week 2: Landscapes. I selected a phot of Barton Springs I took early one morning when nobody was in the pool. It had some nice reflections I wanted to tackle. Week 3: Still Life. The instructor place several different fruits and other items on a large table with a spotlight shining on them. I picked this copper pot with an Orange and was pleased with the results. Week 4: Another Still Life but this time the instructor had us prep a palette using a palette knife so there was some texture. I selected these pears as my object. Week 5: Palette Knife Painting. This proved to be difficult as I selected a photo of abstract art. Funny story - I didn't like the way to looks so reworked it into ...

I created the following works in Acrylic during my on-line "Paint 1: Short Form" class with Erin Schwinn and The Contemporary Austin.   A Red Landscape Asaro Man - A Study of Planes, Lighting and Shadows A Still Life of Interesting Vases Discus Man A Study of Trees These Nectarine Paintings were practicing minimum brush strokes. Upper left was done with 25 brush strokes, upper right with 20 strokes and so on with 15, 10 and finally only 5 brush strokes.