Feel free to enjoy these selections of Tom's paintings both recent and from the late 1970 to early 1980 period. Please take some time to browse the collections by clicking on their names or read more about Tom and view his full gallery below by scrolling down.
RAISED AND RESIDING IN BUCKS COUNTY
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.
I have painted since the age of five. While there are many intricate reasons I chose this path, the simplest truth is that painting brings me deep personal, physical, and psychological satisfaction. Through my work, I share the happiness that painting gives me with the world.
Style, technique, and subject matter are intimate choices each artist makes. Equally personal is our reason for creating. Some paint to build a recognizable brand or capitalize on popular themes. That is not my way. I do not consider commercial value when I paint—doing so would dilute my ability to create, experiment, and grow. I thrive on challenge, embracing subjects that offer learning and discovery.
My art expresses the situations I experience day to day. I’ve worn many creative hats—as a Master Jeweler, Technical Illustrator, Instructional Designer, and Oil Painter—all of which sharpened my awareness of visual details around me. I’ve trained myself to see life as an artist, and oil painting is at the heart of my life’s quest. It is how I convey my thoughts, hopes, and dreams.
I carry over a billion images in my mind, waiting to be painted. I don’t repeat subjects for the sake of familiarity or sales. Instead, I paint daily with the goal of offering viewers a new lens through which to see the world—whether that evokes a memory, stirs emotion, or simply sparks a smile. Life moves fast, and so much goes unnoticed. I collect moments—mentally and photographically—that call to me. Sometimes the most meaningful pieces come from something someone else has shown me.
“People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it’s simply necessary to love.”
1093 General Greene Road
Washington Crossing, PA 18977
Bucks County 215.493.3660
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With the revival of his painting career from a hiatus, Tom Furey is quickly regaining recognition. Most recently he has been listed with the Michener Art Museum as an established Bucks County Artist. He recently has also held one man shows at the Margaret Grundy Memorial Library in Bristol and at Playmasters in Bensalem. Tom's work shows no signs of his lapse as he is still creating marvelous life-like paintings full of color and life. Since his return to the fine art community, Tom has been published several times in The Intelligencer and The Bucks County Courier Times, both by Gwen Shrift. In the Bucks County Herald and more recently in the Bristol Spotlight by Cate Murway.