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I spent the day recently at Tom’s house which he describes as his cottage and escape.  I had driven madly from my city Toronto to his town, the town of Dundas.  Never been there before.  It took me about an hour just to get out of Toronto because of traffic.  Then I’m following a round-about route through the countryside.  I’m thinking why the hell does Tom live here way out in the middle of nowhere?  I find driving through the countryside rather frustrating because it all, well, looks the same to me.  All of a sudden, I’m driving down this winding road into the valley where you’ll find Dundas.   Tom lives here.  It’s a very pretty little village like town.  So that’s why Tom lives here.  Ah – I get it.

Time was limited.  We photographed some of Tom’s works of art, ate lunch, madly scribbled away on the backs of paintings and note paper, details of the paintings.  I showed him his website on my little laptop.  He gave me an handwritten article to put on this website.  (That’s coming shortly).

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Today, I hope to share some of the images of Tom’s paintings and post them.  At a later date, I’ll be posting more of his paintings.  Of course, some of these artworks are for sale here on Tom’s online art gallery which you can check out.   Details of the paintings will be found on the Buy Art page, as soon as it is updated.

If you want to see a larger image of the paintings shown here in this article, just click on the image.  This is true for any of the art works images by Tom you’ll find on the Tom Hilborn website.  The photographs have to be downloaded from my camera and then tidied up in PhotoShop.

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And, guys, if you have any comments on Canadian artist, Tom Hilborn and his works of art, please feel free to post them. Love to hear your comments, opinions.   Spammers, forget it. You’ll get an instant “delete.”  This is a serious art site. He’s got a solo art show opening October 28th at Il Tenore and Art Fusion Gallery in London.  Don’t miss it – there will be drinks, live music and the art show.  I think it’s called “Divine poke in the neck”.  Cool enough name.

So stay tuned to Tom’s online art gallery for new images of Tom’s paintings and check Tom on Facebook and Twitter.  He has both ya know.

Tom Hilborn will be exhibiting new paintings under the umbrella group Art Fusion at Il Tenore September 25 and 26, 2010.

Tom Hilborn at Art Fusion Fest

Art Fusion, run by Ryan Mahy, regularly brings together artists and musicians to “show their stuff” at Il Tenore.

Tom is also an accomplished musician, in case you didn’t know.  He has belonged to two groups, Osterborg and the Black Holes, a rockabilly band.

Since 1994, he has been a member of the Black Holes.  He plays guitar, but he doesn’t sing.  He joined Osterborg in 2007.  Both bands will be appearing on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of September.  On Saturday night, he will be playing with Osterborg at Il Tenore.  On Sunday, he will be appearing with the Black Holes at Il Tenore, out back.  Something you shouldn’t miss if you want to see and hear another side of Tom’s persona.

In the meantime, Tom is currently working on paintings to be exhibited at Il Tenore.

What he’s been up to lately?  Tom’s been working on the under paintings of his newest works of art.  He been painting in a studio in a historical building called the Old York Hotel on York Street in London, Ontario, Canada,  where he rents a studio there.

With the under paintings, it’s a combination of drawing and building up a kind of sculpture on the canvas with modeling clay over the drawings.  In the third and final stage, Tom paints in a kind of expressionistic manner, no longer adhering to his early Renaissance style methods.  He says, it sets the ground work up for his final paintings.  Tom is evolving and moving forward with his art.

We can’t wait to see what Tom Hilborn’s been up to lately with his art, paintings and music.

I have added three paintings by Tom Hilborn of the Madonna, one of the Saints from the Saints and Hards collection.  These are some of Tom’s Madonna paintings where the Madonna is featured, by herself.

These works of arts demonstrate Tom’s skills as an artist in painting and drawing.

Madonna After Raphael

Madonna From the Small Holy Family

The Madonna

Tom Hilborn's painting of Jerry Reid

Tom Hilborn’s painting of American country singer, Jerry Reed (1937 – 2o08).

Brilliant colors make up Tom’s perception of this guitarist.  Note the head of the Madonna.

Painted in 2003.  Painting with acrylic on masonite board.

Tom Hilborn - The Holy Trinity after Rafael

This beautiful piece of art work by Tom Hilborn is called “The Holy Trinity After Rafael” from the Saints and Hards art collection.

It is a beautiful piece of work, based on his impression of the Renaissance artist Rafael, with vibrant colors of gold and blue, a religious Madonna theme, the spherical earth, with representations of nature and geometric shapes throughout the painting.

This painting was created in 2004.

Elvis Presley No. 15 by Tom Hilborn

Abstract painting of one of the greatest American singers and legends, Elvis Presley.  Elvis No. 15 painting by Tom Hilborn, from the Saints & Hards art collection.

Painting shows the singer Elvis and in the background, nature, the world and the heavens.

Painting – acrylic oil on masonite board as the canvas.

Firefly by Tom Hilborn

Through an observation of the natural world around him, Tom occasionally paints visions of the natural world.  This abstract painting of Tom Hilborn shows a firefly.