Classical Head No. 32 by Tom Hilborn

This painting is a study, one of many studies by Tom Hilborn called Classical Head No. 32.

This is contemplation with the beautiful arch of the next, like the studies by Michelangelo, blended, somewhat obscured by what seems to be nature, the trees, the woman’s head rising from the waters like Venus or Aphrodite.

This painting is one of the Saints from the Saints & Hards collection.

Dick Vance by Tom Hilborn

Now Dick Vance by Tom Hilborn is a painting that Tom gave to me.  I love the rhythm, the flowing colors in the painting of early American jazz musician Dick Vance.

Dick Vance was born in Cleveland in November, 1915 and died in 1985.  He was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger.

Somewhere along the way, I noticed that this painting of Dick Vance had images of animals and fish woven into its face.  Tom was not only close to the Saints of the Renaissance, the heroes of American rockabilly music, he is also close to nature.  If you look carefully into his paintings, you will see small images of animal life, flora and fauna and sometimes the night skies.

This artistic work of Tom’s has stayed upon my wall for many years.  I still enjoy the painting immensely.  There is always something new that I find in the painting.

Classical Head After Rafael by Tom Hilborn

This painting by Canadian artist Tom Hilborn once hung upon the wall of a little girl who is now a big girl named, Mikaela.

Mikaela was the most beautiful little girl, adored by Tom and me.

This work of art is called “Classical Head After Raphael,” named thus because it shows the influence of Raphael, an artist from the Renaissance,  in the paintings of Tom Hilborn.

This paint on canvas is done with beautiful blues, the eyes are hollow, I wonder why?

But there is something haunting, something sad in this painting of one of the Saints.  From the Saints & Hards collection, circa 2002.

This painting must be hanging on a wall in a room wherever beautiful Mikaela lives now.

Classical Study

Painted by Tom Hilborn, “Classical Head Study,” one of the “Saints” and a part of the Saints & Hards exhibit.  This painting is painted with acrylic on masonite board as the canvass.

In this painting you can view the influence of da Vinci, Rafael and the Renaissance on Tom’s works.

Another painting from the Saints & Hards art exhibit.  This one is titled “CowBoy Copas” by Tom Hilborn.  This painting blends the image of  Cowboy Copas (Hards) and a Madonna-like image which floats above the musician (the saint), abstracted with geometrical shapes.

Cowboy Copas was a popular American country music singer from the 1940s who’s real name was Lloyd Estel Copas.  Cowboy Copas was his stage name.

Another Madonna by Tom Hilborn from the Saints & Hards Collection.

This painting by Tom Hilborn is entitled “The Damned After Michelangelo.”

Evidence of Michelangelo’s influence is often seen in the works of Tom.  This paint would be a part of his work which would be classified under the topic “Saints.”

There is violence seen in the painting, violence which belongs to “the Damned.”

Many of Tom’s paintings do not have a date on it, but a guess-estimate of when this painting was painted would be somewhere around 2001.  Correct me if I am wrong.

Many of Tom’s painting are currently in private collections around the world.