tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788619052657233352012-02-16T10:49:48.930-08:00Tom Fagan Fine Art blog, San Diego artist and painter. plein-air, impressionst. "My goal is to continue a career in Fine Art and so be able to travel the world to see and paint its many wonders. That is my life." - Tom Fagantom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-47317252082690702312012-02-14T15:39:00.000-08:002012-02-14T15:39:57.894-08:00Here is a painting done in Chicago last July, live of course. It took nine long hours,but well worth my efforts, as the bride and groom were ecstatic with the results.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vHFZzV7dItM/TzrwJSndjmI/AAAAAAAAA9I/PcU1GmCL66k/s1600/146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vHFZzV7dItM/TzrwJSndjmI/AAAAAAAAA9I/PcU1GmCL66k/s320/146.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-4731725208269070231?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-14177860928590084172012-01-30T16:07:00.000-08:002012-01-30T16:08:24.322-08:00A candid photo taken of me last Friday while I was busy at work painting the Grirardelli's painting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t5Zq3t500hg/TycwphH3KFI/AAAAAAAAA80/3PhAdTp6_h8/s1600/tom_fagan_live_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t5Zq3t500hg/TycwphH3KFI/AAAAAAAAA80/3PhAdTp6_h8/s320/tom_fagan_live_2.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-1417786092859008417?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-40382811819610786392012-01-30T15:58:00.000-08:002012-01-30T23:00:51.372-08:00Last Friday, when I was painting in the Gaslamp, a little girl and her father were walking by and the little girl took notice of me painting and was very interested in what I was doing. So with a little guidance, I let her contribute to the painting and put her own creativitity onto the canvas.<br /><a href="http://www.tomfagan.com%20/" target="_blank">http://www.tomfagan.com </a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9_ltix9OOk/TycugmtYoTI/AAAAAAAAA8s/4iBV_BUDtwU/s1600/tomfaganlive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9_ltix9OOk/TycugmtYoTI/AAAAAAAAA8s/4iBV_BUDtwU/s320/tomfaganlive.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-4038281181961078639?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-40332190088084572422012-01-29T16:13:00.000-08:002012-01-30T21:35:19.336-08:00I have a new youtube channel - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/FaganArt">http://www.youtube.com/user/FaganArt</a><br />I have started things off with a Live Painting session last Friday night in the Gaslamp district in downtown San Diego. I painted a scene of Ghirardelli's on 5th Ave, 24" x 30" Plein Air, Acrylic on canvas.<br />This was photographed over the course of four hours.<br />Set to the music of the Art Blakey Quintet playing "Night in Tunisia" Live at Birdland NYC 1954.<br /><iframe width="510" height="287" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-lgtRNmUvp4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />You can also watch it on my website on my new media page:<br /><a href="http://tomfagan.com/?page_id=152">http://tomfagan.com/?page_id=152</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-4033219008808457242?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-62561993700330834802012-01-28T16:43:00.000-08:002012-01-30T15:44:36.940-08:00Last night I painted a live painting downtown in the Gaslamp district of San Diego on 5th ave. NBC cameras even stopped by to shoot some video of me painting. Last night I also had the painting session photographed for a timelapse slideshow that will be going up on my new youtube channel very soon.<br />Here's me with the final result of last nights efforts.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wGSRvrESrRY/TySWIe5EZgI/AAAAAAAAA8I/gvcVhJGcXLE/s1600/DSC_0665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wGSRvrESrRY/TySWIe5EZgI/AAAAAAAAA8I/gvcVhJGcXLE/s320/DSC_0665.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HZLE0uK71dY/TySXNct3kVI/AAAAAAAAA8U/MYHi3s95_lk/s1600/DSC_0553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HZLE0uK71dY/TySXNct3kVI/AAAAAAAAA8U/MYHi3s95_lk/s320/DSC_0553.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YF_dgIGog1A/TySXvK5eF6I/AAAAAAAAA8g/EqIr2U1TiJs/s1600/DSC_0662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="214" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YF_dgIGog1A/TySXvK5eF6I/AAAAAAAAA8g/EqIr2U1TiJs/s320/DSC_0662.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-6256199370033083480?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-84793987834178973022012-01-17T13:51:00.000-08:002012-01-17T13:51:28.984-08:00My new website at <a href="http://www.tomfagan.com/">www.tomfagan.com</a> is now live and ready the world. Go visit my new website and check out my most recent work.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cGcDciaZLAo/TxXtNQ0oUhI/AAAAAAAAA78/aExkuzFsIGw/s1600/012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cGcDciaZLAo/TxXtNQ0oUhI/AAAAAAAAA78/aExkuzFsIGw/s320/012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-8479398783417897302?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-52171268513994590442011-12-28T13:23:00.000-08:002011-12-28T13:23:28.225-08:00I have a friend here in San Diego who is an accomplished photographer, and I really respect and admire his work. His blog is full of great content and images. Check his blog out and see what I'm talking about.<br /><a href="http://jerralmiles.blogspot.com/">http://jerralmiles.blogspot.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-5217126851399459044?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-24721901517862893332011-12-09T16:30:00.000-08:002011-12-14T20:09:03.202-08:00Here are some sample images shot recently for the new website.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CQ-HmMrCLw8/TuQQ_2s9IPI/AAAAAAAAAYc/oFL5AheMAPs/s640/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CQ-HmMrCLw8/TuQQ_2s9IPI/AAAAAAAAAYc/oFL5AheMAPs/s200/001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mEayb_b_-wY/TuQRDXcB67I/AAAAAAAAAaM/yN8fdRBkK1w/s640/016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mEayb_b_-wY/TuQRDXcB67I/AAAAAAAAAaM/yN8fdRBkK1w/s200/016.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TmKho80ERTU/TuQRGi26GaI/AAAAAAAAAbg/_yDlKU6poFU/s669/028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TmKho80ERTU/TuQRGi26GaI/AAAAAAAAAbg/_yDlKU6poFU/s200/028.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-2472190151786289333?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678861905265723335.post-35156971207473380432011-12-09T16:20:00.000-08:002011-12-09T16:20:07.003-08:00Tom Fagan Fine Art is in the beginning stages of a new online presence. A new website is underway with a whole new image and functionality. Other things will include facebook, blog and social networking. <br /><br />Website: <a href="http://www.tomfagan.com/">www.tomfagan.com</a><br /><br />Blog:<a href="http://tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/678861905265723335-3515697120747338043?l=tomfaganfineart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tom faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920109850433919713noreply@blogger.com0