Tom Furey is an award winning, Bucks County Fine Artist, creating Contemporary American Oil Paintings. He has been expressing his Artistic Ideas for over fifty years. His subjects range from Bucks County Landscapes, Still Lifes, Florals, Portraits, Animals 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.
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.
Artist Statement
Art has always been an important part of my life. The process of making Art from the days of working with my grandmother to create arts and crafts at the young age of five to my current pursuit fifty-five years later working as a professional painter. I approach my artwork with personal and professional artistic challenges. Over the years I have worked in my studio with some very prestigious highly professional artists. These artists have inspired most of what I do today. My studies in college have taught me that only working hard and doing what you love to do leads to success. I enjoy all types of art and I don't have one artist that I place at the top of my list. I create my art to satisfy my need to create. I feel compelled to give a part of me to anyone who understands and is willing to embrace the art. Each piece I create becomes part of my art family. It conveys where I am and what I was doing at the time of its creation. My mission as an artist is to share what I have learned over the years through my art.