Dear Subscriber,

Looking back on highlights from the past year, I would like to express my gratitude to you, my collectors, friends, and family who have made this year special. It was a good year - thanks in part to many of you - in spite of the challenges and troubles that find us no matter what. I hope your own year was very good in ways you might not have expected.

installation view of Two Lights, One City

Two Lights, One City, an exhibition at Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia, opens today (December 5), and will run until December 20th at the gallery, then will remain online-only through the end of the year.

It features art from two galleries, and includes my painting hanging under the exhibition banner, shown above (on right: Rickett’s Glen, Falls Stream, 34 x 30 inches, oil on linen, 2025). If you are in the area next weekend, please consider attending the special reception for the exhibition – I’ll be there to welcome you, along with many other artists. (Saturday, Dec. 13, 1-4 pm – more details at the gallery website, or email me)
https://www.grossmccleaf.com/
art@thomaspaquette.com

About the pace – or lack thereof – at which my works become available: Because they are typically released for sale with my exhibitions, I need to respect that irregular schedule – and then they are necessarily introduced several at a time. If I were a speedy painter, perhaps I could make spare works to bridge those long gaps. Rest assured, though, if you are registered to receive my “New Paintings” notifications, you will be alerted about new works at those infrequent and special dates, I promise. The next should be just prior to my exhibition at the end of May.
https://thomaspaquette.com/updates/

In case you might want to buy one of my paintings sooner than that, there are available works that are not featured on my website, particularly some fine small and mid-sized works. There are a few large ones at galleries, as well as my studio, too. If interested, let me know your budget/size/subject – whatever is important to you – and maybe I have something for you. Call or email any time if you would like some guidance/suggestions. 814.726.2266 and art@thomaspaquette.com

I wish you peace during this "season of light" – which refers, of course, to the strings of lights wrapped around trees and house edges, the longer hours of starlight, the occasional aurora borealis, candles, matches, and the glow from your phone you're using to find the keys you dropped in the snow. In fact, it refers to every light source but long sunshine, at least in these latitudes. But it's just a few days until that starts to change, and that brightens me plenty.

From our household to yours, Ellen and I send warm greetings and light.
-- Thomas