Tom Kress
Paintings
Montecito California


TOM KRESS
P.O. Box 5354
Montecito, California 93150
805 969-5148
 
Born:   
November 26, 1943 
Education:
Apprenticed to artist D. Omar Seaman (uncle) during youth 
Bachelor of FineArts, California Institute of the Arts (founded by Walt Disney),      
Valencia, California 1971  
Master of Fine Arts, University of California (signed by Governor Ronald 
Reagan), Santa Barbara, California, 1974 
Certificate of Completion, United States Power and Sailing Squadron (signed by 
Carlton B. Petterson, Squadron Commander), Santa Barbara, California, 1976

Professional Experience:
 
Artist and Building Designer with architects and engineers including:
Mitsui Corporation, Biloila, Queensland, Australia, 1962
General Services Administration, Washington, DC, 1963-64
    Projects included: remodeling of the Natural History Museum; The White House;
    E Street Executive Office Building
John Carl Warneke & Associates, San Francisco, 1965-66
    Projects included: Moffit Library, University of California Berkeley; Stanford
    University dormitories; various coastal resort hotels design
William L. Pereira & Associates, Los Angeles, 1967-69
    Projects included: Transamerica Building, San Francisco; Mission Bay,
    San Diego; Watts redevelopment, Los Angeles; Santa Barbara Municipal Airport;
    Ford MotorCompany office building, San Francisco.
Paul Soderberg Architects, Santa Barbara, California, 1970
Self employed artist (painting, murals, trompe l'oeil), drawing and building design,
    Santa Barbara and Montecito, California, 1970 to present 
 
EXHIBITIONS (one-person)
 
        De Saisset Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA 1972
        Palos Verdes Museum of Art, Palos Verdes Estates, Ca 1973
        University of California Art Galleries, Santa Barbara, CA 1974
        Santa Barbara City College Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 1978
        Collector's Choice Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 1978, 1979, 1980
        Cultural Arts Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 1988
 
 
EXHIBITIONS (group):
 
        Jack London Square Art Festival, Oakland, CA 1966
        Cincinnati Municipal Art Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH 1967-68
        Los Angeles Municipal Art Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA 1969*, 1970, 1971
        Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA 1970
        Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA 1971
        All-California Art Exhibition, San Bernadino, CA 1971
        Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 1971
        Santa Barbara Art Association, Santa Barbara, CA 1971
        Riverside Art Association, Riverside, CA 1972
        Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 1972
        Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 1973, 1974, 1975
        Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1974
        Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 1975
        M. Shore Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca 1979
        Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO 1979  "Realities of Illusion" (exhibition including
            80 American artists on tour, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts)
        University of Southern California Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA 1979
        Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, HI 1980
        University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX 1980
        Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1980
        Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, OH 1980
        Santa Barbara Arts Festival Invitational, Santa Barbara, CA 1978, 1979, 1980
 
            *first prize presented by Mayor Sam Yorty
 
 
COLLECTIONS (partial list):

Dr. Robert Bettencourt, Santa Clara, CA
George R. Bozeman, Springfield, MA
Gary Brown, Santa Barbara, CA
David Bundesen, Santa Barbara, CA
Mrs. Fred Curtis, Topanga, CA
Kit Cossart, Palos Verdes, CA
Stan Crapo, Santa Barbara, CA
Camillo Capua, San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Harry DeWildt, San Francisco, CA
Pamela Dewey
John Davie
John Duddy, Pasadena, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fenton, Montecito, CA
Col. and Mrs. George Fearing, Montecito, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haines, Santa Barbara, CA
Danial Horgan, Montecito, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knowles, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lynch, Linton, IN
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lillquist, San Francisco, CA
Mrs. Ann Lyeth, Montecito, CA
Mr. Leonard Lumpkin, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Metter, Seattle, WA
Gail Mattox
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prejza, Los Angeles, CA
Mary Robinson
Stella Sapios, Montecito, CA
Mrs. Ruth Schaffner, Montecito, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Scheinbaum, Beverly Hills, CA
Margaret Slatery, Megguier Island, ME
M. Scot Stewart, Montecito, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Soderburg, Santa Barbara, CA
Maria Spears, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Schulz, Santa Barbara, CA
Sarada Convent, Montecito, CA
Mrs. Elizabeth Smoot, Newport Beach, CA
Mr. James Strecker, Santa Barbara, CA
Arthur Titus
John Voorhees, Seattle, WA
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Wheeler, Santa Barbara, CA
American Telephone and Telegraph of Chicago
United Pipe Line Company of Texas, Dallas branch
Pamela Perry, Hayward, CA
Beth Amine, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Isham, Montecito, CA
Mrs. Nancy Livacich, Laguna Beach, CA
Lawry Spice Corporation, Newport Beach, CA
De Saisset Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perica, Palos Verdes, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Inskeep, Laguna Beach, CA
Kate Tieman, Yorba Linda, CA
Steart Katz, Laguna Beach, CA
Inez Yoder, Laguna Beach, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Shapiro, Corona del Mar, CA
Dora Rainey, Lake Mathews, CA
George Ostertag, Montecito, CA
Doug Bartoli, Santa Barbara, CA
Ned Rehberger, Santa Barbara, CA
Bob Walker, Montecito, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ames, Santa Barbara, CA
 
MURALS: 
 
Unity Church, Santa Barbara, CA 1976  wall mural, central nave (12 feet x 60 feet)
Neal Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA, 1980 ceiling mural (22 feet x 30 feet) 
Dr. Robert Sowins (office), Santa Barbara, CA, 1977 ceiling mural (6 feet x 12 feet)
Mr. and Mrs. Denis Jones (residence), Santa Barbara, CA, 1983 trompe l'oeil murals,
    throughout entire room and ceilings 
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Montecito, CA Parish Hall mural 1 (11 feet x 40 feet),
    mural 2 (11 feet x 33 feet), 2 paintings (5 feet x 8 feet each); Rectory painting (5 feet x 5 feet)

 

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