Thomas Easley was born in the United States in 1949 and grew up in the Sierras. Originally a writer, he is a self-taught artist who began developing his artistic talents 25 years ago.

He has lived in many places across the globe that have provided inspiration for his art and technique. From the snow-capped Sierras and the verdant hills of England to the canals of Venice and the banks of the Ganges in India, all have influenced his work.

Thomas Easley’s art career began in 1979 when he illuminated selected poems for his book “Rainwater.” Through the process, Easley realized he had an unexpected talent for painting. He originally mastered his craft by copying Old Masters paintings in museums across Europe. These early paintings of originals such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the Virgin on the Rocks were so good that they were purchased by collectors.

In 1980 he moved to England where he refined his skill as a classical realist specializing in miniature paintings, which he sold to the aristocracy. He had successful shows at the Royal Miniature Society gallery and at the prestigious Medici Gallery on Bond Street. In 1984, he was elected a full member of the Royal Miniature Society, the first American to be included in the organization.

A traveler at heart, Easley then moved to Venice, Italy, and began painting large-scale cityscapes using glazed oil, a technique he learned through studying the works of Canneletto and Guardi. He also developed a pencil, chalk and watercolor style for painting female nudes on paper. His works were purchased by serious art collectors across Europe and America, including the Prince and Princes of Wales, the Ciga Hotels group, Villeroy and Bosch, Harry’s Bar, English playwright Alan Ayckbourn and Thomas Hoving, long time director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

In 1988, Easley moved to India, a country gloriously laden with rich colors and an ancient culture that enthralled every aspect of his creative interests. He began painting Indian subjects in oil and developed a new style of surrealism called “dimensional realism.” The style arose from Easley’s need to create a visual reference for some of what he learned from years of studying ancient knowledge systems.

From India, he returned to set up base in Italy, and then traveled to Spain, Turkey, Greece and France, all of which influenced his art.

In the early 1990s, he had a series of shows in the United States and England, including (in London) the Victoria and Albert Museum, Dunhills and Asprey’s Gold Room, Vassar College in New York, the Londra Palace, Venice, and the Genesis Gallery in Calcutta, India.

In 1997, Easley returned to the area of his childhood: Lake Tahoe in the high Sierras. He began painting forest scenes and grand vista landscapes in oil. Then late one night, awakened by an image of the sun setting on a distant peak, Easley pulled out the plywood stiffening his mattress, the only available canvas, and using palette knives, painted his first “extreme impressionist” image, a landscape titled Power Mountain.

Extreme Impressionism represents that fine line we draw between works in abstract and impressionist works. The best adjectives to describe his current style are “VIBRANT” and “LIFE AFFIRMING”. Thomas Easley’s work is truly unique in several respects:
–A flamboyant use of color that plays on contrasts and multiple contrasts to create an image that almost appears to move.
–Amazing texture – the use of palette knife techniques with heavy paints provides an incredible texture of unusual intensity.
–As with most great artists Thomas paints several styles of extreme impressions:
•Cocky Roosters
•Intense golfers
•Sensual nudes
•Walk in landscapes


Easley Roosters
An Easley rooster is more than a rooster, it’s an event of creation with the joy of living at its center. And roosters are proud to be roosters, they are sure of their role in the world, to a rooster he is the King of Beasts. Easley roosters convey this attitude with vibrance and fun. Simply put, Easley