Tom Mcintire

I am a painter based in Seattle. I juxtapose serious and absurd narratives with overlays of characters, locations and vibrant color. Place, time and repetition are manipulated to present a filmic journey in a single frame.

My art journey has taken me from painting to performance to screenwriting and filmmaking and back again. The different disciplines have informed one another, presenting opportunities to grow and change my approach. The pandemic came along as I was already shifting to working in the painting studio as my primary practice. The strange world we are all navigating - claustrophic, exposed, vulnerable - the emotions and situations forced me to re-examine who we are to one another, and how we can live together in a healthy, compassionate, inclusive way. The Cabin Fever Dreams and Beach series images most directly deal with these ideas.

I have a full-time painting practice and am actively seeking exhibition opportunities, art sales and commissioned work.

BFA, Studio Art, Arizona State University with earlier studies at University of Arizona

Sedona Art Center - Big Gay Art Show
Sedona, AZ
Jun 2026

Coos Bay Art Museum - Maritime Exhibition
Coos Bay, Oregon
May-Jun 2026

The Studio - Not Shockboxx - Size Doesn’t Matter
Hermosa Beach, CA
May 2026

Las Laguna Art Gallery - Over 50
Las Laguna, CA
May 2026

Hugo Rivera Gallery - Boundless Color and Movement
Laguna Beach, CA
Apr 2026

MVA Gallery - My Favorite Art
Bethlehem, PA
April 2026

Gallery B612 - Love Letters to the Earth
Seattle, WA
Feb-Mar 2026

Gallery 110 - 15th Annual International Juried Exhibition
Seattle, WA
Feb 2026

Cain Gallery, Del Mar College - Juried Exhibition
Corpus Christi, TX
Jan-April 2026 - includes institutional purchase

MVA Gallery - The Four Seasons
Bethlehem, PA
Jan 2026

Tubac Center for the Arts - Upcycling
Tubac, AZ
Jan 2026

Verum Ultimum Art Gallery - A Generous Queendom
Portland, OR
Dec 2025 - Jan - 2026

Small Works at JAG Gallery
Key West, FL
Nov - Dec 2025

Placerville Arts Association - 59th National Mother Lode Art Exhibition

Placerville, CA 

Nov 2025

Fine Line Creative Arts Center - Animalia

St Charles, IL

Oct - Nov 2025

Las Laguna Art Gallery - Icons

Laguna Beach, CA

Sep - Oct 2025

Covet Art Gallery - Let’s Get Visual

Oceanside, CA

Sep - Oct 2025

Viridian Gallery - 33...