CATCHING A BLESSING GIRL HAND SIGNED ARTIST PROOF by Thomas Blackshear

Thomas Blackshear Art Gallery

Gallery updated on Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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THOMAS BLACKSHEAR II, the son of an Air Force captain, was born in Waco, Texas, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. "Drawing was all I ever liked to do," he says. "While all the other guys were playing baseball or basketball, I was in my house, drawing." He pursued an interest in art throughout high school, securing a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago. After a year there, he transferred to the nearby Academy of Art. While finishing his college education, he was recruited by Hallmark Cards and later became the apprentice of illustrator Mark English. <br><BR>
Blackshear settled in Kansas City, where he became head illustrator at the prestigious Godbold/Richter Studio. A year later, he began a prosperous freelance career, illustrating many advertisements, several U.S. Postal Service stamp collections - one called "Black Heritage," another on classic movies, and a third on jazz musicians - and several series of Hamilton Group collector s plates featuring scenes from Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Wizard of Oz. Although he was successful, he was dissatisfied and decided to pursue a career in fine art.<br><BR>


Blackshear has received many awards for his artwork, including the Society of Illustrators coveted Gold Medal. He was profiled on The Living Canvas, an art magazine of the airwaves that was shown on public television, and he has been featured on the Ebony/Jet Showcase and The 700 Club, and in The Saturday Evening Post. An exhibit of his original works for the Black Heritage stamp series premiered in 1992 at the Smithsonian s National Museum of American History and subsequently toured the United States.<br><BR>


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Thomas Blackshear Current Portfolio

CATCHING A BLESSING GIRL HAND SIGNED ARTIST PROOF Classic Movie Monsters Night In Day - Unframed Print Artist Proof Star Trek Hikaru Sulu 25th Anniversary Plate Next Generation Crew - Geordi Laforge Star Trek Lt. Uhura 25th Anniversary Plate Liberty Poster Print Ready For Battle Golden Breeze Framed Anniversary Edition Star Trek Captain Kirk 25th Anniversary Plate Star Wars Series - R2d2 And Wicket Star Trek Picard - The Next Generation 1988 Wizard Of Oz We're Off To See The Wizard Wizard Of Oz - A Glimpse Of The Munchkins The Vessel Star Trek Dr. Mccoy 25th Anniversary Plate Pinkie Poo Innocent Wonders Artist Signed The Watcher Little Pilot Adorable Boy And Girl Artist Proof Hand Signed By Thomas Blackshear Liberty Print Only - Limited Edition The Sound Of Victory Star Trek Scotty 25th Anniversary Plate Angel At Rest Intimacy (serigraph) Unframed Original Release Artist Proof CATCHING A BLESSING BOY HAND SIGNED ARTIST PROOF Beauty And The Beast Zip Doodle Innocent Wonders Magnificent Mare Angel At Rest Artist Proof Hand Signed By Thomas Blackshear Du Sable-Commemorative Pane 1988 Wizard Of Oz Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow Little Pilot Adorable Girl Hand Signed Artist Proof For You TWINKY WINK CLOWN Little Pilot Adorable Boy Hand Signed Artist Proof Watchers In The Night (canvas Edition) With Forgiven Witness Cards Now What? Lithograph Super Bowl XXXVII Commemorative Poster Next Generation Crew - Lt. Worf Golden Breeze Anniversary Edition Indian Paint Brush Next Generation Crew - Dr. Crusher Star Wars Series - Luke And Darth Vader Intimacy (serigraph) Original Release James Cagney Awakening Beauty And The Beast 1988 Wizard Of Oz The Great And Powerful Oz Preparing to Sound the Alarm Lithograph Next Generation Crew - Counselor Troi Intimacy Anniversary Edition Number 2 Dinky Toot Innocent Wonders Beauty And The Beast - Unframed Print Star Trek Mr. Spock 25th Anniversary Plate Rustic Decorative Stand Next Generation Crew - Data Forgiven Catching A Blessing Artist Proof (set of 2) 1988 Wizard Of Oz Swan Song Star Trek Collector Plate 25th Anniversary Texas Chillin Lithograph 1988 Wizard Of Oz If I Were King Of The Forest Black Heritage Jean Baptiste Set Liberty Framed Print - Limited Edition Waggletag Star Trek Riker - The Next Generation Beauty And The Beast