Trausch Fine Arts

Welcome

This website is about our art and our business, TRAUSCH FINE ARTS. We are a married couple and are both career artists and art instructors. Along with painting and drawing, we teach classes to children and adults. Tom often conducts workshops locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Follow the menu on each page to get more information on seeing our work in person, attending a class or a workshop and to see some of our upcoming events and shows.


YouTube videos

Cool video of Tom's artwork portfolio

Video of a Demo done on March 20, 2023

Interview with Lake County Art League


Art Shows

 

Illinois Watercolor Society - Live in-person Demo Saturday June 3, 2023



Chicago Botanic Gardens fundraiser gala for The Haven homeless shelter
“Two very French artists 👩‍🎨 to carry through with their French theme”


Tom's Recent Watercolor Paintings

Please call with any questions and for availability.

 

"Swirl"

11" x 11", watercolor

 

"Woodstock Square Plein Air"

5.5" x 17", watercolor

 

"Old World Maine"

6" x 8.5", watercolor

 

 

10" x 13", watercolor

 

"Bro, bro?"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

 

12" x 9", watercolor

 

"Lighthouse Landing"

5.5" x 8", watercolor

 

"Sunday Morning"

10" x 9", pen/ink and watercolor

 

"Plein air Strawberries"

3.5" x 7", watercolor, plein air

 

"Nature's Way"

15" x 22", watercolor

 

"Oak Street Beach, Chicago"

5.5" x 8.5", watercolor, plein air

 

"Fall Parade"

20" x 28", watercolor

 

"Pathway To The Past"

11" x 14", oil, plein air

 

"Mind Traveling"

5.5" x 17", pen/ink and watercolor

 

"Wafting"

15.5" x 11", watercolor

 

"Kinsale"

14.5" x 11", watercolor

 

"St. Stephen's Green"

9" x 7", watercolor

 

"Early Morning"

15.5" x 11", pen/ink and watercolor

 

"Non - Finito"

11" x 14", pen/ink and watercolor

 

"Shoreline"

7" x 10", watercolor

 

"Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow"

15" x 20", watercolor

 

"Country Path"

11" x 14.5", watercolor

 

"Roll 'em"

15" x 22", watercolor

 

"Nesting"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

"Mandarins"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

"Sweetheart - Amaryllis"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

"Os Quatro Amigos"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

"Taking Root"

12.5" x 17", watercolor

 

"Trumpet"

4.5" x 6.5", watercolor

 

"Safe Harbor"

11.5" x 18", watercolor

 

"Rosy Day"

13.5" x 21", watercolor

 

"Roses"

10" x 7", watercolor

 

"In Remembrance"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

"To Glory"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

"Safe"

18" x 12", watercolor

 

10" x 7", watercolor

 

"Believe"

10" x 12", watercolor poetry

 

7" x 12", pencil

 

"Vincent"

9.5" x 7", watercolor

 

"Remember"

9.5" x 7", watercolor

 

"Tiptoeing"

22" x 30", watercolor

 

"Henrich"

14" x 24", watercolor, commission
SOLD

 

"A Slice of Heaven"

30" x 15", watercolor

 

48" x 34", oil commission

 

22" x 22", watercolor
SOLD

 

13" x 10", watercolor

 

16" x 12.25", watercolor
SOLD

 

9" x 6", watercolor

 

15" x 21.75", watercolor

SOLD

11" x 14", watercolor

 

“The Elderly”

11" x 15", watercolor

 

11" x 14", watercolor
 
11" x 14", watercolor
 
30" x 22", watercolor
 
30" x 60", oil commission
SOLD
In the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Smith

 

13" x 19", watercolor
 

"Life Goes On"

11" x 14", watercolor

 

“Fall In The Door”

9" x 12", watercolor
 

“Mother Portugal”

10.5" x 13", watercolor

SOLD

 

10" x 15", watercolor
 

“Rim Light”

12" x 15", watercolor

 

“Shagbark”

9" x 12", watercolor
 
26" x 36", oil commission

 

13.5" x 21.25", watercolor
SOLD
 
Breakers
13.5” x 11”, watercolor

 

14" x 11", watercolor
 
Coki Beach, St Thomas
9” x 18”, watercolor

 

10” x 18”, watercolor
SOLD
 
8” x 11”, watercolor
SOLD

 

10” x 13”, watercolor
 
36” x 30”, watercolor, commission
SOLD

 

15” x 11.5”, watercolor
SOLD
 
8” x 11”, watercolor
SOLD

 

6" x 6", watercolor
SOLD

 

14” x 11”, watercolor
SOLD

 

11" x 14", watercolor

 

24” x 32”, watercolor

 

11" x 14", watercolor

 

11” x 14”, watercolor
SOLD

 

11" x 14", watercolor

 

9” x 12”, watercolor
SOLD

 

9" x 12", watercolor

 

9” x 12”, watercolor

 

11" x 14", watercolor

 

“Springtime in the City”

8” x 12”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Winter Fields”

 

 

“February Snow-Dusk”

10” x 15”, watercolor, framed

 

“Scouting”

12.75” x 19.5”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“The Path Less Followed”

20.25” x 13.5”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Silence”

10” x 8.5”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Stairway to the Past”

10” x 15”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Smack down”

11.5” x 18”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Waiting Orders”

12” x 9”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

received an Honorable mention award at the 2021 Annual Watercolor Show at the Norris Art Center in St. Charles, Illinois

 

“Refueling The Past”

an original oil painting cover commission for this new book available through Amazon

 

“Cloister”

9” x 6”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Heaven’s Gate”

18” x 12”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Sparkle”

10.5” x 16”, watercolor
SOLD

 

“Cottage Garden”

12” x 18.75”, watercolor, framed

 

SOLD

 

“Queen Anne”

9” x 125”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Swept Away”

14.75" x 10", watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Fall Trail”

15.75” x 10.75”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Showy”

19” x 12.5”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“War Stories”

10” x 8”, watercolor, framed
SOLD

 

“Monarch Pollinator”

6.5” x 4.5”, watercolor, framed

 

“The Gift”

12” x 9”, Giclee, unframed

 

SOLD

 

SOLD

 

Corporate “Chicago” giclee series on canvas installation

 

Corporate “Chicago” giclee series on canvas installation