The Cape Ann Summer School of Art presents:
T.M. Nicholas–
The Villages of Cape Ann
with special guest TOM Nicholas
MonDAY, September 15 - Friday, September 19, 2025 from 9 am - 4 pm
RAA&M Members: $800 | Non-Members: $850
In this class, we will explore some of the towns on beautiful Cape Ann. The streets and parks will be the subjects of our visual exploration. There will be daily demonstrations along with personal instruction throughout the day. Our focus will be on design, values and color, while trying to capture the essence of what we’re observing and experiencing. T.M will be joined by his legendary father Tom Nicholas who will share his insights and experience of a lifetime of painting on Cape Ann.
Exclusive Lecture: The Cape Ann School of Art - T.M. Nicholas with Stapleton Kearns
T.M. Nicholas and Stapleton Kearns have spent most of their lifetimes studying the artists of the Cape Ann School of painting. Together they will present a slideshow of the Cape Ann artists in the "golden years." They will discuss and tell stories about Aldro Hibbard, Lester Stevens, Emile Gruppe, Anthony Thieme, Jane Peterson and more while showing the art they made.
T.M. and Stape will dissect their compositions and dig down into how they created their paintings, noting the commonalities that constitute the “Cape Ann style.”
In addition to painting instruction, all workshops include guided gallery walks throughout the area, evening lectures and an exhibition of historic Cape Ann paintings at the RAA&M. Enroll now!
T. M. Nicholas was born in Rockport, Massachusetts in 1963 and is the son of Tom Nicholas, NA, AWS. He has studied privately with his father and also at John Terelak's Gloucester Academy of Art and the Montserrat School of Art, as well as workshops with noted California artists, Jade Fon, Morris Shubin, Millard Sheets and George Gibson. He has received 97 awards from 1981 to the present, including several Gold and Silver medals.
T. M. Nicholas resides in Essex, Massachusetts with his wife Laurel and their four children.
See recent work by T.M. Nicholas:
Rockport Art Association, MA
Guild of Boston Artists, MA
Hudson Valley Artists, NY
Allied Artists of America, NY
Academic Artists Association, MA
American Artists Professional League, NY
North Shore Arts Association, MA
T.M. Nicholas paintings and articles appear in:
Palette Talk, 1990
American Artists, October, 1993
The Best of Oil Painting, 1996
Creative Oil Painting, 1997
Oil Highlights, Landscapes, 1998
American Artists, May, 1999
Southwest Art, June, 1999
American Art Review, May-June, 2002
Art and Antiques, June, 2003
Plein Air Magazine, November, 2004
Plein Air Magazine, July, 2005
The American Artist, Winter 2006 (Workshop Magazine)
The Art Collector, February, 2006
The Art Collector, May, 2007
New Hampshire Summer Colonies, 2007
Island Light, Monhegan Island, 2007
Visions in Granite, 2008
American Art Collector, August 2009
American Art Collector, October 2010
American Art Collector, November 2010
American Art Collector, December 2010
American Art Collector, June 2011
Art of the National Parks, 2013
Featured in museums & private collections:
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Michael Antonello, MN
Citizens Power, The Energy Group, Boston, MA
Craig Knight Collection, CT
Mr. & Mrs. William Newcomb, SC
Rockport National Bank, Rockport, MA
Dover Public Library, Dover, NH
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MA
Cape Ann Historical Association, Gloucester, MA
Additional representation:
Argosy Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine www.argosygallery.com
Banks Galleries, Portsmouth, N.H. & New London, N.H. www.thebanksgallery.com
Union Gallery, Lambertville, N.J. www.uniongallerynj.com
Quidley Gallery, Nantucket, Ma. & Boston, Ma. www.quidleyandco.com
Green Mountain Fine Art, Stowe, Vt. www.greenmountainfineart.com
Page Waterman Gallery, Wellesley, Ma. www.pagewaterman.com
Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, Vermont www.bryangallery.com
Visions of Vermont Fine Art Gallery, Jeffersonville Vermont www.visionsofvermont.com
Lily Pad Gallery, Watch Hill, Rhode Island www.lilypadgallery.com
