Thomas W. Schaller was born near Newark, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio State University from Architecture, and then studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. He then apprenticed at an architectural firm in Boston from 1980 to 1985, when he became a registered architect.
Schaller began his art career as an architectural artist, working to render buildings for architects including Michael Graves, Tod Williams, and Billie Tsien. He worked out of New York City, and created watercolor paintings for many of the city’s major architecture firms. In addition to architectural renderings, Schaller has done watercolor paintings subjects including Southern California, London, Italy, Greece, as well as amazing architectural fantasy paintings. In 1991 Schaller’s book Architecture in Watercolor, received an award from the American Institute of Architects for his best-selling book Architecture in Watercolor.
In 2005, Schaller became a full-time watercolor artist, moving to Venice Beach, California. In 2015 Schaller was commissioned by Los Angeles Magazine to produce watercolors focusing on the City of Los Angeles’ varying weather and climates. Works in the series included images of the fog on the canals of Venice Beach; the farmer’s market in Hollywood; changing Autumn colors in Laurel Canyon; and a winter rainstorm in LA’s Chinatown.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Thomas W. Schaller. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
Schaller began his art career as an architectural artist, working to render buildings for architects including Michael Graves, Tod Williams, and Billie Tsien. He worked out of New York City, and created watercolor paintings for many of the city’s major architecture firms. In addition to architectural renderings, Schaller has done watercolor paintings subjects including Southern California, London, Italy, Greece, as well as amazing architectural fantasy paintings. In 1991 Schaller’s book Architecture in Watercolor, received an award from the American Institute of Architects for his best-selling book Architecture in Watercolor.
In 2005, Schaller became a full-time watercolor artist, moving to Venice Beach, California. In 2015 Schaller was commissioned by Los Angeles Magazine to produce watercolors focusing on the City of Los Angeles’ varying weather and climates. Works in the series included images of the fog on the canals of Venice Beach; the farmer’s market in Hollywood; changing Autumn colors in Laurel Canyon; and a winter rainstorm in LA’s Chinatown.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Thomas W. Schaller. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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| Bridge, China |
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| Fog Tiber |
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| Light in the Courtyard, Venice |
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| Museum of Natural History, NYC |
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| Remembered Bridge |
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| The World was Quiet |
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| Up Earl, Venice |
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| Brooklyn in blue |
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| Getting Late |
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| Light of Lucca |
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| Newcastle |
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| Santo Stefano Promartire - Church of the Purgatorio, Cefalu, Sicily |
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| Vicars' Close, Wells, England |
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| Cefalu, Sicily |
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| Glencoe Avenue, Morning |
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| Los Arcos, Cabo San Lucas |
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| A dock in Maine |
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| Changing |
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| Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver |
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| Madison Square Park, NYC |
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| Nightfall, Venice |
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| Side Street, Cefalu |
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| Winter bridge, Ohio |
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| After the Rain, Filbert Street, San Francisco |
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| Courtyard - Doge's Palace, Venice |
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| Almost Blue |
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| Great Hall, Ellis Island, NYC |
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| Milano Centrale |
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| Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles |
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| Sketching in Rome |
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| Winter Color, NYC |
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| In the Deep Midwinter |
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| Miss You Mom |
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| People Watching, Rome |
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| Spanish Guitar |
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| Ancient river |
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| Daily News, Lucca |
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| Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto |
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| Morning Light, San Miguel , Mexico |
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| Piazza Del Campo, Siena |
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| Temple of Apollo, Rome |
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| Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, NYC |
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| Floating City |
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| Library, Tenuta di Spannocchia |
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| Morning Meeting, Venice Beach Pier |
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| Portico, Assisi |
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| The Four Seasons: Autumn |
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| Angels, Havana |
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| The Ganges - Fountain of the Four Rivers, Rome |
What an amazing painting. I have just started painting and I think I have just found what real painting is looking at theses pictures
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