Seth Tummins Works

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McEwen, TN

The premise of this work is to serve as an introduction to one another, to our lands, and to our special existence. 

It is also intended to foster the collecting of imagery as pieces of heritage worthy of passing on to posterity.   

Homes will change, fields will change, towns will change, and these facts give cause to pass on something tangible so that others, future families and various interested parties, may know more fully that we lived and thought of them enough to leave something of worth.   

May you find this work is more than a record, though it is at least that. 

May you find that it is, in fact, the expression of a deeply resonating chord that wishes for others to awaken to its resonance and join in the kind of life that can only grow from gratitude. 

Art Education: 

The Chestnut Group, Plein Air South, several workshops, and constant, repeated failure.   

I continue to try to learn from all types of sources. 

Selected Publications:  

May 2021 Plein Air magazine 

August 2022 Plein Air magazine 

Awards, Honors, and Selected Exhibitions: 

2023 Coors Western Art Show 

2022 Ucross Foundation Fall Resident

Best of Show 2022 Sage Community Arts 12th Annual National Juried Show – Juror G. Russell Case 

2022 3rd Place Overall April/May Plein Air Salon 

2022 New Western Talent - Western Gallery

2022 Vining Gallery Invitational Group Exhibit 

2021 Sage Community Arts Best of Show - awarded by T. Allen Lawson 

2021 Sage Community Arts 11th Annual National Juried Show – Juror T. Allen Lawson 

2021 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional 

2021 Oil Painters of America Summer Salon 

2021 Oil Painters of America National Show 

2021 Oil Painters of America National Show Figurative Honorable Mention 

January 2021 Best Nocturne, Plein Air Salon - by Plein Air Magazine 

2020 Oil Painters of America Summer Salon 

2019 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional 

2019 Oil Painters of America National Show 

2019 Salmagundi Club Non-Member Show 

2018 Oil Painters of America Summer Salon 

2017 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional 

2017 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Honorable Mention Wet Paint Competition 

2015 Tennessee Top Ten 

I am a member of the Chestnut Group, which is a local (Middle Tennessee) group of plein air painters that partners with threatened landscapes to raise money to help protect those spaces.