The paintings on this page are not for sale, unlike those on Places, People, and Stories. Theo has said goodbye to all of the paintings shown below — given them, donated them to good causes for their fundraising, or sold them to donate the proceeds to charity. The collection in the gallery here is not a complete record — just a generous sample to give a fuller impression of his work.
Pearson United World College, gallery
Theo has returned repeatedly to painting scenes of Pearson College, nostalgic after nearly 30 years of living and teaching there. He shares memories with many Pearson College graduates, a few of whom have commissioned him in recent years to paint significant places. Some of the paintings of Pearson College and Pedder Bay in the gallery below he donated directly to Pearson College a few years ago to use for fundraising purposes. (Note: Pearson grads may also be interested in downloading free from this website a copy of Theo and Eileen’s thematic and anecdotal book on the first 30 years of Pearson College.)
Guatemala, gallery
Another subject to which Theo has returned again and again in his painting is Guatemala. Volunteering at a school in the Guatemalan highlands in spring 2015, he found himself captivated by the place and the people. Some of his paintings of Guatemala are available for sale on the Places and People pages of this website, but the ones in the gallery below have already gone to good homes. Some have been sold in fundraisers by the organization Aldea Maya, with whom he was volunteering.
Castles
Theo is intrigued by Medieval cathedrals and old, crumbling cottages and castles. Is he a throwback, perhaps, to the Romantics? But let it now be confessed: in long faculty meetings of the past he was indeed listening to all the Important Topics, but at the same time was doodling his own encrusted Gothic cathedrals and fantastical castles, as well as designing entire mountain ranges in which he would love to go hiking. In retirement, he has had no restraint on elaborating his turrets and towers. This handful of playful castles in the gallery below have found happy homes.
Playful Critters
Imaginative and exuberant — both the artist and his subjects! Most of these paintings below raised funds in 2022 to help sponsor refugees from Afghanistan or Syria.
Landscapes, seascapes
Below, grouped into galleries, are many of the paintings that Theo has sold with donation to excellent causes. Some, though, have been donated directly. The arbutus on the left, for instance, was used in a fundraising raffle by a medical organization, just as paintings of specific natural areas important for conservation have been used by the Nature Trust.
Landscapes, seascapes, townscapes — but is there such a thing as a “birdscape”?
And last — a selection of the people in some of the paintings to which Theo has said goodbye.
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who has bought paintings from Theo. You have given support to some truly worthy causes — and have also given him encouragement to continue painting for these goals!
Theo Dombrowski 