By Thom Wright 2023 My intent this year in continuing to make fine art paintings about man-made Climate Change follows the ancient Chinese adage that, “Dark and difficult times make great art”. Both literature and art have been poignant when they address the most important, contemporary issues of their age, and perhaps these arts gainContinue reading “A Personal Art History”
Category Archives: Art Making
On Abstract Painting with Moon Maps
By Thom Wright Mar 2022 In February I began a new series of small, abstract paintings that begin with a black and white image of a section of one of the moons of our solar system. These photos were taken by NASA in the 1990s when they began explorations of the outer planets of ourContinue reading “On Abstract Painting with Moon Maps”
Returning to Abstract Drawing
Mixed media and collage on paper with an abstract approach
Another Large Painting
My approach to abstract oil painting
Making a Painting
On my process of abstract painting
On Search for Balance with Nature
Finding balance with art
On Monotypes About Forest Fires
By Thom Wright Jan 2021 This past fall I returned to making monotypes, which are one-of-kind color prints made on my large press. In three earlier posts, I presented my earlier works and described how they are accomplished, especially requiring a clear and fully developed design before beginning. In this post I’ll focus on myContinue reading “On Monotypes About Forest Fires”
On Figurative Monotypes
By Thom Wright Dec 2020 After about ten years of learning to draw the figure, and after seven years of learning the “monotype” printmaking process, I challenged myself in 2002 to do a series of figurative based monotypes. It is a particular challenge in that each work is a single, multi-colored monotype that is madeContinue reading “On Figurative Monotypes”
On Finding Balance with Nature
Adding conceptual meaning to abstract painting
On Experimental Monotypes
Working with black and white in printmaking
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