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”
Tag Archives: Abstract Art
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 Finding Balance with Nature
Adding conceptual meaning to abstract painting
On Paintings that Breathe
What gives a painting oxygen.
On Experimental Drawing
By Thom Wright June 25, 2020 So much has been written about drawing – as an art form in itself, as an art practice to improve painting, and as a way to stimulate artistic creativity. In experimental drawing even these aspects are limiting, where it can become a mixture and hybrid incorporating multiple media inContinue reading “On Experimental Drawing”
Drawing in the Age of the Corona-Virus
A big part of every painter’s studies involves drawing on paper, lots of it. Ideas begin as a drawing evolves and generates additions, modifications and erasures, seeing the whole and the parts. And during this stay-in time of the corona-virus, we have had plenty of time on our hands to draw. A few days ago,Continue reading “Drawing in the Age of the Corona-Virus”
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