About Thomas

Baltimore City

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Embodied Perspective

My work examines the visual and corporeal understanding of space. As a starting point, I take an uncompromising first-person perspective that forces viewers to see compositional elements as either connected or estranged.


In my paintings I fragment the compositions with body parts, such as nose shadows and arms. These elements obstruct the view, but also orient the viewer within an embodied perspective. The body orients vision in space. And from the interplay between space, sight and body, I paint. Working with dimensions such as wingspan, body height, and hand length, I paint in life-size so that my actions while painting enact bodily movements.

  • Headspace
    Headspace
    2014, acrylic and oil on canvas, 50in x 56in
  • Coach Comfort
    Coach Comfort
    2014, oil on canvas, 56in x 36in
  • Bearings
    Bearings
    2014, oil on linen on wood panel, 36in x 48in
  • Table Tennis
    Table Tennis
    2014, oil on canvas, 48in x 36in
  • Moonhunters
    Moonhunters
    2015, oil on canvas, 47.5in x 95in
  • Ether
    Ether
    2015, acrylic and oil on shaped canvas, 94in x 36in
  • Rearview
    Rearview
    2014, oil and acrylic on canvas, 47in x 47in
  • Quarter Turn, Quarter Turn
    Quarter Turn, Quarter Turn
    2014, oil on canvas, 22in x 60in
  • March Snow
    March Snow
    2014, acrylic and oil on canvas, 72in x 60in
  • Stroll
    Stroll
    2014, acrylic and oil on canvas, 48in x 60in