Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Spires
Title: Spires
Size: 24" x 18"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Price: Not available yet
When attempting to put a clear coat on this painting (after I took this picture), I used something new and it ended up ruining the look of the painting. So now I am in the process of sanding it down and I will re-apply some paint to try to fix it.
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, paint, painting, Who is Troy Thomas
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
On Target
Title: On Target
Size: 24" x 24"
Medium: Acrylic, spray paint on canvas
Price: $1200
(This is the painting that used to be an evil smiley face!)
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, mixed media, paint, painting, spray paint, Who is Troy Thomas
Friday, December 05, 2008
Evil Smiley Face is No More
On March 20, 2007, I posted a few pictures of a painting that looked like an evil smiley face. I worked on it a few times after that post, but never got it to a point that I liked. So earlier today, I finally got it back out and re-worked it and got rid of the smily face. I think it may be finished now. I will try to get a picture of it within a few days and post another blog about it.
Currently Untitled
I have been working on this painting for a little while and finally finished it yesterday. I need to get a better picture of it where there is even lighting. When I get that picture, I will post another blog with it. I will have a name for it by the next time I post it also.
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting, Who is Troy Thomas
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Cocoon
Title: Cocoon
Size: 36" x 48"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Price: $2400
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting, Who is Troy Thomas
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Updating whoistroythomas.com
After almost two years of not being able to update my art website, I finally found some software that will allow me access to edit and update my website. So I have been trying to change some things to hopefully make it a better site. Since I don't have the money to pay for the site to be done professionally, I originally had a good friend help me create it and then I have been responsible to updating it. I still have a lot to do to it, but feel free to hop on over to give it a view: whoistroythomas.com.
Labels: art, Who is Troy Thomas
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Moonstruck
Title: Moonstruck
Size: 36" x 24"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Price: $1200
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting, Troy Thomas, Who is Troy Thomas
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Promenade
Title: Promenade
Size: 24" x 18"
Medium: Acrylic, spray paint on canvas
Price: $800
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting, spray paint, Troy Thomas, Who is Troy Thomas
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Two in Progress
These are just two of the works I am currently in the progress of finishing. I started these paintings several months ago, so hopefully I can finish them soon.
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting, Troy Thomas, Who is Troy Thomas
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sprightly Maelstrom
Title: Sprightly Maelstrom
Size: 12" x 12"
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Price: $400
Labels: abstract, acrylic, art, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting, Troy Thomas, Who is Troy Thomas
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Overworked Vigilance
Title: Overworked Vigilance
Size: 25" x 19"
Medium: Mixed
Price: $400 unframed
Labels: art by Troy Thomas, artwork by Troy Thomas, mixed media, pastel, spray paint, Troy Thomas, Who is Troy Thomas
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Several In Progress ...
Wow, I last posted something here in January! Well, I have several pieces of art in progress right now, and I think I've finished a few pieces since I last posted something, but I haven't taken a picture of them yet. I'll try to get to them soon. Plus, I am hoping to finish a few paintings within the few weeks also.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Denudated
Title: Denudated
Size: 18" X 12"
Medium: Watercolor, spray paint on watercolor paper
Price: $350 unframed
Riffraff Probes
Title: Riffraff Probes
Size: 12" X 12"
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Price: $400
Labels: art, art by Troy Thomas, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting, Who is Troy Thomas
Friday, January 18, 2008
Propitious Grid
Title: Propitious Grid
Size: 12" X 12"
Medium: Acrylics, spray paint on canvas
Price: $400
Labels: art, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, paint, painting
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Red Striped Orb
Title: Red Striped Orb
Size: 12" x 12"
Medium: Ball-point pen, spray paint, acrylics on canvas
Price: $350
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Intertwined
Title: Interwined
Size: 12" X 12"
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Price: $500
Friday, June 15, 2007
Untitled
Title: (untitled)
Size: 12" X 12"
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Price: $400
Friday, April 27, 2007
Keen-eyed Refugee
I took a break from the acrylics and did a piece with watercolor and spray paint. This colors in this image are close, but don't exactly match the actual colors in the painting. I tried to use Photoshop to correct the colors, but I couldn't find the correct combination of effects for that to happen.
Title: Keen-eyed Refugee
Size: 30" X 22" (on gallery wrap canvas)
Medium: Watercolors and spray paint on watercolor paper
Price: $750 unframed
Labels: art, artwork, artwork by Troy Thomas, Keen-eyed Refugee, paint, painting
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
An Evil Smiley Face
I decided to do a painting that is a little different that my usual painting style, if I even have a painting style.
So I thought about doing a simple smiley face. But as I got started, I decided that I didn't want the average smiley face.
So here is the work in progress of my evil smiley face.Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Painting Update
Not long after I posted the rough draft, I began packing up to move. Since then, the move has been completed, but there are still some boxes that have yet to be unpacked. Most of my art supplies are available now, so I just have to find the box where my motivation is packed away. Actually, I am beginning to get a little motivation so hopefully it won't be long before I post some pictures of the beginning painting processes.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Rough Sketch
Three weeks since the last post and I have yet to put any paint on the canvas. I have used my sketch on paper as a guide to sketching the same design on the canvas. Yesterday, I scanned that rough sketch into the computer and used Photoshop to to color in the design. I am going out of town for a day or two, so maybe I'll find some motivation to use the paint brushes after I return.
About the design: I wanted to try something a little different this time. I usually make my designs symmetrical - whether it is divided horizontally or vertically through the center, and sometimes even diagonally. For this design, I chose to only do it symetrical on the vertical axis. Also, I am not taking the design all the way to the edge on this painting. I like this design, but I know I won't like it as well as the last few symmetrical paintings I have completed. Hopefully that won't interfere with my motivation to finish this painting.
Here is the image of my rough draft:
About the design: I wanted to try something a little different this time. I usually make my designs symmetrical - whether it is divided horizontally or vertically through the center, and sometimes even diagonally. For this design, I chose to only do it symetrical on the vertical axis. Also, I am not taking the design all the way to the edge on this painting. I like this design, but I know I won't like it as well as the last few symmetrical paintings I have completed. Hopefully that won't interfere with my motivation to finish this painting.
Here is the image of my rough draft:
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Another one is coming...
I am in the sketching phase for my next painting. There is a 36" x 48" canvas on my easel and a couple of sketches on paper. I intend to start applying paint to the canvas within a few days. I'll be posting pictures throughout the process.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Smaller paintings...
I haven't done any large paintings in the last few months, but I have been working on a few smaller ones. These smaller ones are very abstract and I only add paint to them occasionally. I never sketched anything out for these and had no visualization of what I wanted them to look like when they are done. I'll figure it out later when I want to stop adding paint and have finished products.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Empathy Invasion
As I was working on this painting, I gave it the working title of "GeoAztectric" or "GeoAztecric". Just today, I realized that I had two different spellings for it. However, I didn't quite like the name for the work. Therefore, after some thought, I named this piece, "Empathy Invasion."For this painting, I used Liquitex Super Heavy Body acrylic paints mixed with Liquitex Gloss Super Heavy Gel. The work area was a 36" X 48" gallery wrap canvas. The sides are also painted corresponding with the pattern on the front. Because this is a symmetrical design, it can be hung horizontally or vertically. Whoever buys this piece can choose which way he or she would like it hung on the wall.
Please feel free to give this link to anyone that would enjoy looking at this type of art.
Here are the specifics of this piece:
Title: Empathy Invasion
Size: 48" X 36"
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Price: $3000
Friday, June 02, 2006
Working Title "GeoAztecric" is Finished
Yes, I finally finished this painting but this image is a bit blurry. I will take another picture of it soon and get that one posted. I am not so sure that I like the title of "GeoAztectric", so I may change it in the near future. When I post the better image, I'll give more details about this painting.Final Stages of GeoAztecric
All I did for this step was to add a dark green paint to the very center shape.
A lighter shade of blue was added to some areas in this step.
My final color was originally intended to be black. Instead, I chose to go with something a little less dark. So purple was used instead. I only had time to do a few spots before going to work, so I finished a day or two after this step.Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Yesterday
I finally finished the painting yesterday. However, I got knocked offline last week and just got it back up today. I have pictures of the finished painting, but I have to get ready for work right now. Therefore, there should be some pictures up tomorrow. Thanks!
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Proof...
I said that I started working on the painting and the proof is below. There hasn't been a lot of paint added, but I'm moving in the right direction.
There was some more blue added during this step. I didn't mix enough to fill in all the areas I wanted blue, plus I didn't have time to do more, so I stopped.
I had some time, so I added the last few spots of blue.
I noticed that I missed some red areas, so I added those four spots in this step.
There was some more blue added during this step. I didn't mix enough to fill in all the areas I wanted blue, plus I didn't have time to do more, so I stopped.
I had some time, so I added the last few spots of blue.
I noticed that I missed some red areas, so I added those four spots in this step.Sunday, May 14, 2006
Don't Hold Your Breath
Believe it or not, I actually applied some more paint to the canvas last night. I hope to do some more tonight after I get home from work.
Friday, April 07, 2006
Slacking
I've been slacking again. I haven't had much motivation to finish the painting in the last two months. Hopefully I will find some soon because it won't take long to finish.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
GeoAztecric, part 3
These next few phases were done at the beginning of last week. My mother and her husband came into town for a few days, so I put the paint brush aside to visit with them. In this picture, I started applying a shade of red to the canvas.
I wasn't able to finish the red before going to work that day, so I add to apply the red over two sessions.
This blue is also going to be painted on the canvas over two sessions. I should be able to get back to the painting within the next few days.Sunday, February 05, 2006
GeoAztecric, part 2
I am trying to start with the lighter colors first so that if I happen to go too far out of the lines, I can cover it up with a darker color when I get to that section. So after the yellow, I went to orange.
I have a few shades of green in my supply of paint. This was the lightest shade I had. Once it got onto the canvas, it was darker than I had originally planned, but I continued with it anyway, vowing to figure out something afterward.
Here is where I veered off from my original color scheme. Since the other green was darker than I wanted, I decided to add some white to it and replace most of the dark greens in my rough draft with this lighter shade of green. I think it is turning out better than the original color scheme.By the way, the reason the canvas is in different positions on the easel is because this painting is being done on a gallery stretched canvas. The sides of the canvas are a little over an inch thick. Therefore, I am painting the sides of the canvas, as well.
