Sporadic Art Posts Below, Paintings Here: williampaulthomas.com

Monday, April 25, 2011

End of April Painting

I haven't really decided on a title for this piece. What would you call it?

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Commission from Arts Alliance Drawing

This commissioned painting is probably one of the more enjoyable "for profit" pieces I've worked on. One reason is because I was able to work from my own photograph. Being able to form my own composition from the beginning is always an ideal situation. I took more than 30 photographs of this child. After his mother, grandmother, a friend of their family, and I reviewed the digital photos, we all came to an agreement on which image was the best representation of him, and which might translate best into an oil painting. I wanted to use the projector for this piece, but the only projector that I had access to was too dim to be useful. I decided to loosley freehand the contour of the image with a piece of white chalk. The rest is history...Let's end all of these descriptions with that statement... "The rest is history." Yeah, that'll work. Or with that one: "Yeah that'll work." Ok. Let me stop. Seriously...

Monday, April 4, 2011

New Piece

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Tamara Dobson

This painting was requested by a friend from college. He's developed an interest in soul singers and other prominent entertainers whose careers blossomed around the 1960s and 70s.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

BFAI show, FRI Feb 4

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Museum of Science & Industry, Black Creativity

So, my Granny told me to enter this Black Creativity show at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago a couple months ago. I entered two pieces and both got in. I don't know if they reject anything, but I'm just happy I got in. This is the first major exhibit I've participated in outside of Wisconsin. I think that's a step in the right direction. Shameeka and I took the work to the city on Friday morning. Thanks Granny!!!