Shown left: installation shot at the Athenaeum, site of my solo exhibition "Waiting for the world to begin." See news section for more details on this solo exhibit and others.
Statement
As an artist, one of the challenges I face is to be true to my instincts and my notion of what beauty is. One of the greatest influences on this notion of beauty is a sense of otherness, of being different. I find beauty in strange moments and strange places and try to communicate those things through my work. In the past three years, this has been the focus of my work in both painting and photography.
In my abstract landscape series and my newer work, I examine what beauty is to me in relation to my environment and the offerings of contemporary art. The newer work, in particular, has required that I trust my instincts about color and line and technique even if they seem counter to prevailing trends. It has meant that I accept the flaws in a piece and the juxtaposition of color, for example, hoping that it resonates with the audience.
In a similar way, my photographic work challenges the notion of what a good image is. In the series called “adrift on the signal,” I examine beauty and the human experience through a distorted lens, hoping to capture the random, nonlinear nature of time and memory. This series came about as a result of conversations with numerous friends who were beginning to deal with the deteriorating condition of their parents’ minds. In it, I had to ask myself what those distorted mental images looked like and whether they were as valuable as the clear, unobstructed images of youth.
While the expression of these themes has differed by medium, a large component of each is questioning and pushing myself to find new ways to present ideas to an audience.
BIO
Thomas Drymon is a painter and photographer living in Washington, DC. He has exhibited his work in galleries and alternative venues, organized and curated exhibits, and created site-specific installations since 1995. He published an arts/literary magazine from 1995-2000 called spoonfed. From 2001 to 2007, he lived in New Orleans where he was represented by Insley Art Gallery.
Statement
As an artist, one of the challenges I face is to be true to my instincts and my notion of what beauty is. One of the greatest influences on this notion of beauty is a sense of otherness, of being different. I find beauty in strange moments and strange places and try to communicate those things through my work. In the past three years, this has been the focus of my work in both painting and photography.
In my abstract landscape series and my newer work, I examine what beauty is to me in relation to my environment and the offerings of contemporary art. The newer work, in particular, has required that I trust my instincts about color and line and technique even if they seem counter to prevailing trends. It has meant that I accept the flaws in a piece and the juxtaposition of color, for example, hoping that it resonates with the audience.
In a similar way, my photographic work challenges the notion of what a good image is. In the series called “adrift on the signal,” I examine beauty and the human experience through a distorted lens, hoping to capture the random, nonlinear nature of time and memory. This series came about as a result of conversations with numerous friends who were beginning to deal with the deteriorating condition of their parents’ minds. In it, I had to ask myself what those distorted mental images looked like and whether they were as valuable as the clear, unobstructed images of youth.
While the expression of these themes has differed by medium, a large component of each is questioning and pushing myself to find new ways to present ideas to an audience.
BIO
Thomas Drymon is a painter and photographer living in Washington, DC. He has exhibited his work in galleries and alternative venues, organized and curated exhibits, and created site-specific installations since 1995. He published an arts/literary magazine from 1995-2000 called spoonfed. From 2001 to 2007, he lived in New Orleans where he was represented by Insley Art Gallery.
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