Tom McNease Contemporary Art

Contemporary Abstract Expressionist -- Feral Expressionism














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Monthly Review

June, 2005

june10_10_01.jpg- Stream
Recent Study - 2014-6

jan13-002.jpg- Art - Survival - Service
Recent Study - 2014-1

pc140022.jpg- Color - Chaos - Concept
Recent Study - 2012-12

Songs Without Words

oct30j-001.jpg- Evolving Perspective
Recent Study - 2013-10

june10_23_01.jpg- Art And Dimension
Recent Study - 2014-6

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Recent Study - 2012-6
















june10_46_01.jpg- Light Abstract
Recent Study - 2014-6

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Art Recycled - 2012-6

Awareness
The World Is Our Neighborhood

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Recent Study - 2014-6

The Species Is Mired In Its' Own Deception........Rather A Deceit Of "Apartness"........You Know...........The Center Of The Universe...........That Sort Of Thing......(Except Now Much Greater Than Galileo's Problem--Earth Itself Is In The Balance)......So, We Are At The Crossroads, Nexus, Of Our Brief Tenure Here.................The Choice Is Obviously Ours To Make.................Will We Do It?

june28_14_01.jpg- Contemporary Art And Word
Recent Study - 2014-6

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Recent Study - 2013-11

Gifts Of Prometheus -- Art, Myth, Dissolution

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Recent Study- 2011-10

The Future Will See A Giving Species...........A Species Giving More Than It Receives.................And That Future Is Not Too Distant..................Global Economies And Industries Will Be Thriving, Environmentally Based And Consumerism Will Follow Those Lines...............There WIll Be Those(A Majority Now) Who Do Not Follow Such Logic--They, And Their Ways, Yes, Will Be Lost Forever To The Ages

Kinetic Abstraction--Ecstatic Dance

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Dare Dance With Myth And Appropriate Reason?

The Average Single Tree Produces Enough Oxygen To Support Two Humans Over The Course Of A Year.........What Are You Doing For This Planet?

Post Contemporary--Art Of The Future

june10_15_01.jpg- Contemporary Abstract Artist
Recent Study- 2014-6

Neo Expressionism--The Feral Image

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Recent Study - 2012-6

Idea - Nature - New Art - New Myth

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Was It Not Reason That Failed Circumstance?

It Is The Idea That Lives..........Not The Art(S)...............Not The Physical Object

Conceptual Art -- Natural Imperatives

p4045303.jpg- Art And Juxtaposition
Recent Study- 2011-4

Art(S) Is Logic...............Pure Math........Born Of Imaginative Energy............Synapse Into Form.....................It Is Also Magic

oct29i-023.jpg- Children Of The Sun
Recent Study - 2013-10

june11_40_01.jpg-Neo Expressionism-Feral Image
Recent Study - 2014-6

Contemporary Image--Nature's Gift

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Recent Study - 2011-9

That Push Pull Between Dark And Light..............Homeostasis Not Always The End Result.........Nor Should It Ever Be(Nice For Moments Of Pause Or Rest Before Proceeding To The Next Adventure In Creativity)..................For Things, And Of Course, All Things Creative, Must Be Constantly In A State Of flux--Else That Moment Of Pause Can Become Eternally Dark

Southern Artist--Shotgun Art

p5318537.jpg-Abstract Artist - Art, Nature, Wonder
Recent Study - 2011-6

Rainforest
Cover 2-6 Percent Of The Earth's Surface
Home To 40-50 Percent Of All Life Forms On Earth(Perhaps 30 Million Species)
Global Rates Of Destruction
2.4 Acres Per Second
159 Acres Per Minute
214,000 Acres Per Day
78 Million Acres Per Year

oct29i-020.jpg- Mixed Media Abstraction
Recent Study- 2013-10

There Are Very Easy Answers To The Many Problems That Face Our Species............But Someone, Somebody, Anybody, Must Step Up To The Question!

Truths--Species Extinction? (Us)

p3120023.jpg- Contemporary Art- New Image
Recent Study - 2013-3

Art, Medium, Mind--The Freedom To Create

june11_69_01.jpg-Creative Streams - Art, Act, Idea
Recent Study- 2014-6

It's Happening
Nature Is Doing What She Does Best
Reacting To Adverse Influences(Us) On A Very Natural Order
Has Been Occurring For Quite Awhile Now
Just Becoming Noticeable Though
Your Children Will Feel Some Discomfort
(Mortality Rates Acceptable)
Many Of Their Children, Though, Will Die
Needlessly

p4170098.jpg- Southern Artist Review
Recent Study - 2012-4

Horrors That Lie Ahead Are So Preventable...........And Yes, They Are Horrors Beyond Anyone's Imagination.........Horrors Not Only For Our Species But All Species--The Planet Itself.........There Certainly Have Been, And Are, Enough Catalyst To Spark An Immediate Global Movement Toward Transformation Of Ourselves Into A Responsible Population............Yet Those Catalyst Go Unheeded...........It Is Time...............It Is Time

Art And Evolution

oct28h-022.jpg- Non Objective Art- Form, Tone
Recent Study - 2013-10

A Perfectly Natural Consciousness......So Clearly Defined...........Enveloping All, Everything, Everywhere..............It Knows No Dimension For It Is All Dimension.............It Knows No Boundaries, For How Can There Be?.............It Is Free To Do One Thing.......Create.............Change..........And Create Anew

20111005_91.jpg- Contemporary Art - New Image
Recent Study - 2011-10

Conceptualism--Metaphor, Myth, Reality

pa060046.jpg- Contemporary Painting - Abstraction
Recent Study - 2012-10

Never Rely On Confirmation Of Your Art From Another Human
Rely Only On The Strength Of Idea
No Matter What!
Idea Is The Lightning Bolt Of All Universes
It IS The Stuff Of Nature

Contemporary Painting--Abstraction

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Those Were The Days, Weren't They?..........Weren't They?

Those Moments When Thought And Belief Are Briefly Suspended.........Moments So Pure, So Extraordinary, So Sublimely Illuminating, So Clear, So Concise..........The Sweetness Of Music.................Without Sound

june11_27_01.jpg- Contemporary Abstraction
Recent Study - 2014-6

Sea Waters Are Calm Now............Smooth...........Polished Glass........Mirrorlike With Distance...........Calm............Gathering Energy............For Beneath The Cauldron Boils...........Beneath The Restless Spirit Of The Betrayed..........It Is Not Long Now.........No.........Not Long At All

pa060095.jpg- Southern Abstract Artist
Recent Study - 2012-10

Neo Abstraction--Empirical Notions

20111005_75.jpg- Contemporary Abstract Painting
Recent Study - 2011-10

Many More Than The Over 16,300 Listed
Many, Many More
Perhaps Even Us.............Even

Contemporary Abstract Painting--On Board

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Recent Study - 2013-10

Global Temperature
In 2004 The Average Global Temperature Was 58.28 Degrees Fahrenheit(The Fourth Warmest Year On Record).........The Twentieth Century's Ten Warmest Years All Occurred In The Last 15 Years Of The Century
Expected Temperature Rises
By 2050--1-4.5 Degrees Fahrenheit
By 2100--2.2-10 Degrees Fahrenheit
Again Using EPA Figures.........Thus.........Very Conservative Ones(As One Would Expect).......Protocols, Remedies, And Solutions Are Constantly Being Discussed And Studied............And Studied Some More With An End Result That Little, Very Little, Is Being Done To Appoach The Vast Scale Of A Humanly Created Problem.....
It's All Up To The Individual Now........The Single, Solitary Individual......Awareness.....And Acting On That Awareness...........Minute By Minute............Hour By Hour........Day By Day.......Change..............Return This Earth To Its' Former Splendour 

oct28h-015.jpg- Louisiana Artist - Gallery
Recent Study - 2013-10

Greenland's Ice Sheet May Begin To Melt With Temperature Rises There Of 5-6 Degrees Fahrenheit.............A Complete Melting Of Greenland Would Raise Sea Levels 23 Feet.................Average Earth Temperature Will Probably Rise Between 2.5 And 10.4 Degrees Fahrenheit By The Year 2100

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Recent Study - 2013-10

Art Is Dead?--Evolve Or Perish

20111005_76.jpg- Southern Artist - Shotgun Art
Recent Study - 2011-10

The Simple Little Mayfly(S)
The Oldest Winged Insect On The Planet
Or So "They" Say
400 Million Years
Give Or Take A Few
Saw The Dinosaurs
Rise And Fall
Saw Many Species
Come...........And Go
Saw "Our" Beginning
Will They See Our End?
Our Choice

20111005_102.jpg- Mixed Media Assemblage
Recent Study - 2011-10

Symbol In Art Is Of Course Important.......To A Point.................Comes A Point, Time, When Symbol, Form, Color, Line, Etc., Must Be Set Aside For Something Other...........What That Other Is, Is Up To The Individual, Then The Collective.................Past Is Already Part Of Our Collective Conscious-Unconscious(Nature).....No Reason To Memorialize It By Continually Producing And Presenting It

nov3b-014.jpg-Abstract Painting-Creative Evolution
Recent Study - 2013-11

Expressive Of Itself..........And Nothing Beyond............How Many Times Has That Been Said In One Form Or Another?.......In A Sense True Though............For If Art(S) Expresses Idea Contained Within(Even If That Idea Is A Blank Page), And, Yes, Absolutely There Was/Is An Idea Involved(No Matter What The Creator Might Have To Say), Then Where Else Is There To Go But The Confined Space Of The Moment?

Abstract Painting--Creative Evolution

june11_67_01.jpg- ShadowPlane - Abstract Art
Recent Study - 2014-6

Rainforest Species Extinction
137 Species Per Day
50,000 Per Year
(The Vast Majority Of Which We Never Even Knew Existed--Figures Seem Entirely Implausible Until One Considers The Fact That 2.4 Acres Of Rainforest Are Being Lost Each Second)

p5318577.jpg- Seeing
Recent Study - 2011-6

Repeat
Only The Energy Of Thought Remains.........Purity Of Vision.......Purity Of Energy...........Purity Of Thought...........All Else Is Destined To Be Dust

june11_17_01.jpg-Contemporary Louisiana Artist
Recent Study - 2014-6

Where's Gandhi?

oct29i-025.jpg- Southern Artist Review
Recent Study - 2013-10

An SUV, On Average, Dumps 5600 Pounds Of CO2 Into The Atmosphere Each Year
What Are You Driving?
Yearly, All Air Travel Releases 600 Million Tons Of CO2 Into The Atmosphere
Are You A Frequent Flyer?

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Expressionism……………………..Another In A Whole Litany Of Terms Created Principally By Those "Making Their Living" Off The Efforts Of Others……….This One I Think Arose In The 1930’s, Applied Later Vigorously To Pollack And Others…………..Not Sure What It Really Means Any Longer……………….But I Do Like The Idea Of It As Far As Freedom To Express Oneself No Matter What Form One Is Using(Even Those Magnificent Southern Icons, Magnolias And Moss And Goo…………..Ychhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!…………Oops……….Being Judgemental)……………….So The Term Could Be Used As Acceptable, Particularly In My Context……………Of Course I Prefer To Take It A Step Further With The Addition Of The Term "Feral"……………For……………Years(Aeons Now) Ago When I Left The Photography Behind To Start Painting, I Consciously Approached The Subject With The Mind And Eye Of The Feral Child(Something Which I Previously For Years Wanted To do)…..Of Course My Deep Connection To Nature Demanded Such Course……………And The Course Led Me On A Path Of Total Freedom……………No Outside Constraints Or Hindrances…….Just Inventing And Reinventing Myself, My Work, And The World Around Me……………..And To This Day I Maintain This Approach……………The Feral Child………Of Nature………………..Expressing, Not Representing, That Unfathomably Deep Connection To Something So Clearly Conscious………….So Clearly A Part Of Me And Myself So Clearly A Part Of It That The Two Are Indeed Inseparable………….One

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Deep Waters Await…………..New Forms, New Ideas, New Thoughts, Feelings And Sensations…………………….Much Like Plumbing The Depths Of The Deepest Ocean Trench………..New And Exciting Forms, Critters Even……………………A Compression Of Idea So Vast That It Cannot Be Released At Once………………..It Must Be Met Gradually And With Care, Else It Would Be Overwhelming

Do Da

Nature’s Consciousness(Thus, My Own) Was Well Received, Well Spent This Month………….Flow Was Gloriously Natural And Without Impediment…..Rather Like Paddling Down A Calm, Slow Moving River…………..Mississippi Kites, Water Turkey, Fly Overhead………….Voices call From The Swamp……………..New Arrivals To This Planet, Heron, Egret, Songbirds………….Learn Their Trade And Proclaim It With Sounds Of Joy…….The Light Of Summer, Already Starting Its’ Retreat, Is Brilliant And Illuminating In Its’ Clarity And Intensity………….And One Continues To Float And To Flow Upon The Ever Changing Thought Of Consciousness Within This Space…………..Within This Brief Moment…….As It Should…………..Must……………..Be………It Is, After All, A Conscious Imperative

 
















Paint Transfers
Approximate Size--24"x48"
Mounted On Board
Recent Studies
Painting On Glass
10x16 Inches

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