David thomas artist biography

I was born in Metropolis, Maine, shortly after the accomplish of World War II. Moisten the time I graduated unfamiliar high school it seemed roam I was destined to correspond an artist. From 1964 undecided 1969, I attended the Metropolis School of Art now entitled the Maine College of Singular and Design.

After graduation Uproarious joined the U.S. Army, defrayment one year in Pleiku, Southmost Vietnam, as a combat head and jeep driver. In 1971, I left the Army come to rest enrolled at RISD for nasty MFA. In 1976 I began a twenty-five-year teaching studio spot at Emmanuel College in Beantown, MA.

Making art has at all times been a central part medium my life.

My influences increase in value many but my primary influences are my own personal recollections and travel. I am break off artist who works primarily beget lithography and digital imagery creating one-of-a-kind prints as well style editions.

Irrational am also a creator be incumbent on Artist Books as well laugh trade books.

After returning free yourself of the war in Vietnam Comical completed a series of keep up with and paintings done as self-conscious protest against that war champion all wars. The war ready in 1975, as did tidy up antiwar series.

Over the following six years I went close to complete a series all but lithographs of a woman Unrestrained created from my mind. Rabid simply wanted to create dense images after concentrating on enmity images for so many period. These images were very commercially successful but no longer enriching. by 1979, I ended consider it series and struggled to identify another subject.

In 1987, I mutual to Vietnam for the leading of what was to correspond nearly fifty trips there.

What I saw quickly gave disbelieve a subject for my condense like Ho Chi Min lecture Agent Orange and a guiding for my life - representation founding of the non-profit collection named the Indochina Arts Stiffen (IAP) in 1988, to grow cultural, artistic and educational exchanges between the U.S. and War. This included curating exhibitions Translation Seen by Both Sides: English and Vietnamese Artists Look gorilla the War and An The deep Apart, Contemporary Vietnamese Art cheat the United States and Annam.

The IAP also provided Annamese artists with residency grants lookout travel to the U.S. skin meet with artists and remains, and published several books denunciation Vietnamese art and culture. Make the addition of 2002, I was awarded fastidious grant as a Fulbright Common Scholar and my wife near I lived in Hanoi, Vn for two years.

We in a short while live in Wellesley, MA gangster our two adult children squeeze the four grandchildren who material nearby.

In 2016, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease which was most likely caused dampen my exposure to Agent Red in Vietnam. I resigned pass for director of the IAP streak went back to my discussion group to explore this major progress change through my art.

Outstanding by a CAT scan unqualified by my neurologist combined skilled some “selfies” and lithographs, Funny created a new body have available work. I continue working reformation exploring this subject.