mobiles, sculpture & installations
Forever Is Impossible , 2012, acrylic on wood, 38 x 73 ½ x 50"
Reflecting Upon What's Gone By , 2012, acrylic on wood, 76 x 30 x 27"
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St. Bernard , 2012, acrylic on wood, 72 x 19 x16" •
Dedicated To Amber - A Moment In Time That Changed The Rhyme, 2011, (installation) acrylic, paper & wood
Write Now: Artists & Letterforms, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Rolled Over, 2010 acrylic on masonite and wood
Tom with his sculpture George & The Dragon
Carelessness, acrylic on paper •
Crows Spitting Up Blood, acrylic on paper
A Beating, acrylic on paper
Boy Girl Girl Boy Boy Girl , acrylic on board
Crawling Into A Hole, acrylic on board
Nuzzle, acrylic on board
Ladder to Nowhere, acrylic on board
The Giver , 2011 acrylic on wood mobile 50 x 38 x 20" •
Peeking at the Beach Blonde Bather, acrylic on wood
Garden of Eaten, acrylic on wood
Dominator, 2010 acrylic on wood mobile 72" x 60" x 30" •
Birth of Jesus, 2010 acrylic on wood, 42" x 24" x 18" •
The Devil Rose From Deep Beneath the Ocean, 2010 acrylic on wood mobile, 8' x 5' x 30"
Lucretia With The Knife Still In, 2010 acrylic on wood, 40" x 20" x 20"
Self Portrait, 2010 acrylic on wood mobile, 72' x 48' x 36'
Taken From Behind, 2010 acrylic on wood,15" x 12" x 12" •
A KissThat Rocks You, 2010 acrylic on wood, 18" x 18" x 48"
Yoga Master, 2010 acrylic on wood, 11" x 14" x 11"
A Glorious Hole in the Heart , 2010 acrylic on wood, 14" x 14" x 22"
Bessie, 2008, mohagany plywood mobile & acrylic
Waterbird, 2008, mohagany plywood mobile & acrylic •
Arm in Arm mobile (study), 2009, watercolor paper
Silence the Shouters, 2009, acrylic on paper and board •
A Little Taste Of Both, 2009, acrylic on paper and board •
Envy, 2009, acrylic on paper and board •
FLESH & BLOOD SERIES
Studio view of paper sculpture, 2006
American Eye Pull-Up Bar, 2006 (installation study)
American Eye Pull-Up Bar, 2006 (installation study details)
Wounded, 2006 (installation study)
Strawberries and Cream, 2006 (installation study w/details)
Are Those Gundrops?, 2006 (installation study)
Trickle Down, 2006 (installation study)
From The Beginning , 2010
This performance installation was part of Version Fest 10 produced by Public Media Institute. During the festival hours Tom drew the Beginning of the Universe to Present time while blindfolded. The performance was streaming live on the internet to participating art students at CalArts in Valencia, California.
Banker's Boxes, 2005
This installation was made by Tom for the Master Nowhere's Lost Carnival event in Chicago. Participants were asked to design their own carnival game. Attendees threw quarters at the wall of boxes and tried to land a quarter on the narrow ledges. Meanwhile, "Blindfolded Tom" made drawings as prizes for the winners.
Wrecking Ball, 2003
This installation was made by Tom for the Cubicle show sponsored and curated by Uncle Freddy's Gallery. Materials, children's construction paper.
Tom’s Giant Coloring Book Project, 2003
Participants expressed themselves by adding to the existing design or coloring this 320 linear foot or 1,280 square foot community coloring book.
BOUNCE Installation, 2002
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Warner Rotunda, wood mobiles and simulated wood contact paper on walls.
Tom’s Public Puzzle Project, 2002
A 16 x 12’ puzzle was created for participants to paint and embellish. The puzzle has 200 pieces which over the course of a weekend were painted, colored, glued and glittered. A hidden image of Mayor Dedelow became even more difficult to recognize as the puzzle was painted.
Rodney, 1992 acrylic on wood
Dad Installation at ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1993
Sermon on the Mount, Installation at R.H. Love Modern, Chicago, IL, 1993
