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Thom Mahin

After the Dark Comes the Dawn XII
After the Dark Comes the Dawn XII
After the Fall
After the Fall
Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang
Mountains are the Home of the Dragon
Mountains are the Home of the Dragon
The Hall of the Mountain King
The Hall of the Mountain King
What Happened Here Before the Vines
What Happened Here Before the Vines
Tsunami II
Tsunami II
By God and the Army Corps of Engineers
By God and the Army Corps of Engineers
Yin and Yang in the Vineyard
Yin and Yang in the Vineyard
Tsunami I
Tsunami I
Found (Used) Ikon
Found (Used) Ikon
 

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Name   : Thom Mahin
Location: Los Osos CA 
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Thom Mahin

Biography
Originally from Chicago, IL Awarded `Master of Fine Arts' degree while teaching art in NYC in the 60's and early 70s. During this period, I had several shows in Manhattan galleries.While Warhol was quickly becoming the center of the art world, I was one of the group called - by the critics - "What's Next". My work - at that time - was executed in oils on canvas and largely impressionistic with a dose of surrealism. Moved to CA in the mid-70s and began traveling to Southeast Asia. My time from the mid-70s to the late-80s was divided between the U.S. and Taiwan, China, Malaysia and Thailand. Lived - virtually full-time - in China and Malaysia for almost 20 years thereafter . Became intrigued, early on, with the Ming Dynasty scroll paintings, which taught me that Art is more than form and color. Each scroll is also a poem.like the writings of Lao Tzu - which had a major impact on my work. Lao Tzu wrote that man is tied to the earth, earth to the skies, and the skies to the universe...and the universe is the home of the Tao ("the way"). There is a unique life in everything that surrounds us.a tree is a living organism and the life force in that tree does not end when the tree is felled. "Western" art reproduces and/or "expresses" the surface appearance.from which came "Impressionism". "Eastern" "art" is part of a greater discipline: understanding the relationship between an "object" and its environment, that a piece of artwork is exactly that - a piece of a greater whole. As a result of time spent in Southeast Asia, as well as having become a student of Eastern philosophy, I now build each object in my work from the inside to the outside. If I were to give a "label" to my work, it would be: allegorical impressionism. Paintings in numerous collections - east coast and west coast
 
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Creating Is An Affirmation of Life.
 
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