Tomaso DiTomaso
landscapes supporting animal rights

Over the past ten years, I have been painting with a joie de vivre for color and composition that are meant to lift the observer’s spirits in a harmony of visuals of the natural world around us. I’m committed to making my work an aesthetic gateway to the natural beauty that can be found in the world. Through flowing brush work that creates suggestive forms of natural land and waterscapes, my goal is to trigger observers’ innate humanity, thus enabling them to feel a stronger personal connection with the natural world, one that lets their imaginations move into the flow of beauty in the world from the flow of color in my work. I want my observer to be drawn into the possibilities presented on the canvas and thus experience the same joy that I experience in connecting with the imagined terrain of my work.

My commitment to being a serious artist only began six years ago when I found myself suddenly funneling my creative energies into painting, something I had only done on the side for the past twenty years. This transition unexpectedly occurred with my move to Sedona, Arizona in 2006, where I was overwhelmed by the powerful visual experience that is created by the serenity of the forest floor surrounding the towering majestic red rock formations that make Sedona a truly unique place in the world.

I’ve purposely avoided formal training in order to keep an innocence in my work that naturally evolves with the pure experience of personal trial and error. Consequently, much of my excitement about painting is a result of the ongoing adventure of discovery of my artistic talents, along with revelations that most recently come with working with acrylics on canvas. I have always been a creative soul and lived a life of relentless pursuit of personal expression in all kinds of creative endeavors, but painting is my top choice because it draws me into an intense relationship with the ever-present beauty of the natural world that surrounds all of us. The consequence of this relationship is a feeling of pure joy for the visual gifts of our planet. Hopefully, my paintings will be a residential and commercial gateway for others to this joyous world.

My paintings begin with several under-coatings of various bands of nature’s most prominent colors, without the benefit of pencil or charcoal guidelines. In the process of layering, a composition reveals itself in conjunction with how I feel at the moment, a moment that is, in fact, inspired by the flows of color. The resultant land and waterscapes are born on an emotional wave of joy for my own personal concepts of the natural world, rather than actual settings. Most of my work goes onto large canvasses because they provide a field for majestic sweeps of color and grand vistas, which are associated with the overwhelming vastness of beauty on our planet.