Click on the image on the left to enter into this gallery of 12 images by gifted Surrealist artist Tommy McLaurin. Click on each individual image for a larger view, and for descriptive and purchase information.
"The old phrase "I just made it up" can spell trouble, but for me it sums up my approach to creating art. With a habit of reading regularly, pushed by a need to see the "Big Picture", I opened to the realization of the infinite possibilities of it all.
My goal as an artist has been to create visionary surreal beauty through the use of numerous recognizable or purely imaginative elements with psycho-dynamic tensions and implications.
When painting, I'm building as I go with objects or forms that meld interestingly together. Only after do I realize the humorous interplay of buried images and ideas manifesting in the composition coming from perhaps my sub-conscious drives and intuitions.
As a technician, I enjoy making flat surfaces dimensional with dramatic lighting and unique color combinations. The painting process has become meditative and the insights I have gained are truly spiritual."
-Tommy McLaurin