Dimensional Paintings in Fractured Frames

My art, whether it is a painting, a sculpture or a combination of the two, is my inner voice.
Created in such a way so that others may see, feel and participate with me in the telling of the story.
The paintings are done on cradled birch panels. The background paintings are in an oil/acrylic combination and framed with Lori Thompson’s “Fractured Frames” built from Red Cedar or most often in Ancient Juniper.

The sculpture portion is hand sculpted one at a time, no casting no duplications. Each piece is a one of a kind sculpture created using small pieces of an epoxy-based clay that adheres to the wood panel and to itself. The clay hardens within 4 hours so building up small pieces of clay I create a complete sculpture. Once the sculpture is hardened it is coated multiple times with a Copper and Zinc solution. This solution contains those metals and will patina (age itself) over time.

The sculptures I have on the wood bases are hand sculpted one at a time NO casting and NO duplications. Just one of a kind pieces sculpted using the same clay as the dimensional paintings and coated the same way. They are sculpted directly onto a variety of wood types, most often Juniper Burls.

TJ and Lori Thompson live in Colorado.
Simon Gallery will be receiving TJ Thompson sculptures in the near future.