Thomas Fuhrmark
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Linda at UMPI 24”x 30”
Portraits
There is a unique story in each person’s face. I looked to reinforce that story with symbolism, as in Jack’s accomplishments as a young adult. He ascended the stairway below, will he turn the corner, flip on the light and keep going? Beto supports a mockingbird, the state bird of Texas, that I chose to represent the citizen’s of this state. He seems capable of supporting their needs, strong as the oaks behind him.
With Beto 24”x 60”
V and Me 54”x 30”
Jack’s Choices 26”x 61”
Gregg In Balance 40”x 30”
Puffin The Magic Dragon 24”x 20”
Cali, Squeaky and Pouncer 30”x 40”
Skoldpadda 24”x 20”
Dan & Bodie 24”x 30”
Pets & Livestock
We love our pets, we care for them, provide and support them. But their time with us is fleeting. I want to capture a moment in time, you and your fellow earthling on canvas. “Dan and Bodie” are inseparable (painting, lower right)! Dan can always be reminded of that.
The Process (Diane & Her Horses)
Painting in semi-transparent layers: 1. blue, 2. red 3. yellow
4. blue 5. details
Social Groups
Suffragette of another time, campfire discussions that embrace thousands of years of humanity. People come and go, but the tree remains. Musicians who have never met (but I know each of them). Of the people I remember, “some have gone and some remain.” -John Lennon
Suffragette 49”x 37”
King of Trees 54”x 60”
Primordial 30”x 72”
Quintessential 48”x 36”
Contact Me:
Thomas Fuhrmark
Cool Months: Near San Antonio, Texas
Summer Months: Durango, Colorado
Email: fuhrmosphere@gmail.com
Call/Text: 970 903-5528
Where I started, what I’m doing, where I’m headed
On a Friday afternoon, my senior year in high school, Mr. Witt, my art teacher, asked if I would be ok if he mounted my recently completed drawing on the marker board in class. “Sure”, I said.
I reproduced in pencil, an Irving Penn photo of the “Hells Angels”, published in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1967. When I returned to that classroom on Monday, my teacher quickly approached me, “I have some bad news, somebody stole your drawing over the weekend! I’m not having any luck tracking it down. I am so sorry”, he said. I stifled an entirely different reaction, which was a feeling of accomplishment, that someone desired my art so much, that he (or she) would resort to theft.
I never saw that drawing again. I redirected my creativity over time, first with a career in graphic design, then for the last 12 years, with oils on board or canvas. It is through this medium that I feel most at home. Take a walk through my gallery, enjoy the stories converted to canvas, consider yourself (and your pet?) a story yet to be told!
Education:
American Academy of Art
Chicago, Illinois
1971-1972
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, Arizona
Fine Art/Commercial Art
1974-1976
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona
BFA-Design
1976-1979
Graphic Design, 1981-2012
Fine Art, 2014-Present
Public Art Commission, Ashland, Oregon, 2017-2020