Fine Art

STATEMENT
This work is a study of how nature and power rhyme. These are snapshots of what is under the surface: seductive gardens, playgrounds, sensual and scary things…. some frightening. Are they microscopic or large enough to climb inside?  You are invited in to explore and play.
Process Remarks:
This work is digital.... I use CAD [computer-aided-design] software, fractal software, painting software and digital photography to show you what we don't pay attention to. Some of the work is printed on aluminum via photographic process, some printed on metallic film and bonded to the reverse side of clear Plexiglas. Some pieces are printed at high resolution on smooth paper and teased with acrylic. Craftsmanship counts. 

BIOGRAPHY
Education:
BFA Painting, University of Illinois, Highest Honors 1973
Listed:
Who's Who in American Art (Cattell Press) 1976-
Instructor/Lecturer:
Rock Valley College, Rockford Il 1975-1978
Rockford College, Rockford Il 1976
University of Miami (Visiting Lecturer) Miami Fl 1977
Awards:
1989 Air Brush Digest Annual
1984 Art Institute Juried Biennial Spires, Chicago 
1982,1975 Illinois Professional Exhibition, Springfield, Illinois 
1981 Illinois Arts Council Purchase Award, Chicago
1980 Rock Island Juried, Rock Island, Illinois 
1980 Beloit Juried, Beloit, Wisconsin
1976 1st Prize, Union League Juried, Chicago
1975 39th Butler National, Ohio
1975 Mainstreams 75, Marietta, Ohio
Selected Corporate and Public Collections:
Container Corporation of America
Borg Warner, Chicago, Illinois
Bank of Wisconsin, Janesville, Wisconsin
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
Hope College, Holland, Michigan

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
“Architectural Emphasis” is a study of formal aesthetics creating flat color planes from images of architecture. I am interested in the geometric patterns and texture presented in these large photographs. The varying hue, light, and tones and its effect of visually flattening the photograph make these seem more like paintings than images born from a camera . I use the buildings structure and shadows to compress the image into a flat plane, addressing attention to the composition of shapes, texture, and color.

BIOGRAPHY
Ash Kyrie was raised in a blue-collar town in northern Wisconsin where he joined the Army National Guard at the age of 18. He was deployed to Iraq during the first rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Serving the standard six year military contract, Ash rose to the rank of e-5 sergeant.
After returning from the war, Ash continued his studies in the University of Wisconsin-Madison arts program. In 2007 he graduated with a BFA emphasizing sculpture and photography. He graduated The Ohio State University with an MFA, with a concentration in Comparative Cultural Studies.  While at Ohio State, Ash taught 300 to 600 level collegiate courses in both his major and minor departments. Ash Kyrie's artwork engages beauty, composition, and abstracted spacial planes.

Awards and Honors
Ferguson Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2011
Ideas Lab Grant, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH 2009
Mission Continues grant, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, MO 2008

Published Work
2010 Best of College Photography, Photographers Forum
2008 Japanese booklet published by K9MP

STATEMENT
This work is a study of how nature and power rhyme. These are snapshots of what is under the surface: seductive gardens, playgrounds, sensual and scary things…. some frightening. Are they microscopic or large enough to climb inside?  You are invited in to explore and play.
Process Remarks:
This work is digital.... I use CAD [computer-aided-design] software, fractal software, painting software and digital photography to show you what we don't pay attention to. Some of the work is printed on aluminum via photographic process, some printed on metallic film and bonded to the reverse side of clear Plexiglas. Some pieces are printed at high resolution on smooth paper and teased with acrylic. Craftsmanship counts. 

BIOGRAPHY
Education:
BFA Painting, University of Illinois, Highest Honors 1973
Listed:
Who's Who in American Art (Cattell Press) 1976-
Instructor/Lecturer:
Rock Valley College, Rockford Il 1975-1978
Rockford College, Rockford Il 1976
University of Miami (Visiting Lecturer) Miami Fl 1977
Awards:
1989 Air Brush Digest Annual
1984 Art Institute Juried Biennial Spires, Chicago 
1982,1975 Illinois Professional Exhibition, Springfield, Illinois 
1981 Illinois Arts Council Purchase Award, Chicago
1980 Rock Island Juried, Rock Island, Illinois 
1980 Beloit Juried, Beloit, Wisconsin
1976 1st Prize, Union League Juried, Chicago
1975 39th Butler National, Ohio
1975 Mainstreams 75, Marietta, Ohio
Selected Corporate and Public Collections:
Container Corporation of America
Borg Warner, Chicago, Illinois
Bank of Wisconsin, Janesville, Wisconsin
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
Hope College, Holland, Michigan

STATEMENT
This work is a study of how nature and power rhyme. These are snapshots of what is under the surface: seductive gardens, playgrounds, sensual and scary things…. some frightening. Are they microscopic or large enough to climb inside?  You are invited in to explore and play.
Process Remarks:
This work is digital.... I use CAD [computer-aided-design] software, fractal software, painting software and digital photography to show you what we don't pay attention to. Some of the work is printed on aluminum via photographic process, some printed on metallic film and bonded to the reverse side of clear Plexiglas. Some pieces are printed at high resolution on smooth paper and teased with acrylic. Craftsmanship counts. 

BIOGRAPHY
Education:
BFA Painting, University of Illinois, Highest Honors 1973
Listed:
Who's Who in American Art (Cattell Press) 1976-
Instructor/Lecturer:
Rock Valley College, Rockford Il 1975-1978
Rockford College, Rockford Il 1976
University of Miami (Visiting Lecturer) Miami Fl 1977
Awards:
1989 Air Brush Digest Annual
1984 Art Institute Juried Biennial Spires, Chicago 
1982,1975 Illinois Professional Exhibition, Springfield, Illinois 
1981 Illinois Arts Council Purchase Award, Chicago
1980 Rock Island Juried, Rock Island, Illinois 
1980 Beloit Juried, Beloit, Wisconsin
1976 1st Prize, Union League Juried, Chicago
1975 39th Butler National, Ohio
1975 Mainstreams 75, Marietta, Ohio
Selected Corporate and Public Collections:
Container Corporation of America
Borg Warner, Chicago, Illinois
Bank of Wisconsin, Janesville, Wisconsin
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
Hope College, Holland, Michigan

STATEMENT
This work is a study of how nature and power rhyme. These are snapshots of what is under the surface: seductive gardens, playgrounds, sensual and scary things…. some frightening. Are they microscopic or large enough to climb inside?  You are invited in to explore and play.
Process Remarks:
This work is digital.... I use CAD [computer-aided-design] software, fractal software, painting software and digital photography to show you what we don't pay attention to. Some of the work is printed on aluminum via photographic process, some printed on metallic film and bonded to the reverse side of clear Plexiglas. Some pieces are printed at high resolution on smooth paper and teased with acrylic. Craftsmanship counts. 

BIOGRAPHY
Education:
BFA Painting, University of Illinois, Highest Honors 1973
Listed:
Who's Who in American Art (Cattell Press) 1976-
Instructor/Lecturer:
Rock Valley College, Rockford Il 1975-1978
Rockford College, Rockford Il 1976
University of Miami (Visiting Lecturer) Miami Fl 1977
Awards:
1989 Air Brush Digest Annual
1984 Art Institute Juried Biennial Spires, Chicago 
1982,1975 Illinois Professional Exhibition, Springfield, Illinois 
1981 Illinois Arts Council Purchase Award, Chicago
1980 Rock Island Juried, Rock Island, Illinois 
1980 Beloit Juried, Beloit, Wisconsin
1976 1st Prize, Union League Juried, Chicago
1975 39th Butler National, Ohio
1975 Mainstreams 75, Marietta, Ohio
Selected Corporate and Public Collections:
Container Corporation of America
Borg Warner, Chicago, Illinois
Bank of Wisconsin, Janesville, Wisconsin
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
Hope College, Holland, Michigan

STATEMENT
This work is a study of how nature and power rhyme. These are snapshots of what is under the surface: seductive gardens, playgrounds, sensual and scary things…. some frightening. Are they microscopic or large enough to climb inside?  You are invited in to explore and play.
Process Remarks:
This work is digital.... I use CAD [computer-aided-design] software, fractal software, painting software and digital photography to show you what we don't pay attention to. Some of the work is printed on aluminum via photographic process, some printed on metallic film and bonded to the reverse side of clear Plexiglas. Some pieces are printed at high resolution on smooth paper and teased with acrylic. Craftsmanship counts. 

BIOGRAPHY
Education:
BFA Painting, University of Illinois, Highest Honors 1973
Listed:
Who's Who in American Art (Cattell Press) 1976-
Instructor/Lecturer:
Rock Valley College, Rockford Il 1975-1978
Rockford College, Rockford Il 1976
University of Miami (Visiting Lecturer) Miami Fl 1977
Awards:
1989 Air Brush Digest Annual
1984 Art Institute Juried Biennial Spires, Chicago 
1982,1975 Illinois Professional Exhibition, Springfield, Illinois 
1981 Illinois Arts Council Purchase Award, Chicago
1980 Rock Island Juried, Rock Island, Illinois 
1980 Beloit Juried, Beloit, Wisconsin
1976 1st Prize, Union League Juried, Chicago
1975 39th Butler National, Ohio
1975 Mainstreams 75, Marietta, Ohio
Selected Corporate and Public Collections:
Container Corporation of America
Borg Warner, Chicago, Illinois
Bank of Wisconsin, Janesville, Wisconsin
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
Hope College, Holland, Michigan

STATEMENT
This work is a study of how nature and power rhyme. These are snapshots of what is under the surface: seductive gardens, playgrounds, sensual and scary things…. some frightening. Are they microscopic or large enough to climb inside?  You are invited in to explore and play.
Process Remarks:
This work is digital.... I use CAD [computer-aided-design] software, fractal software, painting software and digital photography to show you what we don't pay attention to. Some of the work is printed on aluminum via photographic process, some printed on metallic film and bonded to the reverse side of clear Plexiglas. Some pieces are printed at high resolution on smooth paper and teased with acrylic. Craftsmanship counts. 

BIOGRAPHY
Education:
BFA Painting, University of Illinois, Highest Honors 1973
Listed:
Who's Who in American Art (Cattell Press) 1976-
Instructor/Lecturer:
Rock Valley College, Rockford Il 1975-1978
Rockford College, Rockford Il 1976
University of Miami (Visiting Lecturer) Miami Fl 1977
Awards:
1989 Air Brush Digest Annual
1984 Art Institute Juried Biennial Spires, Chicago 
1982,1975 Illinois Professional Exhibition, Springfield, Illinois 
1981 Illinois Arts Council Purchase Award, Chicago
1980 Rock Island Juried, Rock Island, Illinois 
1980 Beloit Juried, Beloit, Wisconsin
1976 1st Prize, Union League Juried, Chicago
1975 39th Butler National, Ohio
1975 Mainstreams 75, Marietta, Ohio
Selected Corporate and Public Collections:
Container Corporation of America
Borg Warner, Chicago, Illinois
Bank of Wisconsin, Janesville, Wisconsin
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts
Hope College, Holland, Michigan

STATEMENT
I have found that while doing a painting outdoors I am immersed in the moment. What I mean is that later when I look at the painting I can remember all the things that went on as I painted, the weather, the birds singing, a small animal moving through the scene, people who have stopped to talk to me. The memories are all part of the painting.

BIOGRAPHY
Thomas Buchs attended Layton School of Art and became an Illustrator, creating artwork for many national and local companies over a 42 year career. During summers he exhibited at Art Fairs, and also did Pastel Portraits.  
Recently he has concentrated on Plein Air Painting (painting from life outdoors). Much of his current work is representative of this discipline. He tries to capture the light and atmosphere of a scene within a few hours. he believes that a painting is not just a two dimensional illusion, but also that of a moment in life, captured by an artist on canvas. 
Thomas is a founding member of Wisconsin Plein Air Painters Association. The WIPAPA has been established as a state wide fellowship of artists dedicated to promoting and practicing the traditional discipline of Plein Air painting. Members seek to honestly interpret the natural and man-made beauty and diversity of Wisconsin's landscapes and culture. They strive to enhance member's skills and reputations by providing regular opportunities to paint outdoors together, and to critique each other's work  and share their expertise with fellow artists, in order to maintain the highest standards of the Plein Air painting tradition.