I am very pleased to announce that I have partnered with Tee Public to produce and sell my wearable fine art designs. Their direct to fabric printing offers high quality results that will last as long as any traditionally silk screened tee shirt. Enjoy!
See over 100 fine art fashion designs here:
https://www.teepublic.com/user/tsd-fashion
If your interested in my handbags and satchels, then please visit www.TSDhandbags.com
See my professional design work at: www.thomasduanedesign.com
How did my art career start? I discovered I could draw while stuck at home with pneumonia. Bored, I picked up a ball point pen and started drawing portraits of faces I found in my National Geographic magazines. It was very much like an out of body experience. I experienced moments when I was an observer watching myself produce drawing after drawing. Somehow I just instinctively understood how to illustrate in pen and ink technique. It lasted two weeks and left me addicted to perfecting this new craft. A year later I was awarded a raw talent scholarship (one of four full-ride scholarships) to Pratt Institute where I graduated with my BFA.
Ravens can live up to 75 years, use tools and can be taught to speak. An amazing bird. This raven pen and ink drawing is available as wearable fine art. Order it here.
My first paid commission was to draw my high school teachers parrot. I’ve loved drawing animals ever since.
Watercolor
Watercolor and pen and ink share the fact that you cannot erase a mistake. It requires an act of faith that everything is going to work out.
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Wearable Fine Art
I enjoy capturing the soul of my subjects using cross-hatching combined with linear simplicity.
I’ve designed the logos and fight uniforms for Heavyweight champions Evander Holyfield and Jon Ruiz.
I also got to be the documentary photographer for the Jon Ruiz vs. Roy Jones heavyweight championship bout. As a result, I got to meet a lot of young up and coming fighters and decided to create a body of work commemorating this using only black and red ink.
I was fortunate enough to agree to rescuing Dobby when my wife Julie found him online. My only experience with a dog was with my childhood dog named Buck. He was a lovable Irish setter mix who was happy go-lucky but not the brightest bulb. Buck famously grabbed the cooling Thanksgiving turkey and ran through our house tearing off chunks and then frantically picking up his prize and running before my 70 year old grandmother could catch up to him and continue whacking him with a rolled newspaper in a failing attempt to salvage the turkey. We ate pasta that year. Dobby is the complete opposite. Extremely smart, loving and very sensitive. He is also known as the Dob-Juan ‘cause he’s so handsome.
I started doing pen and ink again after a 30 year break when I decided to challenge myself to a no-pencils-allowed pen and ink challenge. I decided to draw trees and scenes ink to paper, no pencil lines. No cheating. I did this to force myself to slow down and to take the time needed to draw the complexity of tree branches and foliage.
Handbags are by commission only and are totally customized to exceed your expectations. Email me at tduane62@gmail.com
Credits:
Thomas S. Duane | tduane62@gmail.com | (415) 310-2091