PLACES IN MAINE
1.20.18
Fort McClary, Kittery Point

My favorite image of the day was the quick shot over the edge of the fencing, I was more mesmerized by the sound of the water hitting the edge of the rocks than I was of the image... until I returned home and opened up the raw photos to find these beaming deep blues and the movement I was able to capture.
I was inspired to create a new fabric pattern out of the colors from the image as well.

Prints of FLEETING are available in Places of Maine gallery at erinthomas.art

Several products featuring the pattern created from FLEETING are available on erinthomas.art and redbubble

Sketches, designs and photographs from January 2018

I kept the final designs simple by edited down to just the leaf patterns

I am finding the bright colors and patterns very soothing during the long winter months!

I uploaded the final design to erinthomasart on redbubble to give it a test run, if you'd like to check it out click the pillow image above or visit my site CLICK HERE or click the images below for each product

This month, I completed a painting to be given as a gift to the Director at the Monarch School in Rochester New Hampshire as a thank you gift for her hard work.
The Monarch School recently completed a new building on Monarch Way, off Eastern Avenue, and what a beautiful place it is! This school supports individuals with special needs so they can realize their greatest potential.  The staff is truly amazing at what they do, and the best part of this experience was to see how much the staff love the school, their Director and especially their students!
There was such positive energy surrounding everything Monarch, it was contagious and wonderful and I wish the rest of the world was just a little bit more Monarch.  :)

If you'd like to get to know a bit more about the Monarch School, visit

www.monarchschoolne.org

The path from sketchbook and photo..... to apparel and design
- notes, colors, sketches and images from East-October

a protective barrier from misunderstandings and battlement

Myrna knows more about tree and brush identification than I do.

beyond the sumac ancestors had to walk my drive.

Days on end to explore what I now quickly know as East.

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She traveled a mile
or ten-thousand score.
She leads, even in frailty, deference,
to ever much more.

Hurt and forgathered,
From the perils of men.
Came in strength, in droves,
And still sang for when.

She traveled a mile,
Maybe fifty-thousand more.
She wed in tender,
Wit, clandestine in store.

Crimed and damaged,
No justice, nor decree,
From the bowels of fellow.
And still sang defiantly.

She traveled the universe
From one lonely post.
Graceful and poised
Durable and host.

She traveled an inch,
Maybe billions on end.
For a thankless elevation
Since herself no end.

Fear...Because She knows
The Community hasn't been set for Her
The Unity has instead a deterrent
Common...no extraordinary talent
The Prayers aren't for her soul, by way
The Sacrifice at her sisters toll, their stay
The City designed to eat Her alive
Rewards are not for the unpaid, instead
Stewards of life and inside they stayed, and wed.
To Thee, Thyself and Thy...When, Where and Why
Seer...Because She knows to Cry
The Soon-With-He hasn't been aligned
The Punitive has instead been inflicted
Uncommon...extraordinarily valiant
The Prayers stood direct, in Her way
The Sacrificial pardonous troll must pay
The Church designed to eat Her alive
Accolades are not for the unpaid, unwed
Agents of Commonality and gamers play dead.
To Me, Myself and I...Now, Here and Shy
Greener...Because She grows

Nevermore
did send
the foundation
by way

Nevermore
ask for
endemic
to stay

Unity, prayer and sacrifice, at will
and lark come ends
Only in apex
hammered the bends.

Disingenuous he was found to be
and dipped a toe in the sea
dis·in·gen·u·ous he
corrected, all at once, again
hippo·crit·i·cal cred
was what they really once said

Unfounded machismo explained away the tear
chest, as hairy as the stare
foun·tain·less fare
there was just none left
au·thor·i·ta·tive folk
was what was really spoke

Erin Thomas is an artist, designer and photographer in Southern Maine
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FIELD NOTES: Photographs, drawings and studies from a foggy morning on Mount Agamenticus

From a birds eye view, this glove was rude, from mine, it pointed me in the right direction

the vast views of the of the valleys below were obscured by thick fog, looked like the edge of the universe from a ledge, which was surprisingly inviting...although the part of me that has read too much Stephen King wanted to stay further back

My sketchbook is full of dried grasses with long stems that spent a year trying to get closer to the sun only to die off in the cold last fall

The fog, at first appearance, was a sea of white and gray.  Further attention to it brought out subdued tones that danced between vivids and washed...NOTE: next time I will bring my watercolors and let the rain drops contribute to my sketchbook, it's clear they are more talented than I am

Erin Thomas is an artist, photographer and designer from Southern Maine
207.337.3713
EMAIL

NOTES FROM FIELD STUDIES:

I have set out to continue working on my BATTLEFIELD series.
I usually kick off the art season in the spring with explorations in tiny treasures and macro photography as a point of departure and work my way up to larger and more activated considerations, and it seems this year will be no different.
I found this soggy little chestnut, worn from a winter coated in snow and brought it home with me to study it, draw from it, and photograph it....another soldier on the battlefield.

The earthen tones were cool and jaded and the textures of wet decay were thoughtful.


I completed studies in oil pastel and in pencil

The resulting designs and sketches that came from this soggy seed
were more about movement and infinity

and a little side thought about placement and it's meaning

the blue dot changes....everything.

DROUGHT TONES
"Nothing New to See Here"
4"x7" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

FOG TONES ON MOUNT AGGIE
"The Curve of the Earth"
5"x8" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

SUNRISE TONES IN BERWICK
"Burning Early"
5"X8" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

LATE EVENING TONES ON MOUNT AGGIE
"Reflective"
3"x7" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

DROUGHT TONES
"Reflective Powerline"
4"x8" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

Each of these studies was done with oil pastel on bristol vellum in March, 2017
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On scene for a call for an explosion with smoke showing 2.1.17
​Summer Street, Somersworth NH
all images ©2017 Erin Thomas