Pauline Thomas

Pauline Thomas

Location: United States

My name is Pauline Thomas and I am an artist living off the highway leading to the Haul Road and the wild northern lands of Alaska.  While the road is covered with snow and ice for half the year, the area is always blanketed with beauty, no matter the season.  I use this beauty as inspiration for my artwork.  In recent years, I've focused my attention to what I call 'playing with color', creating collages made of snippets from magazines, catalogs, etc.  I don't use images as much as patches of color with interesting texture or shading.  These little clippings come together in new expressions of color in my collages - up to hundreds in a single piece.  I often feel like simply the medium through which these pieces make themselves - (I apply the glue!).  The ideas seem to jump onto the paper and I'm along for the ride.  

 

Now that I'm retired, I am privileged to devote more of my time to artistic endeavors which in turn feeds my soul.  My hope is to convey the vastness and richness of this special land blessed with God's majesty.     

Portfolio:

Landscape

Scenes of central and northern Alaska

Stripes in the Driveway “Stripes in the Driveway”

The sun offers light, but not much warmth, in the spring. The low light softens the surroundings and makes the most interesting shadows.

Heavenly Highway “Heavenly Highway”

The northern lights often pass over our house in neon green bands resembling tire tracks.

At Home With Fireweed “At Home With Fireweed”

The life cycle of the fireweed is fascinating to me year after year. It 'morphs' several times over the short growing season. Here it is in its full-bloom glory.

Abstract

After creating a very detailed collage, I relax and play with scraps that often form themselves into their own works of art.

Shaft of Light “Shaft of Light”

A beam of light shows secret jewels