Thomas Crawford
Artist Bio
I resumed making art in 2016 after working as a clinical psychologist for two decades.
I began by exploring alternative forms of landscape art, mostly viewed from an aerial perspective. In the USGS Map Project, I adapted pen-and-ink topographical maps of geological landscapes in Utah and Arizona formed over millennia. Presented mostly in vertical panels, these maps read more as abstract forms – some recognizable, others defying description.
A second body of work explores satellite photos of residential neighborhoods, some already established and others still under construction. Also conceptualized as alternative landscapes, these prints provide unsentimental overhead views of America in the early 21st century. Once printed on paper, the images are folded into evenly distributed zig-zag ridges and mounted so that they appear to float on the wall.
Since 2019 my work has been in 34 juried group exhibitions in 13 states, including New York, Massachusetts, California, and Oregon.