Thomas Torak, Nocturne # 1 Fireflies, 2009. Oil on panel, 16 x 16 in.
Thomas Torak received an Honorable Mention award at the 76th National Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, OH), June 24–August 19, 2012.
As I thought about which books are most important to me and my development as an artist, it gradually dawned on me that it would not be a reading list.
Virtually every artist, from the time of cave painting to the dawn of non-objective art, will tell you they paint what they see. Painting what you see seems like the most obvious and simplest thing in the world…until you try to do it.
