Thomas Dodd (artist) explained

Thomas Dodd (born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1961) is a digital artist and photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. His art images result from digitally transforming his photographs to make them look painterly, subtly blurring the lines between photography and classical art. He often creates moving surreal images inspired by religious and mythological themes, using styles comparable to those of renowned modern painters like Gustav Klimt, John William Waterhouse and René Magritte. Dodd's art-work has been frequently cited and revised by many of his peers and specialized art websites. His work has been exhibited in many cities in the US and around the world, and made its way to inhabit important permanent public collections[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Career

Thomas Dodd's father was an advanced amateur photographer of Irish ancestry, who taught his son the essentials of photography: composition, depth, lighting, and how to make quality portraits. Dodd in turn, learnt the basic techniques of a dark-room laboratory (such as negative development, enlarging, printing etc.) as part of his extra-curricular activity while attending Winter Park High School in Orange County, Florida.[8] Dodd became interested in artistic photography through admiring Ansel Adam´s prints at a gallery in Florida. Inspired by punk rock groups like the Sex Pistols and Ramones, Dodd learnt to play the guitar and spent the 1980s playing in punk rock bands in Florida and Atlanta. Soon after, Dodd became interested in Irish music and learnt to play the Celtic harp. In 1992 Dodd founded an ambient Celtic ensemble called Trio Nocturna, which had several sponsored appearances in New Orleans, Chicago and Atlanta. Trio Nocturna gained attention in the Gothic scene, recording three commercial albums named Morphia, Tears of Light and Songs of the Celtic Night.[9] [10] [11] [12] After Trio Nocturna disbanded in 1997, Dodd did session work as a harpist, most notably with Swans frontman Michael Gira on two albums: The Angels of Light's New Mother (1999)[13] [14] and The Body Lovers (2005).[15] [16]

After a 25-year career as a professional musician, Dodd reemerged as a photographer in 2006, captivated by the popularization of Digital photography and image-processing software, on which he taught himself through online tutorials and books.Digital editing programs and the virtually limitless possibilities of photo-manipulation led Dodd back into photography as a vehicle of creative expression. Dodd's artistic photography has been praised by artist Richard T. Scott (video Artist Spotlight, min 24:00),[17] and also has been the subject of several interviews and articles.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Some of them have particularly focused on Dodd's inquiries in the treatment of light.[18] [19] Apart from his mainstream motifs,[20] Dodd has been developing a novel aesthetic line in his series of nudist pictures All Bodies Are Beautiful.[21] He is also developing a series of pieces depicting African American people.[22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Dodd teaches his art through seminars, workshops and individual coaching.[28] His work has had an acknowledged influence on Steampunk Neo-Victorian Fashion[29] [30]

In 2018, Dodd started teaching and presenting seminars for PPA (Professional Photographers of America, and presentations at their annual Imaging USA conferences,[31] [32] while continuing his art career with gallery shows and exhibitions in various parts of the US and Europe. Dodd began playing the Celtic harp again in 2020, livestreaming his performances on social networks during the Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions.

Exhibits and collections

Thomas Dodd has exhibited his visual art worldwide, including Germany, Romania, Argentina, New York City, México City, Orlando, Miami, San Antonio, Seattle, París and Atlanta. Some recent solo and group exhibitions of Dodd's work include:

Some of Dodd's works earned distinctions at recent exhibitions in New York City[49] and New Orleans, where his work Ascension of the Magdalene[50] is on permanent display at the International House Hotel.[51] Dodd's work is also present in permanent collections at the Galerie L’Oeil du Prince[7] in Paris, in the US at the New Britain Museum of American Art[1] and at the Museo Arte Contemporaneo in Catania, Sicily.[52] [53]

Technique

Dodd has developed a unique technique that he calls painterly photo montage, where he employs software to blend and layer multiple photos together to create a final painterly image. The print resulting from this technique is often processed further with non-digital resources. Finished images are mounted on wood panels and then painted over with finishing gel or beeswax, a method called photo encaustic painting.[54] [55] When the image is printed again, it comes out bearing a seemingly tangible texture on top of the photographic composition. Dodd's work is said to be an organic composite of elements that always strive for the end result to be both beautiful and thought-provoking.[56]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dreamer: The Art of Thomas Dodd . Customshouse Museum website. June 28, 2015.
  2. Web site: An Interview with Thomas Dodd. Redbubble.com. June 28, 2015.
  3. Web site: Thomas Dodd, photographer, Mythmaker. Combustus.com . June 28, 2015.
  4. Web site: The images of Thomas Dodd . fineartebooks.wordpress.com. June 28, 2015.
  5. Web site: Thomas Dodd. all-about-photo.com . June 28, 2015.
  6. Web site: Staying True: Being An Artist Not A Photographer . fstoplounge.com. June 28, 2015.
  7. Web site: Thomas Dodd . L’Oeil du Prince Galerie website. June 28, 2015.
  8. Web site: Winter Park HS Alumni List. winterparkhighschoolalumni.com . June 28, 2015.
  9. Web site: Thomas Dodd . thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  10. Web site: Trio Nocturna – Dream of a Dead King. YouTube. June 29, 2015.
  11. Web site: Trio Nocturna (Classical Celtic pagan harp vocal music. soundcloud.com. June 29, 2015.
  12. Web site: Songs of the Celtic Night . Amazon . June 29, 2015.
  13. Web site: The Angels of Light – New Mother . brainwashed.com. June 30, 2015.
  14. Web site: New Mother – Angels of Light. Young God Records website. June 30, 2015.
  15. Web site: The Body Lovers . swans.pair.com. June 30, 2015.
  16. Web site: The Body Lovers. AllMusic. June 30, 2015.
  17. Web site: Richard T Scott: Artist Spotlight. YouTube. June 28, 2015 . 23:00 min.
  18. Web site: What do you see in Thomas Dodd's photography?. Target Audience Magazine website. June 29, 2015.
  19. Web site: My Entry in the Photoshop Masters group – Thomas Dodd. redbubble.com . June 29, 2015.
  20. Web site: Surreal Photography With Thomas Dodd . . June 29, 2015.
  21. Web site: Thomas Dodd – All Bodies Are Beautiful . thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  22. Web site: Into The Wild . thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  23. Web site: Sisters. thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  24. Web site: Warrior . thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  25. Web site: Hope. thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  26. Web site: Oracle. thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  27. Web site: Urbanpieta. thomasdodd.com Artist website . June 29, 2015.
  28. Web site: Thomas Dodd . Cada Día Un Fotógrafo . June 28, 2015.
  29. Book: Kriete . Evelyn . Steampunk Fashion: The Ultimate Sourcebook to the Modern Victorian Style. February 1, 2013. Design Originals. 978-1574214192 . Chapter 8.
  30. Book: Gleason. Katherine. Anatomy of Steampunk: The Fashion of Victorian Futurism. October 19, 2013. Race Point Publishing. 978-1937994280.
  31. Web site: Thomas Dodd . 2021-02-16. www.ppa.com. en.
  32. Web site: Photo gallery: Thomas Dodd's fine art photography Professional Photographers of America. 2021-02-16. www.ppa.com. en.
  33. Web site: Thomas Dodd The Photographic Art. Fotoseptiembre USA SAFoto. June 26, 2015.
  34. Web site: 2013 Fotoseptiembre USA Press Archives. Fotoseptiembre USA Safoto website. June 26, 2015.
  35. Web site: The first First Saturday of 2014 tells a tale of two galleries . nashvillescene.com. June 26, 2015.
  36. Web site: Gallery One Fine Art . nashvillelife.com. June 26, 2015.
  37. Web site: Exhibition: Darkness of Mexico . Brukenthal National Museum website. June 26, 2015.
  38. Web site: Thomas Dodd. Gallery NK website. June 26, 2015.
  39. Web site: Thomas Dodd brings surreal works to Customs House. clarksvillenow.com. June 26, 2015.
  40. Web site: Thomas Dodd. The Dream Factory Gallery website. June 26, 2015.
  41. Web site: The Painterly Photo – The Art of Thomas Dodd. Feb 16, 2021. nowplayingnashville.com.
  42. Web site: The Satellite Gallery presents : Thomas Dodd Photo-Synthesis. 2021-02-16. www.facebook.com.
  43. Web site: Dean. Poling. 'Painterly Photo': Photographer 'paints' evocative canvases. 2021-02-16. Valdosta Daily Times. en.
  44. Web site: History of Art. 2021-02-16. Haven Gallery. en-US.
  45. Web site: "Le Rêve" Group Show. 2021-02-16. Haven Gallery. en-US.
  46. Web site: The Painterly Photo Artworks Trenton. 2021-02-16. artworkstrenton.org.
  47. Web site: Villacañas. Ateneo. 2018-09-20. entre Silos: Vídeo Entresilos 2018. 2021-02-16. entre SILOS.
  48. Web site: The Photographic Art of Thomas Dodd. 2021-02-16. PhotoNOLA. en-US.
  49. Web site: 2015 Poster Challenge Winner. ArtExpo New York website. June 29, 2015.
  50. Web site: Ascencion. thomasdodd.com Artist website. June 29, 2015.
  51. Web site: Fotos-Videos de Thomas Dodd. Facebook. June 29, 2015.
  52. Web site: Presentación de la colección permanente del MACS de Catania. carlos-asensio.blogspot.com. June 29, 2015.
  53. Web site: International Section . Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia website . June 29, 2015.
  54. Web site: The Artistic Image – transform your photographs with pigment and wax . photoencaustic.com. June 27, 2015.
  55. Web site: Intro to Photo-Encaustic Painting. registration.spruillarts.org. June 27, 2015.
  56. Web site: Thomas Dodd Biography . AnArte Gallery San Antonio website. June 29, 2015.

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