Thomas D'Ambrose

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Artist Bio +

About the Artist:

A lifetime resident of the capital district, Thomas D'Ambrose has been a performing musician for the Past 30 years. He has recorded and performed throughout the northeast with the critically acclaimed group THE SHARKS. He also performed and recorded with Albany rock luminaries Blotto and appeared in a Blotto MTV video. Tom received his B.S. in Music Education from the College of St. Rose and M.S. in Educational Communications from the University at Albany. Over the past few years he has taken an interest in the local art scene and in 2001 co-founded The TRINK Gallery in Cohoes, N.Y. with Nadia Trinkala and Robert Gullie. The Trink Gallery presented some exciting shows, most notably Visions and Vibrations the Visual Art of Musicians which featured artwork and performances by a talented group of musician/artists.

Over The last few years Tom has been experimenting by producing and showing a wide variety of art. One of his favorite subjects is his rescued Great Pyrenees CJ. He also likes to feature a variety of jungle animals in his art which are transformed into colorful and stylized primitive representations of these spectacular creatures. Tom has recently been focussing on Painting, Mixed Media and Illustration. He loves to incorporate vintage wall paper into his Mixed Media work. He has a large collection of wall paper that he has been collecting for the past 20 years. For many of his pieces he likes to use found or discarded canvases and likes to keep part of the original work incorporated into the finished pieces. Tom is currently using a 200 year old school house just outside of Albany New York as his studio.

Artists Statement :

As a totally self taught artist I feel no pressure to follow any rules concerning my art. This combined with a limited natural drawing ability gives my work a child like primitive innocence. Pressed for a label I would have to describe my work as Naive Primitive. I am currently focusing on large mixed media works and acrylic paintings and smaller illustrations. All of my mixed media work features vintage wallpaper which I have been collecting for about 20 years.

In many of my pieces I like to use found or discarded canvases. I try to keep some small part of the original work from these canvases incorporated into a finished piece. My current collection features spectacular zoological and botanical specimens which I attempt to transform into colorful and stylized primitive representations. My goal is to hopefully capture a certain magical feeling of innocence and wonder for the natural world.

contact me at : thomas.dambrose@uagmembers.org

• Space In Between
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, September 2016
• Paperworks
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, April 2011
• Under the Influence
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, January 2011
• Games
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, November 2010
• Undead
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, October 2010
• People's Choice 2010
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, June 2010
• The Yellow Show
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, May 2010
• Infinity & Beyond
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, February 2010
• Small Works
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, December 2009
• Fresh Produce
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, November 2009
• Myth Conceptions
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, October 2009
• Utopia
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, August 2009
• Grand Tour
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, May 2009
• 50/50
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, December 2008
• Buried City
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, October 2008
• Reflections
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, August 2008
• People's Choice 2008
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, June 2008
• WTF?
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, April 2008
• 7x5 for $75
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, December 2007
• Best in Show
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, September 2007
• Members Show 2007
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, August 2007
• Black & White
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, July 2007
• People's Choice 2007
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, June 2007
• Red
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, February 2007
• Small Works Show
  Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, New York, December 2006

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