Mark S Thomas

I am a contemporary abstract painter with an extensive background in commercial design. I work out of my Oakland, California studio where I create acrylic and mixed media works on canvas, paper or wood panel. I enjoy working in a variety of formats, including drawing, painting and painted collage.

My work is primarily driven by my love of color and abstract organic texture. I’m endlessly intrigued while observing color relationships and the ways in which color can effect ones mood and well-being. I like to allow the paint and random pattern to prompt and propel me throughout the compositional development of my work, intermingling chance and deliberate mark-making sporadically throughout the process, while using landscapes, seascapes and environmental concerns as inspiration and as a central theme.