J Thomas Wells

My assemblage work follows in the tradition of indigenous cultures, the Eskimo, African and Native American where found objects are the raw materials from which their religious and ethnic icons are created.
I consider myself an archeologist sitting beside a dig at the edge of infinity, selecting and reconstructing artifacts of both past and future.

Self taught and privately tutored;
2 years in Japan in the mid 1960s, was tutored in oriental calligraphy and Sumi-e, the traditional water color painting using the calligraphy brush.

2018 - 2023 MIKO ART, La Paz, Bolivia, Washington DC
2016 - 2017 R space Collection, Washington DC 2015 “Contemporary Archaeology,” Strathmore,
Bethesda, MD
“Classical Assemblage,” Dumbarton Concert
Gallery, Washington, DC
2014 “Annual Open Studio.” Jackson Art Center.
Washington, DC 2011 “Music to the Eye, Images for the Ear,” Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD
“Music to the Eye, Images for the Ear,” Gary
Taylor Gallery, Washington, DC 2003 “New Works, Old Classics,” Maryland Federation
of Art, City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2002 “Powerless Weapons, Useless Tools”,
Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD ...