Thomas Cale

I have been painting for the better part of twenty years with a focus mainly on the human figure and portraiture. After a short artist’s retreat in December of 2019, I was compelled to try a new approach to painting. With abstract art and neo-expressionism in the forefront of my mind, I began to paint with more energy and at a faster pace. Since then, I have returned to the studio with a new vision and even more drive to create. My latest work responds to our world’s current state of affairs and draws from my personal experience. The majority of my current paintings are abstract in the sense that they are done very quickly with the hope of maintaining random precision. Keeping the energy and the concept as the major aspects of the work, I maintain the color and the composition in my peripheral. My hope is that this work will become a valuable reflection of what is sure to be known as a highly unique and transformational period in human history.

BS - Fine Art, Painting, Graphic Design
SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, NY

2020 Juried Exhibition, Black and White, National Juried Art Show, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Group Exhibition, Harvest Gallery, Red Hook, NY
2019 Solo Exhibition, Iconic Figures and Urban Perceptions, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2019 Solo Exhibition, Current Works, Arts and Crafts Morningside Heights Art Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Solo Exhibition, Village People II, Parish Hall, Rhinebeck, NY
2014 Solo Exhibition, Blue Notes, Parish Hall, Rhinebeck, NY
2012 Solo Exhibition, Current Works, Tousey Winery, Germantown, NY
2011 Solo Exhibition, Exile in Art, Montgomery Row Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2006 Solo Exhibition, Infamous Mugs, Montgomery Row Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2006 Dual Exhibition, God and War, Montgomery Row Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2005 Solo Exhibition, Village People, Capital Campaign for the Starr Library, Rhinebeck, NY
2000 Dual Exhibition, Beauty is Truth, Smiley Arts Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY