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Zachary Thornton  Baltimore, MD

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Conceptually, my work deals in mystery, sexuality, nostalgia, self-discovery, and the momentary baring of hidden truths. The subjects in my paintings reveal just enough of themselves to arouse curiosity, leaving the viewer to pursue their identity, situation, and purpose. Each of my paintings illuminates a moment in a life that remains open to conjecture.

I continue to find visual inspiration in the suburban nightscape: the eerie lighting, the silent trees and glowing houses, the looming darkness and quietly ominous solitude. The figures who appear in this ambiguous atmosphere embody a separate realm of internal conflict and personal drama, a world within a world.

My technique is influenced by traditional painting, as well as by photography and film, the latter especially in its composition and drama.


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Zach
2012-02-10 @ 2:35 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone. I've posted a bunch of new work and added some detail images so you can get a better view of the brushwork. Check them out here:

http://zacharythornton.com/Pages/Narratives.htm

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Ricketts

04.19.2012 @ 7:12 AM

Expressive, moody, skillful...

Coin iruebene

08.19.2011 @ 3:39 AM

MY SLIGHT INTERPRETATION
pic a; Warmly nurturing her expectation of a lovely and romantic home.

Jeff

01.13.2011 @ 10:26 PM

Make sure you check out his website. There is a LOT more to see. Nice work!

Nathaniel bel

05.12.2009 @ 1:13 AM

Your work is really quite lovely. I would love to see it in person. As a photographer, I have often struggled with balancing my subject with an equally compelling landscape. Your paintings do it very very well. Cheers mate. Very well done.

Bonie

10.24.2008 @ 10:45 AM

Zach - Your paintings are so beautiful. I love how you paint such realistic figures and settings with so much mystery. The lighting and the carefully chosen aspects of the figure and the scene are inspiring.

Jim curran

10.15.2008 @ 10:50 PM

Very powerful work. I like the painterly quality in a contempory setting.

Louis laurent

10.15.2008 @ 6:26 PM

Awesome. Love the somber tones... very reflective almost nostalgic

Betsy

10.15.2008 @ 1:33 PM

Zach -
I am blow away at your ability! Amazing!

Kathleen

10.15.2008 @ 6:31 AM

I found your work to be very sensitive.

Zachary thorn

10.14.2008 @ 9:08 PM

Thank you all for your comments and support. I wish you could see the work in person. The brushwork and finish play an important role in my paintings.
If you go to my website, you will find some larger, more detailed images. Oh and yes, they are oil on canvas.

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