{"id":36078,"date":"2018-01-13T17:15:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T23:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=36078"},"modified":"2018-09-13T22:26:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T04:26:20","slug":"whats-new-for-darl-thomas-2018-is-about-the-possibilities-of-not-having-a-day-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/whats-new-for-darl-thomas-2018-is-about-the-possibilities-of-not-having-a-day-job\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s New: For Darl Thomas 2018 Is About the Possibilities of Not Having a Day Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Darl<\/a>Darl Thomas, who received his BFA at the U of U and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, says he learned to weld and drill and tap holes and the value of machine tools at the U, \u201cand that has been the method of producing my work.\u201d After Cranbrook, he looked for jobs in machine shops so he could use the lathes, milling machines and welders to produce his own things after work and on weekends. \u201cI also got to see and make a lot of pretty cool stuff, some of which influenced my direction and my work,\u201d the artist recalls. After getting his master\u2019s, Thomas focused on public-art projects, and entering into as many shows as he could. \u201cI have projects from Box Elder County \u2014 ATK Space Systems \u2014 to Sandy, and have completed 14 major public and private commissions.\u201dRecently, he has been working on a series of pieces that are \u201cpretty loosely based on influences from architecture. There are lots of geometric shapes like rectangles and cubes. I have been trying to distill these down to very minimal elements and the relationship of one shape to another, including working with the space between the elements. A lot of my newer work is extremely minimal and may only have two or three elements,\u201d he explains. Some of this work can be seen at A Gallery.<\/p>\n

He says he is also planning a few pieces in 2018, some indoor, some outdoor, that are \u201cbasically line drawings in metal that define shapes by outlining them as open frame and creating a hollow form. You can see through them. As always, one idea or sculpture leads to another and another,\u201d says Thomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I am no longer an artist with a day job, I have a lot more freedom and time to be in my studio exploring any direction I want to go,\u201d he remarks. A couple of years ago, when he knew he didn\u2019t need the day job any longer, he tells us he bought a more sophisticated welder and needed an electrical upgrade to manage it. \u201cWhen the electricians came into my studio and saw my lathe and milling machine, plus everything else, one guy asks, \u2018Are you married?\u2019 and when I told him I had been for 40 plus years, he said, \u2018How does your wife let you get away with all of this?’\u201d Thomas said that he had met Ivana at Cranbrook Academy and that she was a printmaker \u2014 an artist \u2014 too. \u201cSo she gets it,\u201d he explained to the electrician, \u201cbut this guy didn\u2019t know how to absorb it at all.\u201d And Thomas knows 15 Bytes readers will find that as funny as he did.<\/p>\n

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See more of the artist\u2019s work at\u00a0www.darlthomas.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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