In one week, Charlie will be moving away from Chicago for a short time. This video of early Spring flowers in Grant Park and a passing Metra train is his tribute to the Printer’s Row neighborhood of Chicago that he has called home for over 2 years.
5 high-dynamic range (HDR) photographs of the Monadnock Building in the Printer’s Row neighborhood of Chicago. The building’s grand staircases represent the first use of aluminum in building construction.
This summer, Charlie will be an artist-in-residence at the Grünewald Guild, an art retreat center near Leavenworth, WA in the Wenatchee National Forest. There, he’ll study different types of printmaking and try to rediscover his artistic, creative, and spiritual potential.
Charlie Thomason is starting Bleachwave.com, an online store that will sell his original art work as limited edition prints, books & ebooks, and more. He will be giving a presentation at Code Academy Demo Day this Wednesday, March 28 at the new 1871 in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart.
Ross Zirkle was a world-renowned artist, associate professor at the University of Kentucky, and close, personal friend of mine. On the 5 year memorial of his death, I reflect on the influence he had on my life and art.
The eBook version of Open Range: From Monument Valley to the Mojave Desert is now available for $4.99! You can download the entire book in .epub format and view it using iBooks on your Apple iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch.
Octoskull is a new character I’ve been experimenting with in my art. He is the amalgamation of a vampiric skull and an octopus, and will definitely be making more appearances in my art.
Having completed 5 weeks of Ruby and Ruby on Rails instruction, I’m now at the point where I feel confident in my ability to ask logical, educated questions in class. If by the end of Week 3 I was barely learning to crawl, then I now feel ready to stand and walk.
In June 2011, I traveled to the American Southwest and explored many of the notable deserts and parks around the Navajo Nation & Four Corners area. Here are 3 of the best 35mm film photographs that I took in the Monument Valley region.
Ink drawing of Quanah Parker, who was the last chief of the Comanche Indians. Quanah’s life story is told in the book “Empire of the Summer Moon” by S. C. Gwynne. India ink with dip pen on paper.
The Recycled Film was a blog about film, art, the web, and more; written and published by Charlie Thomason. As of May 2012, the site is no longer active and will not be adding new content. You can read Charlie's newer writing on The Bleachwave Blog, or check out his portfolio website.
