My Dad, Kurt Thum, the artist. A story about being an artist and why artists have so much power and control In their hands today.

Ignite the Healing Power of your Creative Process

You just KNOW you want to be more creative, but not exactly sure how.

You’re an artist, but you feel stuck in how to move forward and feel like it’s all too much and you’re lost in the mire, looking to find your voice. 

Someone once told you that you weren’t a very good artist or not creative at all and  maybe you believed them.

You’ve always known you were an artist, but it scared you. 

You are on a path of self-discovery and personal growth and always looking for new ways to explore.  

You don’t care about doing “real” art, but painting sounds fun and you want to come and play! 

Two things I love with my whole being: movement and color. In these paintings, I’ve paired them into a visceral form. The application of the paint was done with large handmade “brushes” using large dance-like strokes. These pieces are a bit raw and intuitive, created with a lot of energy in the spirit of the abstract expressionists.

Inspired by a trip to Mali in 2010, these paintings depict a New Year’s celebration in the city of Bamako. I attempt to capture my love of dance and movement as a universal language. I see the moving body as a flow of gestures, holding the energy of progression, full with the glory of human expression.