“Quarry Winter” (oil on linen), by Thomas Torak, at Helmholz Fine Art, Manchester, Vt.
He says:
“Luminosity, atmosphere, poetry, craftsmanship, joy, life. These are the cast of characters in my paintings. Most artists use light, color and design to express what they want to say about the objects in their paintings, I do just the opposite in my work. I use subject matter, apples, flowers, trees, mountains, portraits and nudes to explore the possibilities of light and space and poetry. Some artists paint in prose, some paint in poetry. There are artists who feel the more details they paint, the more accurately they describe something, the more successful their painting will be. Others, like myself, prefer to express things in the most elegant way possible.’’
Marble quarry in Dorset, Vt.
Woodbury Granite Co, around 1900.
Rock of Ages granite quarry in Graniteville, Vt.
— Photo by Mfwills
