Tom McGill has dipped a toe in quite a number of soul-chasing pursuits, and so it only seems fitting, with a whole foot and undoubtedly a whole heart submerged in his artistic endeavors, that his expression of self involves a tangle of diverse subjects. By mixing iconography with the mundane, his work often engages the thinking place in your head.
- SIC Magazine, March 2012

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Statement

I am a largely self trained artist. Painting makes up the bulk of my practice, but I also do sculptural, mixed media, and performance work. I like to explore the tension between "public" and "private" art; accessibility, value, and values. More recently, I have been interested in the exploration of deconstructing figurative elements into their abstract component parts and trying to find figurative elements in my abstract work. If possible, I like to use salvaged material to create work. Color and form communicates more my subconscious/emotional response, than my rational/conscious reaction, to the things that drive my work. I hope my work's unusual or unexpected compositions engage each viewer's feelings and resonate, at least in some small way, with their emotional experience. My pieces are open ended and are completed in dialog with the viewer, whose experience is an essential component of the work. I am keen to explore connection with others through my work.

Bio

The first born child of my parents, I continue to be the oldest of my siblings. Born in Jamaica, Queens, raised in NJ, I have been a college administrator, stay at home dad, bartender, waiter, teacher, carpenter, contractor, designer, artist. I like to take things apart and, to a lesser degree, put them back together. I have a favorite fork. Since early 2013, I have lived and worked in Hudson, New York. I am the artist-in-residence at 46 Green Street Studios, a creative center which has studio spaces for artists and the home of Circle 46 Gallery which I co-own and co-curate.