Thomas D. Conway
Thomas D. Conway has been making art for more than six decades. While his early work explored traditional media—including oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor—his current practice is entirely digital. Long before digital art became commonplace, Conway was experimenting with technology, using HP pen plotters in physics laboratories over 50 years ago to create works on an array of unconventional surfaces, including, memorably, toilet paper.
Living in the Four Corners region and the San Juan Mountains has become the central influence on Conway's work. He describes the landscape as inherently surreal—a place where scale, distance, and time lose their conventional meaning. The overwhelming beauty and geological immensity of the region create a continual sense of wonder, inviting viewers to question what is real and what is perceived.
Through his digital artwork, Conway seeks to capture the experience of inhabiting this extraordinary landscape. Like the ancient petroglyphs carved into nearby canyon walls by those who came before, his work reflects an enduring human desire to interpret, preserve, and share the profound experience of place.
