Tom Lange

Education: Studied drawing and painting at Withrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Solo Exhibitions: 1996 Art Works, Atlanta, GA. 1995 Human Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 1993 Lansdell Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 1992 Lansdell Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 1991 Lansdell Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

Group Exhibitions: 1998 Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Beyond Black and White 1997 Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA. New Gallery Premiere

Corporate Collections: Double Tree Hotels Wentworth Galleries Emory University Hotel and Conference Center Arista Corporate Offices Microsoft Larson Juhl Frames Bell South Winn Devon Publications Saks Fifth Avenue Corporation

Artist Statement: Art has given me freedom. This is exactly what I am supposed to be doing in this lifetime, and God willing, what I will be doing for the rest of it. It is very simple; we all create our own form of chaos and then choose in time to continue or to change. I create error that I find attractive in all of our everyday lives. However, I leave it hanging three marks shy of discernment. What I mean by that is that I choose it not to be understood or to be scrutinized by its detail or its adherence to reality only to be seen for its sense and its nostalgic response without my personal sentiment. While I am working it is wonderful to be in non-thought mode where there are no preconditioned rules; a meditative wave that has no time and I forget what I am doing. I derive the compositions from the beauty of chaos in decay, the colors of rusty pipes...flecks of paint, objects to trip over while looking for something else. Starting with concrete visions, I begin several paintings at a time. I try to allow some form of synchronicity to determine my next decision; making marks for the sake of themselves. Finding purpose in filling the space with time; discovering how to make everything.