Kamar Thomas Artist

Practically nobody knows me; I've had shaky immigration for all of my adult life and somehow I figured out how to stay afloat selling paintings I made up.

I will be giving a workshop about making money with your art for YES Montreal online on Wednesday, October 18. Link in my bio!

AI art is like a s*x toy: It can help out but I’m not all that worried.

It can do things humans cannot, but humans know what you like, right now, right here, under these conditions.

AI solves the problem of getting ideas from the mind into the world by filtering it through words.

It turns out a whole lot of thinking isn't verbal at all and we people call that cheeky thinking emotions.

Ai is great news for people who can already draw and paint and for those who want to be artists it can help deliver cheap references. For those who have never felt the joy of creation, it is a arousing boon. You can get references really quickly and cheaply. You can come up with ideas a lot faster.

Butt, The art world was not starved of ideas.

What people lack are things like dignity, recognition of the same experience, joy, loving critique from the right person, a reconsideration of long-held beliefs for something more affirming.

To do all that is still as hard as getting Saudi Arabian citizenship.

More ideas were never the problem with art, it is how to get people to pay you their money because you changed their state for the better. Ideas matter but what their friends think matters much more; And community; And trust; And perception of quality and skill; And how much they like you; And their self esteem.

More and more it matters to people that the change came from the right person. All these millions of AI ideas to produce a mountain of stuff nobody is paying for; Because it matters who it comes from.

Where is the money? Where are those making a living? The retrospectives? The YouTubers? The commissions? I heard I should be replaced by now.

I'm not worried today. I might be one day, but this is not that day.

So you know how you can witness or experience something negative and it sticks with you? Trauma?

Whatever the opposite of trauma is, that's what I'm trying to do with my art and this page.

Allow me to introduce my self. I am Kamar Thomas of Port Antonio Jamaica, maker of loud paintings, and giver of a good time.

I am firm in my belief we have enough ugly, negative and stupid things in the world. I'm not adding even one more. Hence my paintings are big, bright and look like how a good teacher makes you learn. It's education packaged up like entertainment. That's the hope.

If my work doesn't do it for you, make your own. Really. I wrote a whole book about how; in my bio. Only read it if you want to make your work good though.

You can expect to learn how to talk to yourseIf so you do what you know you should, right here.

You can expect to learn things to improve your art, especially if you don't think you are an artist.

If you are disorganized, we will take care of that.

You can expect to improve your love life with the stories I am going to share that make you a less boring person. Especially you men.

You can expect an analysis of complicated topics like economics, anthropology, paleogenetics and other fields through art.

All of this is just a subversive way to get you to make things better by making better things.

So hello from you second favorite artist. Glad you came.

I present a selection of my work from 22 - 33 yrs old.

A new interview posted on LinkedIn :-)

https://centenni.al/3qoQlJJ

Orientation day Fine Art Studio program

My book, the Artist's Creative Vison is available on Amazon and everywhere that sells books in every country.

https://kamarthomas.com/services/commissionme

Commission Kamar Thomas Painting — Kamar Thomas Have a custom painting created infusing your ideas and the artist's skills to suit your needs.

TWENTY FOUR HOURS until the very end of my presale campaign. If you are thinking of supporting, now is the time! I have 62/200 PreOrders about 50% funded.

Preorder here
https://kamar-thomas.presale.manuscripts.com/

I was a guest on the Unlimited Creative you can find that here:
https://anchor.fm/theunlimitedcreative

I was a guest on Revision Path podcast, you can find that here:
https://revisionpath.com/kamar-thomas/

50% off on all sales in my store use code PUB50
https://kamarthomas.com/services

Available Work — Kamar Thomas These are prints, paintings and workshops available

I Wrote A Book, Help! - https://mailchi.mp/07825d330673/i-wrote-a-book-help

I Wrote A Book, Help! Quick Story Time: Back in 2008 I came from Jamaica to Wesleyan, studied Art and then tried to stay in the United States for nearly ten whole years only to be unceremoniously required to leave when Covid went from an unknown illness to a pandemic.

SIX days. On Friday, July 29, I will launch the pre-sale campaign for my book "The Artist's Creative Vision"

Over the next five days I will share why I wrote the book, why now, what the book is about, why me and how you can help.

Onward.

If you are anywhere near Toronto. I have an art show at RedHead Gallery Downtown. Come if you can

The other wall in my living room. Come to my opening on Wednesday evening. Link in bio

Virtual Auction with Artists for World Peace - https://mailchi.mp/41eb61c28d5b/auction

UNDER $100 LABOR DAY SALE - https://mailchi.mp/66e05682d407/the-sale-on-the-day-of-labor

All three SOLD, two remaining. Link in my BIO.

A gift for you: 50% OFF

Original paintings.
Link in bio!

No code needed

Happiest of Holidays to you and your loved ones.

May you be hugged harder and loved deeper.

Dear Friends,
I am as excited as a puppy to see its owner. Announcingng my Print Sale!
The prints are of the paintings me, myself and i and The One with the Three Heads.

There are only ten of each made in this first edition.

You will receive them signed and cradled with backing for framing and wrapped with protective plastic to keep out the elements. $30 each, link in my bio

I just sent out an email to my list with upcoming events. Get on the list. It's free forever.

http://eepurl.com/dz3p75

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Renaissance (Half n half), oil on canvas, 20in x 30in, oil on canvas. SOLD

Midas, Oil on canvas, approx. 10ft x 6ft, 2018

My Store has been updated: https://kamar-art.myshopify.com/

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