Tony Thielen 'South Of Colorado' Print Available

Artist: Tony Thielen
Title: South Of Colorado
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 13 x 13 Inches
Edition: 150
Price: $60

Tony Thielen is an American painter who translates coastal light into serene, atmospheric abstractions. Born in 1984 and raised in Huntington Beach, California, he grew up surfing at dawn, an experience that imprinted the shifting hues of sky, sea and mist into his visual memory. After studying studio art at Loyola Marymount University he spent several years as a scenic artist for film and television, learning to manipulate acrylics on enormous backdrops; that training surfaces today in his ability to build luminous depth across canvases that often exceed six feet. Working in mixed media, Thielen layers acrylic, ink, powdered pigment and clear resin, sanding between coats to reveal ghostly undercurrents of color. The process is both additive and reductive: he pours, wipes, scrapes and glazes until a soft horizon line emerges, suggesting an ocean that never quite comes into focus. Turquoise dissolves into blush, charcoal into pearl, creating a meditative tension between calm and instability. His stated aim is to capture the moment when sunlight first cracks the marine layer, a fleeting glow that surfers call glass off. Collectors respond to that emotional clarity; solo exhibitions at Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Samuel Owen Gallery and Studio 7 Gallery regularly sell out, while commissions hang in corporate lobbies from Newport Beach to Tokyo. Despite demand, Thielen maintains a daily ritual of paddling out before sunrise, returning to the studio with salt still on his skin and the day’s first palette already mixed in his mind.