A search did not offer any posts where I talked about Tom Friedman, the artist - not to be confused with Tom Friedman the writer. It's really hard to decide which of Tom's pieces to feature. Somewhere I think I have a photo of the piece that the Des Moines art museum owns. It inspired me to do a bunch of cutwork which ended up giving me tennis elbow.
Another piece of his that was in an exhibit at our local museum was a large sheet of paper and he started with a brand new Bic pen and wrote and wrote and wrote, filling the paper until the ink was used up. When I look at my excess of art supplies, I wonder if maybe I should use up some of them in pieces that are designed to use up the supplies.
If you have time to kill - maybe you will enjoy looking at Tom's work. Or maybe you will think it is ridiculous. Either way is fine with me.
This link takes you to his works organized by the year they were done. To the left is another option where you can see them organized by category. Warning: some of his stuff is weirder than what we usually find on my blog - but since a bunch of you are anonymous - maybe you've been waiting for a link to something a little edgier than flowers and polka dots. Tom has flowers and polka dots, too.
https://www.tomfriedmanartist.com/work/dates
He's made many pieces out of paper which appeals to me.
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