Who is Troy Thomas?

About Troy Thomas

Troy is an artist that was born and raised in Ashtabula, Ohio, and currently resides in Brandon, Florida. He was based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, for one year after spending many years based out of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Fort Myers, Florida. While in Charlotte, he didn’t create any paintings, but did manage to sketch and complete a lot of ink drawings. However, he feels a lot more motivated to create a lot more than just ink drawings after moving back to Florida.

Troy works in many different mediums and styles; however, he mostly creates geometric abstraction or neo-minimalist artworks with gel pens on mixed media paper or acrylic paint on canvas. When he is not creating art with ink or paint, he can often be found walking around town doing photography.

In early 2021, Troy learned of non-fungible tokens (NFT). He was fascinated with the concept and began creating some of his own NFTs. Now, most ink drawings are created with the intent of making digital alterations as NFTs.

Troy believes that art doesn’t have to have a hidden meaning and creates most of his art for art’s sake. However, if a collector feels a special connection to a piece of his art, Troy doesn’t mind the collector assigning a meaning to it. Most of the time, he prefers for people to just enjoy the art as the eye sees it.