loess Hills by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                    Loess Hills Western Iowa

Island Time No. 2 by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

This is the first painting I sold in 1990 at the Octagon Center Art Festival in Ames, Iowa.

Mr. Addicks Negative Print by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Mr. Addicks 106 years old, started out as a bell hop in DesMoines and was discovered by Fred Maytag of the Maytag Company in Newton, Iowa. He became a Manager at Maytag, then became a Bank President in Southern Iowa. Mr. Addicks and his wife used to babysit me when I was 3,4 years old.  

Wave Form by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

16 Days in the Loess Hills by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

         16 Days Backpacking in the Loess Hills
                            of Western Iowa.

Saturday Morning Cartoons by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Brueggers Bagels Iowa City by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

      Downtown Iowa City Winter time in the 90s

Canoe Beached on the Niobrara River

                             The Sandhills
                        Valentine, Nebraska

Set Up Drawing for Child with Wings by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Poem for the book (The Lion and the Sun) by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                        On this sea of Hatred

                        Alone, alone forever

                  Nothing solid, Nothing real

      Watching the wheels roll on the magic bus

                      Looking for Happiness. 

Goldenrod at Krumm Nature Preserve by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                              Grinnel, Iowa

Hollow Rock by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                    Grand Portage, Minnesota

Barn Loft by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

The loft was cleaned up for my brothers wedding but didn't last long with raccoons in the area. 

Olympic National Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                              Quinalt Trail

Ionia Beach by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                     Two Harbors, Minnesota
Large rocky beach that is hard to walk on, next to the bike trail and the safe harbor and boat ramp in Twin Points public landing.

Hollow Rock by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                              Lake Superior
                   Grand Portage, Minnesota

Mississippi River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Distant Susie Islands by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Looking back at the Susie Islands while I kayak towards Pigeon Point.

Pigeon Point by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                   Pigeon Point  Lake Superior

Poetry from the book {The Lion and the Sun} by Troy Richard Thomas

                  You can show no weakness

                        No Sorrow, No pain

            Can share no thoughts, no Feelings

               Shelve all opinions to the grave

     The work day world does not care about you

     Just put a don't disturb sign on your door knob.

Poetry from the book {The Lion and the Sun} by Troy Richard Thomas

Marathon, Ontario Lake Superior by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Poetry from the book {The Lion and the Sun} by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                     I am alive on the water

                          Six days on land

      I clean pots and toilets and fold wet tents

You are captive along with other captives who have the same ambitions and dreams

The sky sets a brilliant chrome behind dark viridian conifer trees

There is little for me on land accept for skipping rocks and the blood thirsty insects

The black flies turn your ears into mystery meat

And the mosquitos plunge there needles into you while your trying to take a poop in a hole

          Some have been known to fall in.

Poetry from the book {The Lion and the Sun} by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Train Crossing Lock and Dam No. 15 by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                   Quad Cities, Arsenal Island

Art Fair Tent Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Forest Trail at the Edge of the Prairie by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                             Grinnel, Iowa

Abstract with Beer Bottle Imprints by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Train Engineer named Thomas from Missouri

We rode the train with him to Pella, Iowa from Newton. 

Sunset on Bayley Bay by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

The Bay is on Basswood Lake, one of the largest lakes in the Boundary Waters system. 

Lake Superior Grand Marais Minnesota by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Birch Trees Negative Sandwich by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

I did this photographic print at Des Moines Community College in Ankeny in 1986 at their Darkroom Photo Lab.

Twin Points Lake Superior by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                     Two Harbors, Minnesota

Upper Iowa River Kendalville by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                           Kendalville, Iowa 

My Studio in Homestead by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                   Studio at Homestead, Iowa

My Kayak at Red Rock by artist Troy Richard Thomas

This is a lake I have paddled since 1984, when I built my first kayak.

Small Lake at F.W. Kent Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                              Oxford, Iowa

Scout Lake by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                      Atikaki Provincial Park 

Rope on Floatplane Dock by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Distant Pine Forest by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                        F.W. Kent State Park

Priarie Area F.W. Kent State Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                              Oxford, Iowa

Bicycle Stirrup Pencil Sharpener by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                               Photogram

Cautro Negative Print by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

       Olympic National Park the Pacific Ocean

F.W. Kent State Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                              Oxford, Iowa

Red Rock Reservoir by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                Pella, Iowa

Mississippi River Winona Minnesota by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

In 1995 I took my Father on a Mississippi River trip. The stick figure is me and my two man Hydra Kayak.

Riverside McGregor, Iowa by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                     Mississippi River 1990's

The Docks at McGregor Iowa By Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                           Mississippi River

The Shore at Grand Marais by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                              Lake Superior

Boat Ramp at Lake MacBride by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                Solon, Iowa

Color Abstraction by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Winter Iowa City by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

On the streets of Iowa City Shooting a Winter storm. From 1990 to 1994 I lived with my Brother in Iowa City off and on doing photography and spending time with the Pollack painting at the museum, and going through the art books at the university art library.

Two Vans Winter Iowa City by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Walking around Iowa City in the night time during a snow storm in the 1990s. 

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Yellow orb Red Lines by Artist Troy Richard Thomas