Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Trout by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Chance by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Australian Shepard {Chance} He chased cows, postmen, UPS drivers, meter readers, deer, bit plumbers, and sniffed womens crotches. He was my favorite dog, and friend.

Untitled by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Sea Creature by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Legs E A Lips by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Human Form by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Cody Clutter by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Architectual Color by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

International Booby Guitar by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

This is a painting I did when I was 15 years old. A fantasy guitar. There is a little green creature in the guitar, probably from the Muppet Show. Some of my early paintings were painted on cheap foam core, drywall, wood, and masonite. I painted on anything I could find, including my wall, witch my parents didn't like very much.

Loess Hills by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                               Turin, Iowa

Island No. 8 by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                           Mississippi River

Island No. 8 The Woodlands by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Female Figure by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Poetry from the book {Bunny Hop} by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                             My Homestead

            The Children play outside my door

            Little girls screaming and giggling

Turning cartwheels and tumbling to the ground

Tourism is streaming by on the wheel through a dying town of life

At the old general store farmers used to drink and jest

Full of more gossip than the women they were hiding from

                Full of more liquor than life

            Here in Homestead cats are king

The cat scratches at my door, he glides up the stairway, and owns the easy chair.

Poetry from the book {Bunny Hop} by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Colfax Wildlife Area by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

I visit the wildlife area in April and May. The parking lot is next to the squishy marsh. You hike through the high reeds and willows to a bottomland woods. Underneath the canopy of the woods is an emerald green carpet of grass and moss. Many different wildflowers grow here as well as mushrooms. When the Skunk River floods the area is completely covered in water, sometimes reaching the adjacent Interstate 80 and cutting off the road.

Decorah Upper Iowa River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

               Canoeing the Upper Iowa River

Man Laying Down by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Alley Entrance to Woolworth Store by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

The Woolworth Store in Newton, Iowa. My brother and I often went there for candy, plastic dinosaurs, army men and school supplies. It had old wooden creaky floors, and a lady followed you around the store to prevent theft.

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Mercedes by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Grandfather by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

John Cheever by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

My Friend Chris Miller Poem By Troy Richard Thomas

                      Chris was a good kid

Hopefully they can say the same about me when this life is all over

He was mischievous and active, always bouncing around like a squirrel

He wasn't an athlete like I was, he was into BMX bicycling, skateboards, motorcycles, and fast cars

I was on my way to nature, art, literature, and leaving people far behind me

Chris was a talker (I was not and never will be) and could spin a good yarn

Chris and I would ride our bicycles all over town

Then in our teens we would ride mopeds

Then two years after our peds we would drive our cars fast like maniac stunt men

We would party with cheap cigars and beer out on the country roads that I know by heart and drove fast as hell ( we were lucky to live past the teen years, some I know got decapitated)

Every Friday night we ran the night together

The Cardinal football antics of wrestling, fights, and verbal sparring

Another night at the Capitol Theatre kicking open the womans stall door and screaming rude comments about their panties being around their ankles

Walking First Ave. to the McDonalds to hang out

Pumping coins at the arcade till midnight

Some of my favorite memories of Chris were our sledding excursions at the country club golf course and one time we tied our sleds to my cars bumper and went sledding a more dangerous way ( I got this idea from Pat Jennings)

Chris and I loved Halloween so much we trick or treated into our late teens

The adults at the door would tell us we were to old to trick or treat so we would ask them for beer

During Winter Chris would run water on the concrete pad outside the basement door where his room was with his stereo system and water bed

We would play hockey all night long under the buzz of the street lamp

We were two mischievous little shits trying to find our way in the world, we did good things and bad

Chris played his rock music so loud he gave me hearing loss

And oh yea, we use to drive out to Rock Creek and slide across the slick green algae at the dam and go swimming at the beach

The time I spent with the Miller family at their home or camping RV style, it was always a joy to be with them

The last time I saw Chris was at his High School graduation party

                       I never saw him again

I stopped by his parents place in 87 but he wasn't there

I had a nice visit with his parents that day

I lost touch, I thought he would always be there down the road, but he is no more

In 2006 a woman from Newton asked me if I was still friends with Chris?

I told her that we would always be friends

We had so much fun together in those years.

Poetry by Troy Richard Thomas

  

Asian Tapestry by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Cartoon Clouds by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

Mercedes by Artist Troy Richard Thomas