Mended Family

Art is “His Way” of overcoming horrendous tragedies. The brutal murder of his beloved mother at the hands of his paranoid schizophrenic brother in 1989 ended Thom’s 20s and his three-year gig as a regular on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.  Most of his 30s were spent in silent catharsis as he labored intensively over his art, motivated by the primal desire to make sense of the matricide.  In 2000, another blow would enter the artist’s life when his other brother, in a paranoid depression, committed suicide.  Thom’s need to express his inner fears became an obsession.  “Each painting became an earnest attempt to make sense out of the senseless; to make something beautiful out of something tragic,” says Thom.

Violette

Marcus' Italian influences are mainly from figurative works by Botticelli, sculptures by Bernini, the warm colors of Tuscan Light, and the Eroticism of Cosmopolitan Rome.

Leslie Marcus is an accomplished painter and former textile designer. Her work shows influences of Impressionism & Cubism and she uses rich colors and sensual lines that blend  stillness and movement effortlessly.  "Whatever subject I'm working with, I tend to gravitate towards the sensual. So in a way, sensuality sums up a large portion of my work."