Gone Magazine

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“My work is about being human,” says Tyler Thomas of his art. “I think about all sorts of things while working but it mostly comes down to my idea of mankind, overpopulation phobia, rage, depression, euphoria, social anxiety, repetition, and then some shit that’s like an inside joke I share with close friends.” Tyler was drawing from as early as he can remember, though high school is when his work became serious, he says. Growing up in Reston, Virginia, he began drawing logos for bands that didn’t exist, mock album covers, comics, cartoons, anything and everything. Also interested in graffiti art, Tyler admits to a bevy of influences. “My folks and my brother Ryan, Bobby Middleton, George ‘Fusion’ Williams, Jonny Zannin, Adam Juresko, Alex Olympiew, Aylen Beazley, Wayne Thiebaud…and this kid that writes ‘twine’ on the sides of trains.” His prefered mediums include ball point and white out pens, not to mention beer. When asked to say a few words about his work, he admits “I just like to draw,” a heavy understatement. The abject terror and loneliness in his pen lines say what would take any writer fifty pages to describe. Tyler and I happen to share a birthday, so, happy belated birthday Tyler.