Thomas Myrdahl

Two of my works are directly created to investigate the Arabic custom of having women wear Burkas and and also placing limitations on outward behaviors.Other paintings poke fun at global trading and religious dogma. Like the Surrealists in the 20's and 30's my art is political and hopefully humorous.

Tom Myrdahl has been in the visual arts business as a Film and Video Director/Cameraman for over 30 years. In the last three years Tom has won 19 AVa awards and one Golden Hermes award for his cinematography for series of Internet market videos. In the last several months Tom has utilized his understanding of composition and light to begin to paint in an Expressionist style. Tom calls his paintings "Cultural Expressionism" in that he looks at the oddities of behavior in different cultures and then adds magic and humor to his concepts .