Tommy Hollenstein
Bio
Tommy Hollenstein is a painter from Los Angeles. Rather than using paint brushes to create his art, Hollenstein covers the wheels of his wheelchair in paint and paints by wheeling over his canvases. Hollenstein creates "action painting" which is created via movement and results in pieces that evoke a sense of movement. Working from above, Hollenstein is able to create art that captures a wide variety of expressions and moods. Much of his work is inspired by Southern California culture. Hollenstein was left quadriplegic after a mountain biking accident in 1985 when he was 24 years old.
(All information from Tommy Hollenstein's website)
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Image Descriptions
"Spinner" Description: Spinner is an abstract piece on a square canvas. The background of the image is a bright yellow. The piece features tread marks in circular shapes. Some of the treadmarks are a dark blue, while others are a combination of purple and pink. As an entire image, the treadmarks form the shape of a sprial. In the lower right corner of the painting are the words "Tommy Stein 04" handwritten in black pen.
"Inspired" Description: The image is rectangular with a heaght approximately double the width. The background of the image is black. In the center of the image are tread marks in the shape of a tree. The trunk of the tree is yellow, while the top part (the leaves) features tread marks in many colors including yellow, pink, peach, and white. The trunk of the tree continues to the bottom of the image. The tree has similar dimensions to the canvas, resulting in a tall, skinny tree.
"Life is Good" Description: This image shows three canvas panels. The space between the panels is a stark white while the backgrounds of the canvases are more of an off white. The image shows long, skinny panels on either side of a panel that looks to be the size of two of the skinny panels put together side by side. It looks as though the painting was created with all of the panels next to each other, as the colorful tread marks on one panel line up with the marks on the next. There are treadmarks in a variety of colors, inluding red, lime green, marroon, turquoise, purple, yellow, blue, and orange, covering the image.