History

T.S. McFadden was born in a small town in Ohio and raised in the country. He graduated from the School of Journalism at Kent State University in Ohio, and spent time in Europe studying fine artists. He is based in New York.

He is a painter and a sculptor, a published author, a writer of poetry and music, a furniture designer and whatever else the moment he is living in requires him to be. Stories, energy, emotion and circumstance direct him.  He uses layers of color to examine, define and mask an inner world. Organic and graphic elements invade the space, push the calm and subdue the conflict. He sees his creations as unique characters, their backgrounds from simple to complex. Their desirability purely and purposefully individual. He prefers love or hate to indifference.

He considers his creativity intrinsic and his pronouncement of it solely environmental. 

His artwork is owned by private collectors throughout the United States, Europe, South America and United Arab Emirates. His work also can be found in fine art galleries.

His Digital for NFT series is available on a limited basis.  Currently he is writing a sci-fi/fantasy book series.

Vision

Inspiration as a concept is so broad. Drilling down, mine comes from my ability to think and feel freely. I owe that to the love of my life, my husband, A.J., and my incredible family.

Art and artist are also broad concepts. I have been told by more than a few folks that I should keep my painting, writing, sculpting, and design on separate sites, so as not to confuse with myriad “unrelated” projects. But, if you want to understand me as an artist, shouldn’t you experience my creative clutter as I do?

Here you will find a few creative branches of my brain. Over the past few years I’ve been honing my novel writing skills. The handsome guy in the photo above is our second rescue, and my trusted assistant, Jasper. He keeps my feet warm when I’m writing.  He puts his nose into every single thing I am working on, sure that he’s an essential component of my process. He’s correct!  I just wrapped up a rigorous year of edits on my Space Opera novel, Bledsoe Neverri, All Things Beneath the Stars, and am now shopping it for an agent.  While it’s a stand-alone novel, it is the first in a series of five planned. The second in the series is already partially written.  When I’m not working on this series, I spend time writing lyrics for music and converting many years of poetry into songs.

Sometimes we must go away to come home…and I had to run away from painting. In 2009, when my father unexpectedly passed away, I left the studio for a period of time to manage things. In particular, my sadness. He was tough on me, never understanding how I lived and who I loved. I had hoped one day, over time, he’d realize I wasn’t an abomination and we’d find a new reality together. Instead, I was left to look for flowers in a field of dirt and headstones.  Shortly after his death, our favorite creature on the planet, our first rescue dog, Seven, was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I spent what seemed like years fighting to keep him alive. When he decided he was ready to go and we set him free, it broke me. He was present in my studio for almost every single piece of work I created over the course of many years. I couldn’t go in there after he died and I stopped painting for years. If that doesn’t give an idea of how my brain works, nothing will.

I’ve also been putting energy into my 25+-year-old children’s book and a terrific project I created with a wonderful teacher.  It’s called Imagine The World Project.  You can check it out here.  www.imaginetheworldproject.com

Note:  The images on this site represent just some of my work. Some pieces are still available, some are not. To date, I have created thousands of works. They mostly consist of small collections from each phase of my intuitive journey.