Experience the Quiet Beauty of Nature
Thank you so much to everyone who visited us for Mary Erickson and Daniel Ambrose's Dual Exhibition. We are proud to present this remarkable new collection and are grateful to share this experience with our community.
As founding Members of the American Tonalist Society, Mary Erickson and Daniel Ambrose have brought together two incredible bodies of work. This collection is inspired by the quiet beauty of the natural world, with a particular focus on the elegant feathered friends we find within it.
Through their masterful use of light, tone, and atmosphere, both artists capture the quiet moments we often overlook. These moments bring a calmness and force us to slow down in an ever busy world.
We warmly invite you to visit Thomsen Fine Art to enjoy this body of work in its entirety. Whether you're revisiting after the opening or seeing it for the first time, there is always something new to discover.
Daniel Ambrose
Daniel Ambrose's interest in art began in the 1970's. Before cameras were built into phones - and before phones fit in our pockets - there were moments of life that passed so quickly they felt impossible to capture. In the blink of an eye, a bird can spring into the sky. It was this fleeting transition that planted the fist seed of creativity for Ambrose.
As a child, he had a deep desire to learn "the precise moment a bird quit being a creature of land and became one of the air." To this day, that moment remains a powerful source of inspiration for his work.
Ambrose utilizes oil and the ancient medium of egg tempera, building his paintings through a meticulous layering process. His pieces carry a luminous, almost transcendent quality, as if they glow from within. With hidden colors and ethereal light that even our modern cameras can not fully capture, these are paintings that must be experienced in person.
Mary Erickson
Mary Erickson is driven by a deep desire to capture the feeling of every place she visits. She invites the viewer into a single moment in time, where the gentle movement of air, the rhythm of the water, and the distant call of seabirds are quietly brought to life.
She has long delighted our collectors with her light - filled depictions of shorebirds and coastal landscapes. This season, she reveals a broader range of the environments that inspire her work.
Last summer, Erickson traveled to Provence and Sicily, painting en plein air. These works carry the same sense of lightness and atmosphere found in her coastal scenes, now enriched with unexpected color and a distinct European feel. She later returned to these subjects - alongside her coastal compositions - in her studio, further developing their depth and presence.
Mary Erickson and Daniel Ambrose's Dual Show will be on view until March 30th
We look forward to welcoming you.
The Collection