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Abstracted florally inspired painting
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48H x 60W x 2D in 121.92H x 152.4W x 5.08D cm | 4.54 kg 10 lb |
In October 2019, my kids and I learned firsthand a brutal lesson about the climate crisis. Dallas used to see maybe one tornado a year, but in recent years that number had tripled—and their intensity had grown. On October 30, 2019, one of these super tornadoes tore through our neighborhood.
With winds reaching 140 miles per hour and a path nearly three-quarters of a mile wide, it came straight down our street. By some act of grace, the tornado jumped over the first five houses on the west end—including mine, where my kids and I were sheltering—but it destroyed most of the homes just east of us. We’ve all seen images of devastation on the news, but walking the neighborhood the next morning was something else entirely. It was surreal, disorienting, and deeply unsettling.
On that morning walk my 12-year-old daughter and I met a couple standing in front of what remained of their home. The roof was gone. Only one interior wall was still standing, but most of the exterior walls were nothing but piles of brick.
The couple pointed to a white door in that remaining interior wall and said, “Do you see that door? We were all huddled behind it when the tornado tore the roof off. The air was full of flying debris, and we just clutched each other until it passed.” Then they added quietly, “We’re just so grateful the four of us made it out without a scratch.”
That moment stayed with me. It made me think about how resilient people are—how, even when we lose everything and our hearts are broken, we somehow aren’t defeated. We emerge from experiences forever changed, but eventually, we find our way back to light.
At first, the twisted metal scattered through the neighborhood felt like the perfect metaphor for that resilience. I began collecting pieces—fragments literally torn from homes—and brought them back to my studio to give them new life as something vibrant and beautiful.
In 2025 these sculptures morphed into a series of florally inspired paintings. Just as I watched my neighbors rebuild—many starting from nothing—I also saw nature quietly reclaim the broken ground. Grass and flowers pushed through the rubble, trees sprouted new leaves, and life returned. That same resilience I saw in my neighbors was mirrored in nature all around us and that is what inspired this series of paintings.
These days, whether I’m painting or sculpting, my focus is on resilience and rebirth. Nature will not be denied. I find beauty, comfort, and inspiration in that truth. My new series, The Unknowable World, is a celebration of that endless cycle of renewal.
With winds reaching 140 miles per hour and a path nearly three-quarters of a mile wide, it came straight down our street. By some act of grace, the tornado jumped over the first five houses on the west end—including mine, where my kids and I were sheltering—but it destroyed most of the homes just east of us. We’ve all seen images of devastation on the news, but walking the neighborhood the next morning was something else entirely. It was surreal, disorienting, and deeply unsettling.
On that morning walk my 12-year-old daughter and I met a couple standing in front of what remained of their home. The roof was gone. Only one interior wall was still standing, but most of the exterior walls were nothing but piles of brick.
The couple pointed to a white door in that remaining interior wall and said, “Do you see that door? We were all huddled behind it when the tornado tore the roof off. The air was full of flying debris, and we just clutched each other until it passed.” Then they added quietly, “We’re just so grateful the four of us made it out without a scratch.”
That moment stayed with me. It made me think about how resilient people are—how, even when we lose everything and our hearts are broken, we somehow aren’t defeated. We emerge from experiences forever changed, but eventually, we find our way back to light.
At first, the twisted metal scattered through the neighborhood felt like the perfect metaphor for that resilience. I began collecting pieces—fragments literally torn from homes—and brought them back to my studio to give them new life as something vibrant and beautiful.
In 2025 these sculptures morphed into a series of florally inspired paintings. Just as I watched my neighbors rebuild—many starting from nothing—I also saw nature quietly reclaim the broken ground. Grass and flowers pushed through the rubble, trees sprouted new leaves, and life returned. That same resilience I saw in my neighbors was mirrored in nature all around us and that is what inspired this series of paintings.
These days, whether I’m painting or sculpting, my focus is on resilience and rebirth. Nature will not be denied. I find beauty, comfort, and inspiration in that truth. My new series, The Unknowable World, is a celebration of that endless cycle of renewal.
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Item Abstracted florally inspired painting
Created by Tom Hoitsma
As seen in Creator's Studio, Dallas, TX
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