Martica Sawin, Bowdoin College Catalogue, 1990 THOMAS CORNELL Paintings – The Birth of NatureEssay by Martica SawinBowdoin College Museum of Art – Brunswick, Maine – 1990 For the catalogue of his last exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art...
Edgar Allen Beem, Maine Times, November 3, 1989 …Cornell’s version of the Maine eco-aesthetic is stylistically unique. Where the majority of artists in Maine respond to the power of this place with realistic representations, romantic impressions, and lyrical...
Charles Jencks, Post-Modernism: The New Classicism in Art and Architecture, Rizzoli, New York © 1987 …These intentional mixtures of time and place are not disturbing because of the overriding unities of mood and style. A lyrical celebration of the birth of wine – of...
Cornell, Theresa Woody-Rhodes Interview, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, April 1986 One of the images in the painting that I am most pleased with and I think has importance, is the image of the father with the two children. If you look through Western art, it is...
Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram, May 11, 1986 Cornell, after two years of work, has just completed and installed a 22-foot series of paintings entitled “The Four Seasons.” …In this age, the panels are an exceptional achievement in figurative art. Sensual,...
