Tom Wojciechowski

MB1.10 Grey Mist

MB1.11 Yellow Mist

MB1.1 Green Sun

MB1.4 Yellow Halo

MB1.8 Grey Waffle

MB1.8 Grey Waffle

MB1.12 Pink Areola

MB1.14 Red Ring

MB1.13 Yellow Satellite

MB1.15 Pink Halo

MB1.5 Grey Storm

MB1.7 Black Sun

MB1.2 Brown Sun

MB1.6 Blue Flash

MB1.3 Blue Ring

Macular Bursts Phase 1
pastel on paper
18″ x 24″

MB2.1 Puppy

MB2.2 Mantis

MB2.3 Seal

MB2.4 Polar

MB2.5 Kiss

MB2.6 Turtle

MB2.7 Whisper

MB2.8 Probe

Macular Bursts Phase 2
pastel on paper and canvas
multiple sizes

MB3.1 Black Bar

Macular Bursts Phase 3
pastel on canvas
48″ x 24″

MB3.7 White Bar

MB3.8 Ring

MB3.6 Squirm

MB3.5 Spin

Macular Bursts Phase 3A
pastel on paper and canvas
multiple sizes

MB3.7 White Bar

MB3.9 Green Bar

MB3.4 Crown

Macular Bursts Phase 3B
pastel on paper and canvas
multiple sizes

Macular Bursts Installation 2023 Somerville Open Studios

Macular Bursts Phases 2 and 3
installation Somerville Open Studios 2023

Macular Bursts Phase 1
Process

Macular Bursts

I had a macular hole in my right eye. As a result, sometimes I had a spectacular light show in my damaged eye—beautiful circular bursts of colors with inspiring afterimages that I recorded with pastels. After surgery, the flashes abated but returned as less than circular creatures. In the reprise, the drawings combined several bursts on a single page with a more expressionistic interpretation. The third phase of this project incorporates a free-form juxtaposition of biomorphic and geometric shapes.