Cali Thomas

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Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Artist
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Introduction	Calliope (Cali) Thomas was born and raised in New York City, graduating from Queens College with a BA in Education. She became an early childhood educator. Before college she was a self taught visual artist, using acrylics to do abstracts. Cali moved to Milwaukee to start a new chapter. She took courses at MIAD and studied in the studio of James Hempel. Thomas’ medium of choice became oils, however she later stumbled onto a website called “Soft Pastel Talk.” Their posts compelled her to switch mediums once again. She has been using predominantly pastels ever since. Currently concentrating on art full-time, she uses her daily experiences and the emotions that come from them as her inspiration. Her goal is to have the observer forget physical reality, seeing rather the innocence, romance, and inner personal reflections within each representational piece she creates. Cali focuses mainly on landscape, still life and flowers. Through her use of vibrant colors, combined with large, loose strokes she translates her style of beauty into every one of her works.