posted by maggie on Feb 19
Tory made a really important decision recently, which was to move to New York City to pursue his career as an artist. He actually used to struggle with the phrase career as an artist and as many painters, sculptors and other artistic people sometimes recent the commercialization of their work. However, Tory was also practical and wanted his work to be seen and knew that it would take as much hard work to get it out there as what it did in inspiration and talent to get it on the canvas. He primarily painted cityscapes with people and he was started to become more focused on a seeing into interiors and single room focuses. He was fascinated with the idea of being outside of something and looking in on it and frequently wanted to put his viewers in that position. Well, he started painting that way just as an expression of how he experienced a lot of life and he realized the potential connection to other this might indicate, which is why it turned into a deliberate point of view for much of his work.
There are a ton of galleries in New York and a lot of the clubs and small performance venues also hang artwork. He knew he would find inspiration for his work in New York and when he arrived in town he was particularly interested in visions he would find in lounges and lobbies of some of the boutique hotels in New York. He stopped in at the Jazz Gallery on Hudson Street on his first day there and while he had spent a great deal of time weighing his decision to move he knew instantly he was where he needed to be and was filled with a tremendous sense of inspiration. He wanted to get back to his studio as soon as possible and put some paint on a canvas.