Thomas Duane

Thomas Duane

Awarded a Raw Talent Scholarship, Thomas received his BFA in Illustration and Graphic Design from Pratt Institute located in Brooklyn NY.

After graduating, Thomas landed a job in the Menswear division of Ralph Lauren. His job included illustrating Ralph Lauren’s concepts in photorealistic color pencil drawings. Thomas left Ralph Lauren as the youngest director in company history (he was 25). He left Ralph Lauren to start a design company with his former college roommate. For ten years he designed for brands that include; Estée Lauder, Elizabeth Arden, Christian Dior, Fendi, Liz Claiborne, Coach, Cosmair, Revlon, Perry Ellis, Clarins, and most recently Stuart Weitzman. His work took him all over the world including; South Korea, Australia, Monaco, Switzerland and Canada. In addition to fashion and beauty clients, he also designed brand identities for Tiger Woods and former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield.

As well as creating fine art fashion, furniture and lighting, Thomas works in pencil, pen & ink, and watercolor. His subjects include nature, San Francisco scenery, wildlife and portraiture. Thomas also creates cartographic art. His fascination with map art evolved from his fascination with antique maps, art, fashion, architecture, and design.

To create a work of cartographic art, Thomas’ process involves thousands of hours of research, followed by meticulous restoration. He then illustrates appropriate scenes, elements and borders, scans them, and creates new digital compositions and world atlases.

Thomas' work has been featured on CNN, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the Greenwich Times, and locally on KRON News. You can see Thomas Duane’s work at www.thomasduane.com. You can schedule a visit to his studio and showroom by emailing him at tduane62@gmail.com. His studio is located at 2345 Harrison Street (at 19th Street), studio 130, San Francisco.

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Thomas Duane hat das Bild San Francisco Tree Trio #1 hochgeladen
San Francisco Tree Trio #1
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San Francisco Tree Trio #1

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These three trees are the quintessential example of the beautiful vignettes that can be found throughout this gorgeous city. I am in love with the mix of architecture, landscape and spectacular city vistas that can be enjoyed at Alamo Square Park, San Francisco.

Thomas Duane
Thomas Duane hat das Bild 1904 San Francisco Map with Tree hochgeladen
1904 San Francisco Map with Tree
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1904 San Francisco Map with Tree

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I've added a pen and ink of a tree to this historic map of pre- earthquake San Francisco.

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Thomas Duane hat das Bild Conservatory of Flowers - Golden Gate Park - San Francisco hochgeladen
Conservatory of Flowers - Golden Gate Park - San Francisco
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Conservatory of Flowers - Golden Gate Park - San Francisco

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This is a pen and ink of the Conservatory of Flowers.

The Conservatory of Flowers is a greenhouse and botanical garden that houses a collection of rare and exotic plants in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. With construction completed in 1878, it remains the oldest building in the park, and the oldest municipal wooden conservatory remaining in the United States. It is also one of the first municipal conservatories constructed in the country.

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Thomas Duane hat das Bild Townsend Warbler - Alamo Square, San Francisco hochgeladen
Townsend Warbler - Alamo Square, San Francisco
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Townsend Warbler - Alamo Square, San Francisco

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The Townsend's Warbler, Dendroica townsendi, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. They are extremely shy and will duck behind cover to avoid being caught on camera. Their breeding habitats are coniferous forests with large trees on the northwestern coast of North America, and in my case, Alamo Square Park located in San Francisco California. Their nests are shallow cups built with grass and lined with moss. These nests are usually placed atop a branch in a conifer. The female lays 4 to 5 eggs.

Birds from the Queen Charlotte Islands migrate short distances further south on the Pacific coast. Other birds winter in Mexico, Central America, and the south-western United States.

They forage actively in the higher branches, sometimes hovering or catching insects in flight. They mainly eat insects and spiders and seeds. Outside of the nesting season, these birds forage in mixed flocks. In winter, they also eat berries and plant nectar.

As I was working on my pen & ink studies of trees and their root structures, I became fascinated by their inhabitants. The Townsend’s Warbler is one of my favorites because it took me three months to catch a decent image of him while perched in an Alamo Poplar. This is the tree that the park is named after: Alamo Square Park. It is also home to the second most photographed scene in the word, the painted ladies and the San Francisco skyline.

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