Today we’d like to introduce you to Dominic Wordlaw
Hi Dominic, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I was born in Chicago on a no doubt freezing winter morning smack in the middle of January. My mother, being a professional Afro-Carribean dancer exposed me to the world of visual expression from the very start. My Father, being a personal contractor for hire taught me the values of hard work, quality work, dedication and the entrepreneurial spirit from a young age.
Like most black kids on the South-Side of Chicago I went to public school. I kept my head to ground and and my nose in the books and managed to graduate as my class Valedictorian, an honor which earned me a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago Lab Schools for high-school. Having excelled in math and science in lower school with the addition of my unique interest in the arts this was a big turning point in my life. In high-school I was introduced to many new ways of thinking, new and exciting cognitive challenges and interesting and intelligent people I never thought I’d meet.
I then left Chicago behind to attend college at the University of Boulder, CO, where I studied and got a degree in Fine Art Practices. The university allowed me to truly explore my curiosity for all the various visual art disciplines I inevitably fell in love with. I was able to learn and hone skills in printmaking, lithography, sculpture, woodworking, welding/metalworking and even graphic design. All of these have huge impacts in how approach art today and I’m still learning and implementing new ways to create.
After working as a flooring associate for The Home Depot for a while as one does after graduating college, I suppose, I moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the art and entertainment industry.
Within in a few months of family friend couch hopping, I found myself working as a p.a. in the art department for a Paramount Pictures production. This was the first time I was able to use my artistic skills as an asset and I quickly became addicted to the world of production.
After a couple years under Paramount Pictures I began doing my own freelance Production Design working primarily with social media influencers, YouTubers, emerging musical artists and commercial branding. I definitely learned a lot and I can definitely see a future in the production biz down the line but I realized that I felt my artistic spirit being stifled, constantly bringing the visions of others to life whilst ignoring my own.
This is when I began my own personal practice. I developed my unique style over time using different techniques I’ve learned over the years and eventually it started getting attention outside of my circle of influence and it even started to get buyer interest!
Today I continue to develop my unique style and artistic skills whilst simultaneously compounding new and exciting techniques into the fold. I also perform professional art handling services for galleries, museums, other professional artists and private collections throughout the LA area. Being a professional artist and art handler allows me a unique position in the industry where I’m constantly surrounded by beauty and inspiration.
Considering how I began my creative career journey as an esteemed Flooring Associate at the ever illustrious Home Depot how could I not be forever excited for what the future holds.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Being a creative is not an easy path to go down, no matter the level of success from one’s endeavors.
The biggest struggle I’ve come to face is the management of time and space. Time and space to work on my practice, time and space to make money to support my practice, time and space to write and distinguish my practice from others, time and space to promote my work and submit to opportunities. My brain has very little time and space these days for much else but I love that these are my constant challenges.
I used to break down and build up a small studio setup next to my bed where I slept. I’d dedicate hours of acrylic pouring, or stacking or even laying resin(before I fully understood the level of toxicity mixing resin spews). Now, I’ve expanded far past the capacity of my bedroom, dedicating a large portion of my home to my practice. And it’s only getting bigger and more grand since those early days, through constant problem solving and ambition I’ve grown as an artist and have thus created more of that time and space I so crave.
By the end of my journey I will have nothing but. Not to mention decades of mind bending art to leave behind, and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am a 3D Mixed-Media Artist, a term that loosely derives the amalgamated nature of my artistic practice.
I work with an ever growing plethora of materials, resources and techniques in my work. Primarily I use woodworking, body casting, acrylic pour techniques, spray paint, used/found objects, and ultimately resin is my most universal medium.
My work deals in uncovering or exposing truths about life I’ve come to understand. I’ve coined the term “poetic aesthetics” to better describe my works, a term which distinguishes each piece as a physical personification of a poetic phrase, statement or truth as I’ve come to understand them.
My work also aims at captivating the mind’s creativity and inspiring viewers to shed the veil of mediocrity born from living life by the standard. As well as expand their cognition, creating for themselves a new realm of understanding, curated purely from imagination.
My signature is definitely creating works that reach out of the frame, past the fourth wall and truly aim to make a connection with the viewers, using vibrant colors and patterns combined with real human physiology and natural elements I am able to create works that connect with humanity/society on a primordial level.
I am most proud of the fact that my work is seen as unique in the art community, my biggest fear is to be seen as an artist without untethered originality.
My works embody potent and readily accessible energy to those willing to give into their open mind, an energy as if each piece were plucked directly from the very ether of existence to impart the boundless possibilities life has to offer.
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
I always cherish the opportunity to work with others in my practice, whether they be commissions or collaborations. The best way to reach me is through email at [email protected] . I’m also quick to answer direct messages on my Creator Instagram account @framedomain. Feel free to contact me about collabs or visions in mind to be brought to life, I am ready and available for either!
A great way to support my practice would be to purchase works and share your lovely purchases on your social media accounts! Also, if you’d like to show your support for my artistic practice through donations feel free to use the venmo link below below or contact me through Instagram or email.
https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1668956175728641016&created=1733104810
Also! Follow and like my content on social media! Instagram and TikTok @framedomain !!
Thank you!
Pricing:
- O-Sheanic (piece referenced in photos): $5300
- Prices vary from what appear on the website
- For accurate pricing direct message me on Instagram @framedomain or contact me or my associate through [email protected]
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.framedomain.art/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/framedomain/profilecard/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DominicWordlaw?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Image Credits
Danny Schumacher
Adolfo Vasquez
