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Inside the Artist Studio: Thomas Sleet

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Photo by Richard Reilly

I visited the studio of Thomas Sleet last week, just prior to his upcoming show at Bruno David Gallery. As shown previously, I love artist studios. They seem to me to be such fully human spaces: full of revelations, discoveries, affinities, false starts, inspirations, last year’s projects, and materials that have not yet found a work in which they belong.

Photos by Richard Reilly

Thomas thinks of his studio time as a kind of isolation from outside distractions. In the studio, he can concentrate on the present moment and let it flow into his sculptures and mixed media works.

Please enjoy the photos of a fruitful chaos, one that dares not be disturbed by any but the artist. And attend his upcoming show! 

Photos by Richard Reilly

Here is the press release for his opening, September 4, 2026, at Bruno David Gallery.

Slideshow photos by Richard Reilly

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Richard Reilly

photographer of the built environment, architecture, and social actions on the streets. published in the guardian, rft, st louis post-dispatch, st louis business journal and others. a large sample for work is archived in the Missouri History Museum Collections as the Richard Reilly Social Protest Photograph Collection