ARTmonday: Tom Chambers Landscapes with Animals and Girls

 These fantastical portraits of young women with animals in fairy tale-like landscapes by Tom Chambers‘ have a moody quality, mixed with the irresistible subject matter of alternately adorable, ferocious, and exotic animals and girls swathed in taffeta and tulle.

Tom Chambers was born and raised on a farm in the Amish country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1985 from Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, after which he worked as a graphic designer. He has concentrated on this evocative, photographic storytelling since 1998.

Here are examples of Tom Chambers’ photography.

tom-chambers-daybreakers

Daybreakers

tom-chambers-winged-migration

Winged Migration

tom-chambers-horse-talk

Horse Talk

tom-chambers-icy-road

Icy Road

tom-chambers-cow-girl

Cow Girl

tom-chambers-late-for-dinner

Late For Dinner

tom-chambers-prom-gown-number-1

Prom Gown 1

tom-chambers-sacchrine-perch

Saccharine Perch

tom-chambers-seabird-mimicry

Seabird Mimicry

tom-chambers-with-one-eye-open

With One Eye Open

tom-chambers-its-only-normal

It’s Only Normal

tom-chambers-with-the-pack

With the Pack

tom-chambers-presumptuous-guests

Presumptuous Guests

tom-chambers-grimalkins-opus

Grimalkin’s Opus

tom-chambers-glass-flower

Glass Flower

tom-chambers-pretty-as-me

Pretty As Me

All images courtesy of the artist.