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Radical Rubber Band Ball of Chris

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Radical Rubber Band Ball of Chris is an award winning short narrative film about a young boy who escapes into his art, music, and has a boundless imagination. But when life takes an unexpected turn, his creativity leads him somewhere new—somewhere mysterious.

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NEW Paintings

10 by 10 inch recent oil painting -

June 2026

Euclid Creek, Ohio

Back Beach - Windfall - oil on canvas 3 ft by 3ft

Silence - 8ft by 6ft acrylic on canvas - not for sale

Voices of the wilderness -

Alaska Residency 2023

Visual art - paintings, drawings are all original and created by Tom Hanicak -

Voices of the Wilderness - Art Residency July 2023 Field Guide book are sold out - thank you to everyone for purchasing the book

Instagram - current paintings

sketchbook painting work in progress Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding @schmincke_officia #outdoors #disclipline

large painting - needed to sit for awhile paintings need to evolve at their own pace. I’ve learned that I can’t rush anything - which is why commissions and deadlines are so challenging for me. Sometimes a painting needs to sit for months so I can visit it everyday - kind of have a conversation with it - let it tell me what it needs I used to think this was a lack of discipline (sometimes it still feels that way) - I’ve learned to trust the process Even when the process feels unpleasant It’s my process Artists must create #landscape #painting #sky #watercolor #gouache #clouds #storm #outdoors #landscapepainting #field #discipline #process #creativeprocess #largepaintings

a path to travel choices to make adventures to experience Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding #path #choices #adventure

sketchbook painting Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding @schmincke_official

lone cloud Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding

another small painting today Artists must create #clouds #sky #storm #art #artistsoninstagram #skyscape #painting #stormcloud #goauchepainting #gouache #landscape #mood #goauche #goauchepainting #sunset #outdoors #lake #field #art #landscapepainting #landscapewatercolor #landscapewatercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolors #moody #ominous #mood #artistsmustcreate #artists #coldpress #postcardart

small painting today we have a lot going on in the United States that doesn’t feel so united Artists must create #clouds #sky #storm #art #artistsoninstagram #skyscape #painting #stormcloud #goauchepainting #gouache #landscape #mood #goauche #goauchepainting #sunset #outdoors #lake #field #art #landscapepainting #landscapewatercolor #landscapewatercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolors #moody #ominous #mood #artistsmustcreate #artists #coldpress #postcardart

something very different artists must create different #trees #fields #sky #colors #landscape

small painting last night Artists must create #clouds #sky #storm #art #artistsoninstagram #skyscape #painting #stormcloud #goauchepainting #gouache #landscape #mood #goauche #goauchepainting #sunrise #farm #outdoors #gestation #field #art #landscapepainting #landscapewatercolor #landscapewatercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolors #moody #ominous #mood #artistsmustcreate #artists #coldpress #postcardart

this one’s really big well…because I have big ideas, thoughts and feelings that need to be outside of me that sometimes need my whole body to move first step is always messy and I love it artists must create #painting #landscape #sky #watercolor #gouache #clouds #storm #landscapepainting #expressive

I am out of town for a conference and have some downtime which for me is good time Artists must create #city #sky #cityscape #cityscapes #micron @micronart #sketch #drawing #sketchbook @leuchtturm1917

new this morning work in progress. Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees

Visual Notes

Learning is as unique as your fingerprint

My learning has always been defined by a need to create and find relatable connections through visualization

For most of my life I was not permitted to “take notes” the way that I needed - so I would comply, to then go home and draw illustrations to make sense out of what I heard

I always kept my notes hidden

Until one day about 10 years ago, while attending a professional conference

Someone looked over my shoulder and said, “What is that?”

I felt like I was in trouble again. But then they asked if they could have a copy

Then other people asked for copies

Then more people asked me to create notes for them

Then organizations asked me to create notes for their meetings

It still feels a bit strange,

For most of my life I was prevented from creating what I call “visual notes” -

and now have people request them - even pay for me to create them

contact me with inquries

Beasts without biomes

Based out of Cleveland

Guitar - Keyboards - Vocals / Tom Hanicak
Bass - Vocals / Pete Roche

Beasts Without Biomes is currently going through a period of transition.

As a trio, we created, recorded and performed for over a decade.

All continues to be good.

The band will continue to create, but with a changed lineup

The next iteration of Beasts will most certainly sound and feel different.

Stay tuned.