Thomas Stokes III (b. 1997) is a San Antonio–based artist whose practice spans both traditional and digital media. Beginning with drawing at a young age, Stokes turned to painting after high school, cultivating his craft through self-directed study. Over time, his visual language evolved into a distinctive form of surreal and fragmented portraiture.
His works act as mirrors—reflections of self and perception—inviting viewers into the tension between introspection and distortion. By deconstructing the human face, Stokes manipulates organic lines and contours, merging them with the silhouettes of his fractured figures. His palette of muted earth tones, offset by vivid bursts of color, captures a sense of controlled chaos—a deliberate search for balance between dissonance and harmony, both within the canvas and the spaces his paintings inhabit.