Dominic Tidmarsh is a Hawai‘i–based artist born in Trinidad, West Indies.
He was educated in the UK and also lived in Indonesia before moving to the USA in 1981.
Photo: Melissa Schelling
In 1982 he attended the Maine Photographic Workshops followed by the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC where he earned a BFA in Photography in 1988. Dominic moved to the Big Island of Hawai’i in 1996.
A self-taught painter, he has participated in numerous solo and group shows in Hawai‘i. Recent awards include two Purchase Recognition Awards from the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and back-to-back Juror’s Choice Awards in the Hawai‘i Nei 2015 and 2016 art contests.
Known for its rich sense of color and meticulous attention to detail, Dominic’s work reflects an interdisciplinary approach to creating art.
Inspired above all by the natural landscapes of Hawai‘i he also draws inspiration from a variety of other fields such as Volcanology, Astronomy, Archaeo-Astronomy and Ornithology.
In 2018, after 22 years living in East Hawai‘i, Dominic relocated to Waimea, on the Big Island, after losing his home to the eruption of Kilauea volcano.