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THOMAS W. PURCELL GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION

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OTTAWA, Ontario, CA

THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023) MIXED MEDIA (COLORED PENCIL, GRAPHITE, AND MARKER) ON CRADLED WOOD PANEL. UNSIGNED FEATURING AN ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION WITH CENTRALLY CONVERGING SHAPES 12 X 16 IN UNFRAMED THOMAS W. PURCELL (1949�2023) WAS A CANADIAN ARTIST AND DEDICATED EDUCATOR WHOSE CREATIVE PRACTICE EMERGED FROM A LIFELONG DEVOTION TO THE DRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE…

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OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

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THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023)
MIXED MEDIA (COLORED PENCIL, GRAPHITE, AND MARKER) ON CRADLED WOOD PANEL. UNSIGNED
FEATURING AN ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION WITH CENTRALLY CONVERGING SHAPES
12 X 16 IN
UNFRAMED
THOMAS W. PURCELL (1949�2023) WAS A CANADIAN ARTIST AND DEDICATED EDUCATOR WHOSE CREATIVE PRACTICE EMERGED FROM A LIFELONG DEVOTION TO THE DRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE EVERYDAY. WHILE PRIMARILY AUTODIDACTIC, HIS WORK TRANSCENDED ITS ORIGINS IN SPONTANEOUS SKETCHES TO BECOME A SERIES OF EXPRESSIVE, IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITIONS. GUIDED BY AN INNATE SENSE OF FORM AND A RESTLESS CURIOSITY, PURCELL�S ART IS DEFINED BY ITS VIBRANT AUTHENTICITY AND A PLAYFUL, UNDERSTATED DEPTH THAT REWARDS PATIENT OBSERVATION.