THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023)
MIXED MEDIA ON CRADLED WOOD PANEL. INSCRIBED IN PENCIL ALONG THE STRETCHER BARS “AS MUCH MEANING AS YOU WOULD LIKE’ OR ‘NONE AT ALL’” AND COVERED IN MATHEMATICAL / GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS ON THE REVERSE PANEL.
16 X 12 IN
UNFRAMED
CONDITION NOTE: UNFRAMED. SHOWS A MINOR HORIZONTAL SEPARATION / DELAMINATION OF THE TOP PLY OF THE PLYWOOD PANEL ACROSS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE ARTWORK SURFACE (PICTURED).
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.
THOMAS W. PURCELL MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL
THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023) MIXED MEDIA ON CRADLED WOOD PANEL. INSCRIBED IN PENCIL ALONG THE STRETCHER BARS “AS MUCH MEANING AS YOU WOULD LIKE’ OR ‘NONE AT ALL’” AND COVERED IN MATHEMATICAL / GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS ON THE REVERSE PANEL. 16 X 12 IN UNFRAMED CONDITION NOTE: UNFRAMED. SHOWS A MINOR HORIZONTAL SEPARATION / DELAMINATION…