THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023)
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD, UNSIGNED, DATED “08/99 THOMAS” VERSO.
AN EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPE DEPICTING ROLLING HILLS AND A MOUNTAIN PEAK
20 X 16 IN
UNFRAMED
THOMAS W. PURCELL 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 PURCELL MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE 1999
THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023) ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD, UNSIGNED, DATED “08/99 THOMAS” VERSO. AN EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPE DEPICTING ROLLING HILLS AND A MOUNTAIN PEAK 20 X 16 IN UNFRAMED THOMAS W. PURCELL WAS A CANADIAN ARTIST AND DEDICATED EDUCATOR WHOSE CREATIVE PRACTICE EMERGED FROM A LIFELONG DEVOTION TO THE DRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE EVERYDAY. WHILE PRIMARILY…