THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023)
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER OR BOARD
A STRIKING GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION FEATURING TWENTY-EIGHT BRIGHTLY COLORED ORBS ARRANGED IN A METICULOUS SEVEN-BY-FOUR GRID PATTERN AGAINST A MATTE BLACK BACKGROUND.
20 X 29.5 IN AT SIGHT
22.75 X 32.5 IN FRAMED
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 W. PURCELL “MOON UNITS”
THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER OR BOARD A STRIKING GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION FEATURING TWENTY-EIGHT BRIGHTLY COLORED ORBS ARRANGED IN A METICULOUS SEVEN-BY-FOUR GRID PATTERN AGAINST A MATTE BLACK BACKGROUND. 20 X 29.5 IN AT SIGHT 22.75 X 32.5 IN FRAMED THOMAS W. PURCELL WAS A CANADIAN ARTIST AND DEDICATED EDUCATOR WHOSE CREATIVE…