THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023)
MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, UNSIGNED,
THE WORK DEPICTS TWO EMBRACING FIGURES
STRETCHED ON A WOODEN FRAME, UNFRAMED
36 X 12 IN
THOMAS (TOM) 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 “CAFE PARIS”
THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023) MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, UNSIGNED, THE WORK DEPICTS TWO EMBRACING FIGURES STRETCHED ON A WOODEN FRAME, UNFRAMED 36 X 12 IN THOMAS (TOM) 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…