THOMAS PURCELL ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, 2021

THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023) MIXED MEDIA ON CRADLED WOOD PANEL, INSCRIBED AND DATED "THOMAS MAY 22 / 2021" ON VERSO LABEL. A DENSE PSYCHEDELIC ABSTRACT COMPOSITION FEATURING A CENTRAL CIRCULAR PLANETARY MOTIF 12 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.