THOMAS W. PURCELL GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION

THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949–2023)
MIXED MEDIA (COLORED PENCIL, GRAPHITE, AND MARKER) ON CRADLED WOOD PANEL. UNSIGNED
FEATURING AN ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION WITH CENTRALLY CONVERGING SHAPES
12 X 16 IN
UNFRAMED
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.