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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Synthetic board
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 48x36in
About this artwork
I started painting in the early 2000's. I was studying American politics and society in the US when I got the news that my dad had committed suicide. In a stranger way my studies and this tragic episode blended together; I began painting as a therapy to forget about what was going on, while for subject matter I picked up political magazines and started re-working images from conflicts around the world. 'American General' is one of my earliest…
paintings from this period when I was just figuring out technique and arrangement.
Thomas Dowdeswell
Slovakia
Credentials
- Art Fair Participant
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
« I remain unequivocally and obsessively addicted to painting and creating; continually striving to interpret and reflect the state of the world and the state of humanity in all its glory and infallibility. »
Thomas Dowdeswell is a multi-disciplinary artist who has exhibited his works throughout the UK. Driven by political heritage and a family legacy of creativity, he develops paintings that push a distinctive voice and propose clear interpretations. His central themes always surround the human experience, be that manifested in familiar qualities - from generous to selfish, or shared experiences of culture, history and politics.