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Tom Blood
United States
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 30x24in
About this artwork
The Plot Thickens shows four bowler-hatted men huddled together beneath an impossibly blue, cloud-filled sky, their arms wrapped around one another as though they are sharing a secret, making a pact—or perhaps trying to figure out what to do next.
We never see their faces. That’s important. The anonymity makes the group feel simultaneously familiar and mysterious. Are they conspiring? Negotiating? Consoling one another? Planning something? The viewer… is invited to supply the story.
The four nearly identical bowler hats also give the group a wonderfully Magritte-esque sense of absurdity and repetition, while the embracing arms bring a surprising human warmth to what could otherwise feel like a secretive gathering.
The title, “The Plot Thickens,” adds another layer: it suggests that something is happening, but refuses to tell us exactly what. The viewer can create his or her own version of what is going on between the four gentlemen.
We never see their faces. That’s important. The anonymity makes the group feel simultaneously familiar and mysterious. Are they conspiring? Negotiating? Consoling one another? Planning something? The viewer… is invited to supply the story.
The four nearly identical bowler hats also give the group a wonderfully Magritte-esque sense of absurdity and repetition, while the embracing arms bring a surprising human warmth to what could otherwise feel like a secretive gathering.
The title, “The Plot Thickens,” adds another layer: it suggests that something is happening, but refuses to tell us exactly what. The viewer can create his or her own version of what is going on between the four gentlemen.
Tom Blood
United States
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Credentials
- Prizewinner
- Covered by the Press
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« I love to paint the impossible, or at least the highly improbable. I want my work to make you think, if it brings a smile to your face, that's even better. »
Tom Blood is an award-winning American artist whose paintings have been exhibited in the United States. Inspired by surrealism, especially by the works of René Magritte, many of his paintings have featured a man in a bowler hat, which is part of his on-going homage to the Belgian master. Blood enjoys painting "what seemed like it couldn't be, only it looked like it actually was".
Tom Blood
The Plot Thickens
$9,600
