By
Tom Blood
Piece description from the artist
I've always been fascinated by angels – and how we humans imagine them. I decided to do a painting featuring an angel and for some reason, thought that I would show her crossing the street. As I was creating this, there were perspective and sizing issues that I had to correct. In the course of creating this, I felt as if I was creating my own little city – there are lots of small touches in this painting – from a faint outline of people in the upstairs window to shoppers on the other side of the street – one man is running. There's a double decker bus on the street and anyone familiar with traffic lights will recognize that I am not depicting an American city scene. Across the street from her, there is a street sign – Heaven street and if you look at the traffic signal, you'll see there is an angel depicted. There are angels all around us – they're just not always as obvious as the one depicted in this painting. There are stories going on in this painting that each viewer may interpret differently. I hope you enjoy looking at it.
Tom Blood is a self-taught, modern-day surrealist, heavily influenced by his all-time favourite artist, Rene Magritte. Some of his early works include two crowd favorites – "Bobby Hull" which was created using a palette knife and "The Three Stooges" which was created using three primary colors. Since that time, Tom has pursued a more surrealistic path. He paints ideas. His goal is to paint the impossible, or at least, the highly improbable. With his paintings, viewers can always tell what's going on, not necessarily knowing why. He wants his paintings to tell stories that make people think, or bring a smile. His work has won numerous awards locally and he has had a number of solo shows in the St. Louis, Missouri area where he was born and raised.
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