By
Tom Blood
Piece description from the artist
I love the combination of night and day in a single painting. I've also done a number of paintings now using the outline shape of a woman, filled with sky. I decided to do a twist on that, this time featuring a woman with long, blonde hair in a pinkish shirt, only her face and body have been replaced by a night time sky with a crescent moon and stars framed above several pine trees. It's a startling visual and the more I look at it, the more I like it. The title of the painting is rather dark and mysterious – just like many women I know!
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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