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Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
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Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas
Doug Thoms, Cottagecore, Painting on canvas

Cottagecore, Circa 2024
Doug Thoms

Painting : oil, aerosol paint, acrylic

127 x 152 x 4 cm 50 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch

€4,270 4 270 €

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Type

Unique artwork

Signature

Hand-signed by artist

Authenticity

Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery

Invoice from the gallery

Medium

Painting: oil, aerosol paint, acrylic

Dimensions cm • inch

127 x 152 x 4 cm 50 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch Height x Width x Depth

Support

Painting on canvas on stretcher

Framing

Not framed

Tags

Nude

Pop Art

figurative

Human body

Men

Fish

Surrealism Pop

Rivers

Sky blue

Pink

Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: Canada

This vibrant artwork juxtaposes elements of nature and domestic leisure with surreal flair. A seated figure reclines in a chair, fishing with focus amidst a vividly painted landscape of cascading waterfalls. Dominating the scene are curious insertions: a large, colorful fish, a pink-toned deer head, a melting clock reminiscent of Salvador Dali, and a roaring campfire encased in a geometric frame. The composition blends reality with dreamlike imagery, underlined by bold colors and dynamic contrasts. The unexpected overlays challenge perceptions, inviting viewers to explore themes of time, nature, and human interaction in an unpredictable wilderness. The work's layered complexity and playful elements stir curiosity, crafting an enigmatic narrative that bridges tranquility and surrealism.

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Gallery Merrick • Canada

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Doug Thoms
Canada

Presentation

Doug Thoms is a contemporary figurative painter living and working in Tofino, BC on the traditional and unceded territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation. He was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, in 1965 and in 1989 he received a BAA from the Ontario College of Art and Design. From 1992 until 2010, Doug worked in the animation industry as a designer, storyboard artist and director. In 2010, Doug transitioned to a full time painting practice.

Doug Thoms embraces painting as a space of unruly play. Each canvas brims with an undisciplined jumble of imagery: fragmentary figures, distorted objects, and painterly gestures that slip in and out of legibility. The works are built from an eccentric set of visual obsessions, filtered through a wide range of stylistic tropes, and arranged with deliberate disregard for tidy cohesion.

What emerges are colourful, abstracted figurative compositions that are at once bright and disarming. Their saturated palettes and energetic brushwork draw the viewer in, even as the subject matter hints at darker undercurrents. Pop-culture dystopias, vague yet haunting narratives, and flashes of absurd humour collide in these layered spaces. The result is a visual theatre of contradiction—chaotic yet carefully orchestrated, playful yet foreboding.

By leaning into disorder, Thoms invites us to linger in the instability of meaning. The paintings resist resolution, instead suggesting that our contemporary condition may itself be best reflected in fragments, distortions, and mischievous narrative gaps.

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