Bronze Sculpture for Sale
The Alchemist, Circa 2024
Painting : oil · 51 x 41 x 3 cm 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch · Ready to hang
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About the artwork
Type
Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang
Authenticity
Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery
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Signature
Hand-signed by artist
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
51 x 41 x 3 cm 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
This artwork presents an unsettling yet captivating visage, marked by its amorphous form and haunting color palette. The head-like shape is devoid of distinct facial features, a deliberate omission that evokes a sense of anonymity and abstraction. At the center, a surreal, organic opening disrupts the otherwise smooth surface, intricately lined with hues of red, pink, and subtle yellows that resemble bruising or inner flesh. This central feature introduces a visceral, almost grotesque focal point, drawing the viewer's gaze into its mysterious depth. The color spectrum, dominated by cool tones of pale blues and greens, creates a ghostly, ethereal aura. Set against a stark black background, the form stands out in dramatic relief, enhancing its eerie, otherworldly presence. The artwork challenges viewers, inviting them to confront themes of identity, transformation, and the uncanny, which linger provocatively in the mind.
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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