Stories from Isolation ~ Thomas Anfield
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Petley Jones Gallery 2245 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3G1
Thomas Anfield
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My work has always remained centred around the figure, this obsession has taken me in a lot of different directions from attending dissections at art school in New York to doing Butoh performance where as figure painter I put myself out there, literally.
As this moment in time has caused us all to slow down and reflect I have come to further and deepen my commitment to the figure. My work is about form, I've been very influenced by Henri Focillon's book “The life of forms”, and I attempt to create work with an organic volume and presence.
Recently I have been working on a series of stylized figures, as well as a s new series of abstractions, which while going way out there start with a figurative base.
As most of my work is constructed from imagination I also work directly from life to keep my figure painting and observational skills intact. My favourite motif for that is the Monkeys - ironically my most classical work.
A Sock Monkey Exhibit was scheduled at Petley Jones Gallery for this April, but like so many things, these days - it's on hold. This will pass and I look forward to the future.
Stay safe love to you and yours, Thomas
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