Thomas Darnell: Artist
Disclaimer
This is basically a practice site; the ''official'' is www.thomasdarnell.com On this site you will find background information about me and my work, a random selection of new and older paintings, as well as a number of irritating pop-up advertisements (what do you expect from a free host). What's new?
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Introduction
Welcome to a website of contemporary American artist Thomas Darnell. Born in San Antonio, Texas in 1958, Tom received his painting degree from the University of Texas in Austin where he continued to live and work until 1992 when he moved to Europe. Along with his wife Nicole and their children Joseph and Ava, Darnell currently lives part time in southern France where Matisse and Picasso drew inspiration. His landscapes, flower and still life paintings have a peaceful, dream-like, photographic quality while the luminous abstract paintings have a meditative and vaguely spiritual feel. Whether realistic or non-representational, Darnell's canvases capture the illusion of radiant light through a technique which involves multiple layers of transparent oil paints and alkyde resins. His work is influenced by modern painters Gerhart Richter and Ross Bleckner as well as old masters such as Caravaggio and Rembrandt. Perhaps as a result of these influences, Darnell's artworks can look either modern or very old depending on their environment.
