WILLIAM PAUL THOMAS
Painting | 2018
Thomas chooses specific models to honor everyday people and to recognize their significance in his life’s path. Integrating text and symbols into the portrait, the work begins as an acknowledgement of an individual and is transformed into a set of symbols poised for investigation.
Size
24 x 36 inches - Unframed
Materials
Oil on canvas
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Ohemaa Afua’s Ohene (Queen Mother Afua’s Chief)
WILLIAM PAUL THOMAS
Painting | 2018
Thomas chooses specific models to honor everyday people and to recognize their significance in his life’s path. Integrating text and symbols into the portrait, the work begins as an acknowledgement of an individual and is transformed into a set of symbols poised for investigation.
Size
24 x 36 inches - Unframed
Materials
Oil on canvas
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Behind the Scenes
William Paul Thomas
Durham, NC
PAINTING
Of the hundreds of portraits artist William Paul Thomas has painted, he says the large scale oil painting of his grandmother Carolyn Thomas is probably his favorite, and not just because it was selected by Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry to be featured in its annual Black Creativity exhibition. The affinity is more about his love for his grandmother and an appreciation for the influential role she has played in his...
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