By
Tom Blood
Piece description from the artist
A ballerina is literally lifted into the air by hundreds of colorful butterflies, set against a blue sky with light, white clouds against a barren backdrop. The butterflies have magically attached themselves to her dress with others fluttering around her. One butterfly has settled on the tip of her finger. This is my second painting I've done involving butterflies. The idea for the painting came to me when I saw a very colorful dress that reminded me of butterflies. I thought to myself, "What if butterflies actually were the dress?" I thought of them carrying the person up and into the sky and decided a ballerina would be the ideal person for this to happen to. The name for the painting came to me while working on all the butterflies!
Tom Blood is a self-taught, modern-day surrealist, heavily influenced by his all-time favourite artist, Rene Magritte. Some of his early works include two crowd favorites – "Bobby Hull" which was created using a palette knife and "The Three Stooges" which was created using three primary colors. Since that time, Tom has pursued a more surrealistic path. He paints ideas. His goal is to paint the impossible, or at least, the highly improbable. With his paintings, viewers can always tell what's going on, not necessarily knowing why. He wants his paintings to tell stories that make people think, or bring a smile. His work has won numerous awards locally and he has had a number of solo shows in the St. Louis, Missouri area where he was born and raised.
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