By
Tom Blood
Piece description from the artist
A girl in a maroon colored dress walks along a pathway that leads into the woods with her Best Friend Forever – her teddy bear. The two walk hand in paw, ready for whatever awaits them. I originally thought this painting would be a bit more ominous, but the more I got into it, the more I realized there is a certain trust that is being shown here. They walk unafraid, down a path that leads into the woods that have all shed their leaves except for a few stragglers still hanging on to a few branches. I wish that we would all have the same hope as we move forward into the future, knowing that whatever awaits us, it's going to be all right.
This painting's appeal isn't simply to children. The cool thing about art is that it can seem perfectly logical for a teddy bear to be walking down a path with a young girl. Yes, it's fantasy. But it also seems very real.
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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