By
Tom Blood
Piece description from the artist
A woman sits atop a giant boulder that is floating above ocean waves. Apparently, she used the floating stones that lead to the boulder to get there. The idea for this painting came to me while listening to the Rolling Stones, "Steppingstone" song. Beyond that, there's a bit of Magritte and an ode to Roger Dean, combined with my own vision of how this should be. I had great fun painting the clouds. The waves, not so much as they proved to be quite challenging. In real life, this is a stunning image due to the large size of the canvas. One can only imagine the view the woman is enjoying as she looks out from her extremely unique vantage point.
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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