Fred Thomas 60"x48" The Universe And Me 2011 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #2CFT

Fred Thomas painted this original  60"x 48" untitled mixed media on canvas painting. This painting is made of knotted ropes with shapes outlined in dark brown enclosing camouflage–like patterns of orange, yellow, brown, and blue with orange dots. The artist said, "This painting is a semi-abstract composition in which I combine knotted rope with acrylic paint. The influence of the Saint Soleil art movement is evident through dots and organic shapes. I depict stylized sticklike human figures that appear lost in an extensive and overwhelming environment on this vast surface. It represents human beings’ existential anxiety in a simultaneously hospitable and frightening world." "L'univers et moi- Ce tableau est une composition semi-abstraite dans laquelle je combine la corde nouée avec la peinture acrylique. L'influence du mouvement artistique de Saint Soleil est évidente ici avec l'utilisation de points et de formes organiques. Dans cette vaste surface, je représente des figures humaines s