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Thomas Dillon (b. 1986, Staten Island, NY) is a self-taught artist based in Philadelphia, PA who came to painting only three years ago after seeing a friend’s art collection and realizing that he not only could do “that”, but that he also felt compelled to. Dillon has worked large-scale since his first painting and uses untraditional art materials to create including sticks, house paint, his hands, cardboard tubes and other objects to add energy, immediacy and movement to his works.
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Please email info@shrine.nyc or inquiries
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This exhibition is online-only and the first in a series of digital shows at SHRINE that highlight new gallery artists. These exhibitions feature never-before-seen artworks, images of the artists’ studios, virtual installation vantages, looping videos and details of individual works.
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The gallery will accept payments in ETH, Bitcoin and USD for this exhibition.
For more information, please contact: info@shrine.nyc
Transient, 2021, acrylic paint and interior and exterior house paint on canvas, 68.5 x 72 in.
Disintegration, 2021, India ink, oil paint stick, acrylic paint and house paint on canvas, 66.5 x 78.5 in.
Saturn Devouring His Son, 2021, charcoal, acrylic paint, oil paint stick and house paint on canvas, 72.5 x 76.5 in.
Harry, oil paint stick, acrylic and latex house paint on canvas, 80 x 72 in .
Sunday Morning, 2021, acrylic paint, interior and exterior household acrylic-latex paint, and sand on canvas, 71 x 74 in.
I work primarily with reclaimed interior and exterior house paint and consciously avoid using traditional tools to apply the paint and rely solely on my hands, found sticks, cardboard tubes, mixing stirrers and the canvas itself. I work intuitively, from what feels like a primal drive, to create sensations and visceral responses to the paintings as they unfold rather than relying on my cognitive or intellectual faculties.
- THOMAS DILLON
“Primal Return”, 2021, acrylic paint, interior and exterior household acrylic-latex paint, and sand on canvas, 80 x 75.5 in.
King’s Daughter, 2021, India ink, oil paint stick, interior and exterior household acrylic-latex paint on canvas, 73.4 x 89 in.
Love’s Delight, 2021, India ink, acrylic paint, oil paint stick, interior and exterior household acrylic-latex paint on canvas, 54 x 75.5 in.
Transmutation, 2021, acrylic paint, oil paint stick and house paint on canvas, 77.5 x 82.5 in.
In Despair of Finding Water, 2020, charcoal, oil paint stick and house paint on canvas, 63.5 x 74.5 in.
