everyone is hidden, everyone is cruel (2026) Original Oil Painting by Thomas Donaldson

'everyone is hidden, everyone is cruel' explores how form dissolves and reforms — a meditation on impermanence, identity, and the thin line between fiction and reality. I work intuitively, staining, stripping, and revealing the raw canvas to mirror how meaning shifts and figures emerge, overlap, and fade. Muted tones give way to sudden color — moments of presence in flux. By leaving parts of the canvas exposed, I honor time’s passage and the beauty found in change, loss, and renewal.

Artwork is signed on the back and comes with a certificate of authenticity/ The work is shipped rolled in a strong plastic tube

Materials used:

oils

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 120 x 120 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 120 x 120cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits