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portrait study in red 2-4-26 (2026)Oil painting by Thomas Donaldson
40 x 50 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
£450
Original artwork description
portrait study in red 2-4-26 is a small-scale portrait study on canvas that challenges contemporary ideals of beauty through deliberate imperfection.
Working with a predominantly muted palette punctuated by moments of vibrant color, he builds up the surface using areas of flat colour contrasting against areas where paint has been stained and scraped back to reveal the canvas beneath. The resulting uneven textures and irregular blotches of pigment create a visual language of flaws—an intentional counterpoint to the endless stream of digitally manipulated, a perfection we encounter daily.
This work explores beauty that exists outside conventional standards: awkward, imperfect, and honest. The physical reality of the paint—its weight, its gaps, its accidents—becomes a form of resistance against the immaterial smoothness of filtered images.
Artwork signed on the back and includes a certificate of authenticity.
the artwork will be shipped in a sturdy tube and will arrive 7-10 days after dispatch
Materials used:
acrylics and oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 50 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#expressive#beauty#oilpainting#imperfection#portraitpainting#worksoncanvas
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Original artwork description
portrait study in red 2-4-26 is a small-scale portrait study on canvas that challenges contemporary ideals of beauty through deliberate imperfection.
Working with a predominantly muted palette punctuated by moments of vibrant color, he builds up the surface using areas of flat colour contrasting against areas where paint has been stained and scraped back to reveal the canvas beneath. The resulting uneven textures and irregular blotches of pigment create a visual language of flaws—an intentional counterpoint to the endless stream of digitally manipulated, a perfection we encounter daily.
This work explores beauty that exists outside conventional standards: awkward, imperfect, and honest. The physical reality of the paint—its weight, its gaps, its accidents—becomes a form of resistance against the immaterial smoothness of filtered images.
Artwork signed on the back and includes a certificate of authenticity.
the artwork will be shipped in a sturdy tube and will arrive 7-10 days after dispatch
Materials used:
acrylics and oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 50 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#expressive#beauty#oilpainting#imperfection#portraitpainting#worksoncanvas
Thomas Donaldson
Thailand
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portrait/nude has been a traditional subject within the history of painting, is
easily recognizable, has been painted over and over again and something we’re all
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