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Damien Gomes (American, active 21st century). Acrylic paint on canvas, 2019. Signed and dated on verso. A mesmerizing neo-expressionist painting by self-taught abstract figurative artist Damian Gomes, presenting a Native American subject, bust-length with his hands crossed before his chest as if engaged in a ceremonial chant or dance. While Gomes rendered the painting in an abstract manner, it is possible to make out the grand feathered headdress crowning the sitter as well as outlines of a necklace and arm cuffs. A brilliant painting delineated with Gomes' signature loose, kinetic brushwork and vibrant palette, set in a custom frame. Size of painting: 30.125" L x 23.875" W (76.5 cm x 60.6 cm) Size of frame: 34" L x 27.875" W (86.4 cm x 70.8 cm)

Artist Biographical Statement: "Damian Gomes is a self-taught abstract figurative painter working primarily in oil and acrylic. With references to surrealism, Gomes' wildly gestural neo-expressionist forms explore themes of life and death, socio-cultural phenomena, and other existential questions. Frequently macabre, sensual, and darkly comic human images figure prominently into Gomes' work. The journey from the sublime to the absurd is populated by religious and profane characters, and rendered in an introspective, self-effacing style. 'What the completed painting says is sometimes the answer to a question I hadn't yet asked.' Gomes lives and works between Phoenix and Los Angeles." (artist's website)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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  • Condition: Signed and dated on verso. Tag listing piece for $3500 attached to suspension wire. Painting and frame are overall excellent.

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