Man Searching

Man Searching was one of three tall panel paintings I created for my Honours Visual Art studies in 2016. This piece really epitomises the brooding, dark, shadowy quality through a complex layering technique involving many mediums, some of which are experimental combinations.

Thematically, the piece explores this idea of an inner turmoil and searching, questioning self-identity and wading through that mental weight that can accompany deep inner work.

Artists of influence include giacometti, rembrandt and the existential philosophy of Kierkegaard and Sartre.

This is an impactful, sombre, intense piece that displays the figure erupting from a flurry of marks and sliced lines, emerging out of the darkness of both the surrounds and his own mind.

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Tom Ansell is constantly concerned with the fabric between what is seen in the subject and what is not‚and the things that come from leaving information out or adding things in. Earlier work is concerned with philosophical ideas such as death and existence. His qualifications include a BA Hon. in Visual Art at Edith Cowan University and a BA: Visual Art Major from Edith Cowan University.
He also completed his Training and Assessment Certificate in 2018. Since 2021, Tom has been creating mural works full-time. The artworks you see here are the product of a period before this time, when his studio practice was the predominant focus.