@tomruple.bsky.social
Painter and visual artist living and working in Florence Italy. Angel Accademy of Art. Www.tomruple.com
The Gardener (2020)
oil on board
One of my favorite paintings I’ve done :) inspired by a song by The Tallest Man on Earth.
#oilpainting #visualart #traditionalart #figurative
Every Blackning Church Appalls (Study)
Oil on Panel
Self portrait
:)
www.tomruple.art/they-wont-go...
Read my whole write up on this painting here :)
The composition of this piece depicts two figures embraced. The one with his back to the viewer is lifting off the ground and raising towards a beam of light extending from a dark atmosphere. The other figure clings to the first while remaining firmly planted on the ground. The two are situated in the middle of the sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church- expanded to cathedral scale and removed of the familiar pew seating. This is the same church Steve and I grew up in and the church that would host Steve’s funeral. The image reimagines death in the sense of being claimed by heaven rather than leaving the living, however, the figure still expresses the pain and desperation in this otherwise kinder opinion of death.
Wanted to start out this page with my painting They Won’t Go When I Go. Inspired by Chance The Rapper’s cover of the song and depicting the feeling of grieving my best friend following his sudden death.
They Won’t Go When I Go
144 x 48
Oil on panel
