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The Knapp Gallery is pleased
and excited to announce the second solo show of innovative and
pioneering Philadelphia artist Tom Brady.
Brady, a cornerstone artist of The New Philadelphia School, celebrates
his 35 years as an established and acclaimed painter with his
most stunning and bold works to date.
While displaying Brady’s iconic style of painting with
a sculptural effect, Tom Brady: Recent Works highlights
his ever evolving and discriminating eye. Perpetually breathing
new life into the people and places he paints, Brady’s work
is continually fresh and engaging. From trucks, to landscapes
to everyday people Brady effectively portrays his subject matter
in an interesting light.
A result of intense study, each painting is created with a distinct
process. Brady plans his final work through a series of pastels,
preparing himself for the broad strokes of paint that eventually
cut effortlessly across the surface of his canvases. Deceptively
simple, Brady’s method is reserved for the patient and calculating
old master determined to render his subject truthfully yet provocatively.
In the words of Tom Brady, “you paint for thirty years,
hope, and pray; and with a little luck, the culmination of the
processes has magically taken on a life of its own!”
Tom Brady: Recent Works is a celebration of the best
of Tom Brady’s distinct and radical painting style. In tandem
with this exhibition, The Knapp Gallery is publishing the first
comprehensive book of Tom Brady’s artistic career. Including
his recent works, this book will prove to be the utmost authority
on this talented artist’s body of work.
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