You Played that Card
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There's an immediate sense of good-humored spectacle in this scene — laughter and high kicks fill the stage. Andy Thomas has arranged a row of performers in bright, ruffled skirts and dancing boots so their coordinated motion becomes the painting's pleasure; you can almost hear the band and the audience's applause. The warm, sunlit tones of yellows, reds and blues give the figures a glowing presence against a looser, shadowed background, while the painterly edges and soft pastels lend a slightly nostalgic, theatrical shimmer. Faces and gestures are joyful rather than posed, and the foreground silhouettes of hats and heads anchor the viewer as an onlooker in the crowd. Together the color, rhythm and smiling expressions create a lively, convivial atmosphere — the kind of image that brings energy and warmth to a room and reminds you of nights made memorable by music and shared laughter.
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About Dance Hall Girls
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Andy Thomas is not only an immensely talented painter, but also a storyteller with the images he creates. His subject matter consists of a variety of images from historical events to intimate moments of everyday life. The artist s desire to create is funneled into the area of painting realism that ranges from very loose to very tight. Thomas s medium is primarily oil, but he also works in watercolor, pen and ink, charcoal, pencil, and ink wash. He is also a very accomplished sculptor.
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