Colour, laid on thick.
Original abstract paintings by Thomas Cain. Thick, knife-laid colour over layered grounds, painted outside in Melbourne.
About the work
Thomas Cain is a Melbourne painter. Each painting is built in layers: thick shapes laid down with a palette knife, scraped back, and painted over again until it holds. Most of the work is made outside, in his backyard.
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2026
Acrylic on canvas
90 × 90 cm
Washed sea greens, a strip of bright blue and dark, quick marks along the waterline. Layers were built up and scraped back until it felt like a day at the coast: salt, wind and light, with the rest left to memory.
Edges painted, wired and ready to hang, signed on the back, with a certificate of authenticity.
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