Tom Slaughter

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Slaughters work with its seemingly effortless whimsy rendered with a strong sense of line color and rhythm has also been compared to Matisse Of Tom Slaughter Henry Geldzahler the first curator of twentieth-century art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art commented: The quality of freshness the familiar world re-seen from the water towers of New York City to the rural pleasures of boating is the most immediately arresting aspect of Tom Slaughters art. . . . Bold bright colors swiftly laid down echo with resonances: Lger and Stuart Davis Raoul Dufy and Roy Lichtenstein. Slaughters work with its seemingly effortless whimsy rendered with a strong sense of line color and rhythm has also been compared to Matisse. His Pop-inflected drawings prints paintings and illustrations convey his love of life as he relentlessly explored the complexities of the urban scene or the simple pleasures of boating. The Artist Book Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of Tom Slaughter an extensive monograph of the artists enormous body of work that celebrates his enduring optimism personal and artistic honesty and charming brashness in a landscape of pure joy.