Mark Tansey Collection #5: Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas
Oil on Canvas, 65 x 54 in

Mark Tansey Collection #4: The Key

The Key
Oil on Canvas, 60 x 48 in

Mark Tansey Collection #3: Triumph over Mastery II

Triumph over Mastery II
Oil on Canvas, 98 x 68 in

Mark Tansey Collection #2: Lost Watch

Lost Watch
Oil on Canvas, 84 x 64 in

Mark Tansey Collection #1: The Enunciation

The next 5 posts will be dedicated to the Mark Tansey Collection
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The Enunciation
Oil on Canvas, 84 x 64 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Postcard #9: The Enunciation - Mark Tansey

Caption: The Enunciation
Mark Tansey
Oil on canvas, 84 x 64 in
© Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

I have to say, I am slowly becoming that crazy lady that always loiters at the thrift store... But it is so rewarding.

This is the first of a Mark Tansey card collection I found at the thrift store.

Mark Tansey is an American artist that specializes in oil paintings on canvases; his "trademark" seems to be a sort of old-fashioned, monochromatic style that uses one single color to set the mood. In this case, we have a sort of purplish/ magenta; to me, it says a sort of elegant nostalgia.

Another thing about Tansey paintings is that they remind me a (very little) bit of Magritte art, such as the realism and the contradiction. I'll be posting more of the Tansey collection postcards, and you guys will probably see what I mean by contradiction.