**Originally Listed At $300**

Damian Gomes (American, active 21st century). "Home Team" oil on board, 2018. Titled, signed, and dated on verso. A provocative neo-expressionist painting by the self-taught artist Damian Gomes, depicting a highly abstract yet figurative Native American, his facial features distorted and somewhat Cubist. The feather headdress frames the visage with dynamic brushstrokes that guide the viewer's eyes toward all corners of the composition. The title - "Home Team" - is ambiguous, but perhaps relates to the controversial use of Native American related names as baseball teams and mascots - an exploration of socio-cultural phenomena that Gomes is fond of. Size: 11.625" L x 8.5" W (29.5 cm x 21.6 cm); frame: 14.125" L x 10.8" W (35.9 cm x 27.4 cm)

Artist Statement: "Damian Gomes is a self-taught abstract figurative painter working primarily in oil and acrylic. With references to surrealism, Gomes' wildly gestural neo-expressionist forms explore themes of life and death, socio-cultural phenomena, and other existential questions. Frequently macabre, sensual, and darkly comic human images figure prominently into Gomes' work. The journey from the sublime to the absurd is populated by religious and profane characters, and rendered in an introspective, self-effacing style. 'What the completed painting says is sometimes the answer to a question I hadn't yet asked.'" (artist's website)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#173749

Titled, signed, and dated on verso. Mounted in a wood frame - a few scuffs to wood surface, otherwise excellent. Fitted with suspension wire and ready to display.