Tom Everhart
Beneath the Palms, The Sparkling Croissant, 2023.
Limited edition print on archival paper.
Hand-signed and numbered at the margins.

Unframed price: $950
Also available professionally framed with archival materials.

In 1929, Henri Matisse decided to take a two-month trip to Tahiti to seek new ideas, at a time in his life when he felt old and uninspired (he was 60). He would later, in 1935, create a painting titled “Window In Tahiti, and wrote that Tahiti was “too bright” and that he only found “lethargy” there. Well, I would agree that Tahiti is very bright, as the sparkling lagoons look as if they were a mirror covered in small diamonds. But that intense brightness allows someone with fresh eyes to see even deeper into the gaps between what we all see and to see more. Also, after finishing an entire large plate of French Polynesian croissants, a state of sleepiness is quite natural and truly rewarded by lying in a beach chair “beneath the palms.” — Tom Everhart.

Tom Everhart – Off The Wall Gallery, Houston, Texas. – Authorized Gallery.