When from the collection of Thomas Stevens Gallery

When

Oil On Canvas

30 x 24 x 1.5 in

$3,500

Location: Thomas Stevens Gallery

The Peccadillo Pearl paintings were originally created for exhibit at Peccadillo, a classy ‘speakeasy’ bar in Carrboro just on the border with Chapel Hill.
Vividly colorful in daylight, the paintings were crafted to have presence in the very dim light of the establishment, and became an important part of Peccadillo’s unique ambiance. Fifteen paintings had been created and displayed at the establishment, six or seven at a time on a rotating basis, in the four years before Peccadillo permanently closed in April 2016. The artist continues to add additional paintings to the series, with available paintings and works in progress on view at the Thomas Stevens Gallery in downtown Hillsborough, NC.

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About the artist

Thomas Stevens

Struggling with a lifelong inability to decide what he wants to do when he grows up, Stevens persisted in attempts at drawing, sculpture, and painting. In the 50 years he has lived in North Carolina, Stevens overcame nominal success working as a pre-school teacher, social worker, therapist, non-profit executive, leadership consultant, antiques dealer, and seven-term small town mayor, only to become a full time artist.

In 2015 Stevens opened a modest art gallery in downtown Hillsborough at the site of a former attorney office and failed vape shop. His body of artwork includes whimsical still life paintings, colorful local landscapes, and an alarming number of people who have lost their clothes. His gallery expanded in 2021 to include an upstairs working studio, Suite 42, where the artist continues to create artworks he describes as mostly harmless.