Description
‘Thief’ by Drew Mosley
Artist: Drew Mosley
Title: ‘Thief’
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 40″ x 72″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2023
About the Artwork:
“This piece was inspired by an article published by the CBC detailing an international bird thief who specialized in stealing rare bird eggs to be sold to private collectors all over the world.” – Drew Mosley
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Drew Mosley forms fantastical narratives inspired by the study of natural history, mycology, ancient civilizations and social evolution. His works tie together contemporary concerns of collapsing ecosystems, hyper-consumerism, and capitalism in a Dutch Renaissance style. Played out across Mosley’s canvases are stories of misguided notions of wealth and social status. In a world with an uncertain future, the characters populating Mosley’s fairy-tale environments offer examples of empathy, community and reverence for nature. Mosley’s overall oeuvre speaks to a desire for a shared existence with greater environmental and social consciousness.
Drew Mosley lives and works in Ottawa where he divides his time between an exhaustive studio practice and various carpentry and woodworking projects in the Ottawa Valley.