Thomas Leo Blackwell (1938 – April 8, 2020)[1] was an American hyperrealist of the original first generation of Photorealists, represented by Louis K. Meisel Gallery.
[2] In the 1980s, he also began to produce a body of work focused on storefront windows, replete with reflections and mannequins.
One of these included a section of chrome tailpipes, and as I worked on this painting I realized that the rest of the imagery felt extraneous.
"[6] By the 1970s, Blackwell had abandoned his earlier Pop sensibilities and was painting in the newly emerging Photorealist style.
[7] His early large-scale paintings of motorcycles and engines, highlighted reflective chrome surfaces.