Thomas Bils’s paintings are a result of his interests over the reconsolidation of memory and the subsequent deterioration of its subject, canonizing his reflections of growing up in a suburban central Florida. Working in photoreferential oil painting he accesses the mnemonic properties of the photograph and translates the image as an act of irreliable narration. These embellishments of truth account for false recollection, rendering a dreamlike narrative where parts come together to create an incongruent whole.
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