Thomas Webb is a Portland-based artist whose work pulls from the visual language of vintage cartoons and pop culture, twisting familiar forms into exaggerated, emotionally charged characters. His paintings often feature distorted faces and anthropomorphic figures rendered with smooth gradients and punchy color, balancing humor with a slightly unhinged, psychological edge. Beneath the playful surface, Webb’s work taps into nostalgia and unease at the same time, where wide eyes, rubbery features, and expressive gestures feel both endearing and a little off. Rooted in pop surrealism, his pieces read like fragments of animated worlds that have slipped out of context, frozen in moments that are equal parts absurd, anxious, and strangely human.
