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Tom Thewes is neither the first nor the last painter to prompt that familiar remark "born at the wrong time", but in his case the observation rings true with a compelling relevance. Thewes' canvases (frequently signed with the nom de brush "derLarm") echo the same passion as those works that dazzled, frightened, intrigued, and outraged Europeans between la Belle Epoque and post-war Germany's Weimar period. They are masterful firestorms of line and color, and the educated viewer will undoubtedly detect a respectful debt being paid to the early cubists and the Austrian Secession -