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Artist Statement:
My paintings are
multi-textured and
multi-layered. Initially built
up with numerous layers of
gesso, at differing depths,
layer after layer of paint is
then applied. The
juxtaposition and building up
of different materials and
textures is an essential part
of my practice.
The paintings evolve slowly,
layer upon layer. Some colours
and motifs are painted over,
no longer seen. Others are
visible through successive
coats of paint, having been
rubbed through, scraped, worn
away. These traces and
suggestions of former layers
are evidence of events from an
earlier time in a painting's
past and of the progression
towards its resolution.
Change through time is an
ongoing concern in my work. I
am fascinated by the way
buildings, objects, faces and
bodies, for example, weather.
These actions of 'wear and
tear', give things a resonance
that 'the new' lacks. I try to
communicate this quality in my
work.
Thematically, I am also
interested in visual
perception, in particular the
idea that we can receive
conflicting information from a
given visual stimulus. I find
the subjectivity of perception
fascinating: The fact that the
accretion of experiences, and
memories of those experiences,
modify and define how we
interpret the world ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
BBC Review Of Convergences -
An Exhibition of Abstract
Drawings - 2005
Visual artist Tom Cartmill is
showing a series of large
scale abstract drawings at The
Gallery on the Park, Leighton
Park School. Primarily a
painter the drawings have
evolved from the preparatory
sketches he's been making for
his paintings ...
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Collections:
Abacus Group plc., England
New College Chapel, Oxford
University, Oxford, England
Private collections: Belgium,
Brazil, Italy, Norway, Spain,
Switzerland, UK
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Commissions:
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
1996 -2000
Series of commissions from New
College Chapel, Oxford
University, England for a
picture each term (nine
paintings in total)
1999
Commission from New College
Chapel, Oxford University,
England for 8 paintings to
accompany eight poems & pieces
of sacred music
1995
Private Commission to paint a
"contemporary ...
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Exhibitions for Tom Cartmill:
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2004
Open Studio, Blue Door Studio, Mortimer, Reading, England (Solo)
Waterloo Gallery, London, England
Surface Gallery, Nottingham, England
2003-04
ArtSway, Sway, England
Drawing Open, Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park, Bracknell, England
2003
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, England
Taurus Gallery, Oxford, England
St.Clare's College, Oxford, England
Newbury College, Newbury, England
'Insight 2003', New Greenham Arts, Newbury, England
2002
'Open Shutter', Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park, Bracknell, England
2001
The Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery, Reading, England
Galería Cobalto, Córdoba, Spain
2000
IV Exposición Internacional De Pintura y Fotografía, Alcázar De San Juan, Spain
'Overlapping Views', The Mill Gallery, Banbury, England (solo)
1999
'Persona', New College, Oxford University, Oxford (solo)
Oxford Arts Society, The Electric Showroom, Abingdon, England
The Mill Gallery, Banbury, England
1998
'Un Anno In Sicilia', Galleria Candelai, Palermo, Italy, (solo)
1997
Oxford Arts Weeks, Oxford, England (solo)
Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, England
'Monochrome', Phoenix Picture House, Oxford, England (solo)
1996
Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, England
Oxford Arts Weeks, Oxford, England (solo)
1995
Lorian, London, England
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