Constructions
These artworks build upon my interest in geometric abstraction. I create an experience for the viewer that is unique. Building on the rich modernist tradition of reductive formalism, I tweak and push the forms into something new. My inspiration for these images often comes from my experiences traveling and my observation and engagement with the architecture and art that I see. The titles occasionally reflect the original source of experience. My process of creating is a dialogue. I have “conversations” with art and artists, places, monuments, and literature. These discussions connect me to the ideas and issues of the past, and to cultures other than my own.
Line Circle Square
This collection of reductive formalist paintings, constructions, and zips contain a lifetime of exploring the geometry of creativity and culture. Each constructed painting is a world unto itself and feels more like a Bauhaus stage set anticipating its actors’ arrival than a static object hanging on the wall. These are seemingly maquettes for grand gestures and the giant zips have allowed Tom to take the work outside to play with architecture. The buildings become his ground and the zip is the solid line where the dialogue begins between the two forms he is calling forth.
Meg Linton
2016
