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All images and content of this website are Copyright © 2003 - 2008 Tom Cartmill. All rights reserved.
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Spiral (from convergences) pencil on paper 36x56cm © 2005 Tom Cartmill
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Convergences VII pencil on paper 55x98cm © 2005 Tom Cartmill
Convergences III pencil on paper 65x93cm © 2005 Tom Cartmill
Convergences IX pencil on paper 65x93cm © 2005 Tom Cartmill
Convergences II
pencil on paper 65x96cm © 2005 Tom Cartmill
about the strata series
The paintings in the 'Strata Series' 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. I use a combination of different paints,contrasting their varying properties. The juxtaposition of different materials and textures is an essential part of my practice. My method of working also involves the making of my own paints, where I am able to saturate a medium with pigment, and apply it over or alongside, factory made paints.
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.
The title for this series is a thematic key to the work. It indicates the physical process of making the paintings,as described above, and the clear geological reference relates to the fact that the paintings are also about the accretion of time and experience.