Whether working in oils or acrylics, Tom is exploring new effects in applying and layering paint to canvas. Broad sweeping strokes evoke movement and gesture in nonobjective canvases like Crossroads and Wildflowers. Opaque shapes, arranged in a singular plane, create spatial tension in the formal composition of Harbour View

 

Bridge View 63.5″H x 46.5″W, Acrylic on canvas, 2017

 

Crossroads 32″H x 89″W, Oil on canvas, 2017

 

Wildflowers 52″H x 53″W, Acrylic on canvas, 2017

 

Scirocco 72″H, 25″W, Acrylic on canvas, 2017

 

Harbour View 72″H x 55″W, Acrylic on canvas, 2017