Tom Cartmill

Hexagon Grid Fragment / ink on paper, on aluminium / 79x62x2cm

This year I have been focusing on a series of sculptural drawings exploring the possibilities offered by using a simple grid form with a monochrome palette of pencil or inks, on differing weights and finishes of cotton rag paper. The drawings are float-mounted on aluminium and prepared as '3d drawings'. I am delighted to say that a work in the series won the Purcell Paper Prize in a 2024 exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.

The works in this series question the ‘modernist grid’ and 'drawing' itself, where the ostensibly flat surface has become a physical object, resonating in space. I am interested in matter, space and repetition; in change through time and the inevitable accumulation of experience.

The way that buildings and much used objects age, weathering and transforming with the passage of time, is a constant source of inspiration. This directly relates to the methods used to make my work, where I combine conventional drawing and painting techniques with more innovative processes: Layers of media are built up, to be abraded, worn through in various ways, to perhaps be removed or overlaid again and again, mirroring the passage of time and giving glimpses of the unfolding story of the making of the work itself.

Contact

The Art studio, Unit 1, Amners Farm
Burghfield
Reading
RG30 3UE
Either: Off A33 - Grazeley turning (near Junct 11, M4), Or: Off A4 – Burghfield turning.
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