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Tim Garwood creates compelling and witty abstract paintings from a range of materials. Gleaned from the streets around his South London studio, scraps of wood and metal find their way into works that blur the boundary between painting and relief sculpture. Garwood is interested in the visual chemistry of unconventional materials. A humble IKEA tablecloth, a tangy house paint with the novel name “Mermaid Cheeks”, an aluminium barbeque tray – everything becomes fair game for the painter in his studio. From this raw matter Garwood creates colourful compositions that deliver impact and subtle tension in equal order. A closer look reveals many stages of action and counteraction recorded in the surfa...
2017
Oil, gloss, spray paint, cut canvas and wood stain on cotton
96.5 x 66.5cm
18520
Images and text © The Artist, 2018

Where you'll find this

The House of St Barnabas
Permanent collection