tom johnson : artwork

here a few shots of the recent 97 miles west show in truman brewery, theyre stitched together using photoshop, makers are left to right inga page, emily horn, will kendrick, maja beattie, astrid foreman lauren truss, stephanie bengry-howell, charles thorburn, tracey page, lizzie morris geraldine duffy, benmottershead, me, lucy hobbs, lauren truss emily horn, inga page, will kendrick, maja beattie this is all the packed work just before the ... .. . 97 mile move to brick lane

ive been working on a series of collages as a way of informing composition and content in a series of large format paintings i have been rather sidetracked from producing during my degree.. here are just a few to give an idea, most of the content is from 'the book of knowledge' an eight volume encyclopedia from around 1900... . they are a2 format

'comprehensive clarity' multiple media, process, tools, time this was the piece i made for my final assessment/degree show at bath spa, next up... 97 west: the post degree show http://97mileswest.co.uk/

new(ish) painting 'exercise 23' last day in the old studio first day in the degree show space next up: http://97mileswest.co.uk/ http://www.free-range.org.uk/cgi-bin/exhibition.pl?yearID=15&exhibitionID=589

documenting recent activity has been... but i have been making work as well as writing and applying for MA courses.. 're-iterated geography' collage, carpentry, pine, polyfiller, atlas, compass, hardware 'filtered landscape': installed at constructing current painting steel, ply, pine, ink, chalk marker, dulux, collage, tape after the constructing current painting exhibition, i decided to try some things with a router in parallel to making a piece with a CNC router. 'surface history map' oil on reclaimed table w.i.p.: 24 hour painting ink, oil, chalk marker, ply, pine w.i.p.: final show (bath) element 1 digitally routed ply, mahogany, hardware