Evening into Night "For some time now I have been interested in the minimal qualities of the sea and the sky, using the horizon as a focal point of the picture. These paintings take as their subject the specific time or moment of twilight. "At the end of day there is a progression of moments where light/colour is compressed above the horizon as it moves towards night. This resonant, sometimes sublime time, marks a poignant moment of the day. "A brief glimpse into stillness, a sense of the past and present fluxed into one moment. A last glance at the day's light before the surfaces around you sink into inky blackness." Tom Rickman June 2001 (above) Sun / Cloud oil on canvas 920 x 1370mm   Bright Light oil on canvas 1020 x 760mm   Edge of Light oil on canvas 1020 x 1120mm   "This is Dark" oil on canvas 1370 x 1430mm   Blackmount West oil on canvas 1070 x 2010mm   Above Skye, September oil on canvas triptych 1370 x 1430mm x 3   Into Night oil on canvas 710 x 560mm   Early Evening oil on canvas 710 x 560mm   Low Light oil on canvas 1020 x 1060mm   Red Sun oil on canvas 1020 x 760mm   Cloud Cluster oil on canvas 920 x 1370mm   Full oil on canvas 1370 x 1430mm   Logan Stone oil on canvas 1270 x 760mm   Red Moon oil on canvas 1020 x 760mm   Moon over Castle Dinas oil on canvas 660 x 510mm   Suilven - October oil on canvas 510 x 710mm   Moon Rising oil on canvas 510 x 710mm   Sunset oil on canvas 1370 x 1430mm   TOM RICKMAN Tom was born in the City of London in 1960. He studied Fine Art at Epson College of Art & Design from 1979-82. He lived and worked in West Dorset from 1983 to 1992. During this time he used a beach hut as a studio for three years, painting the light and changing atmosphere of Lyme Bay. Then, as now, he has always been interested in the horizon as the focal point, a division of two elements. A horizontal edge; the ending of the land. Moving to West Cornwall in 1992 seemed a logical progression for him, living close to the rugged romantic coastline of West Penwith, facing out to the Atlantic. Tom has exhibited throughout the West Country, London, Hong Kong, Buenos Aries, New Jersey and Amsterdam. He has had work published by Collins and is a Member of the Society of Landscape Painters. His paintings are exhibited widely and he has had several solo shows at The Great Atlantic Map Works Gallery in St Just. Tom Rickman lives with his partner and their two young children in Mousehole, West Cornwall. Call 01736 786016 or 01736 788911 or email: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to secure the painting(s) of your choice.

Exhibition dates: 28th June - 12th July 2001

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