The 1970's
A move to Reading University heralded another change in his painting. From the early 70's his work became more formalist through his engagement with a group called 'Systems', a collective led by the painter and constructivist Malcolm Hughes. Perhaps this is not surprising, as his early training in architecture enabled him to identify with their passion for structure, architectural spaces, and grids such as Network' 1972.
In his 2005 book 'Helford - A River and some landscapes', he confronts the many twists and turns in a prolific career: "throughout my work abstraction and realism have gone hand in hand. From time to time one of these has been dominant but never wholly at the expense of the other. I feel there is no need to choose."
Following his move to Falmouth in 1976, Tom pursued a more representational form of landscape and still life painting. His later work demonstrates a sophistication that is not only evocative of the subject matter but also maintains a profoundly intelligent art-making that reflects a lifetime of learning such as The Quay at Port Navas' 2005.
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Connections 1 -
Corner 1975 -
Development 2 - Interlacing 1978 -
Falmouth Harbour from Greenbank 1977 -
Falmouth Moorings -
Falmouth River -
Flat 1975 -
In a Window -
In a Window 1 -
In a Window 2 -
In a Window Spring Light -
In a Window, Still Life -
Jack 1975 -
Large Light Piece 1971 -
Llety Cymru II 1974 -
Lletycymru 2 1974 (study) -
Lletycymru I 1974 -
Network -
Pencil Drawing -
Primary 3 1977 -
Primary 4 1977 -
Relationships 1 & 2 1978 -
San Giorgio Venice, Italy -
Secondary 1 1977 -
Secondary 2 1977 -
Sequence -
Sequence 1971 -
Slots 1972 -
Slow 1975 -
Snow 1975 -
Span 1971 -
Spring Sections 1978 -
St Anthony 1978 -
St Anthony Head 1978 -
St Anthony's Head 1 1978 -
St. Anthony Head 3 -
Start 1976 -
Still Life with Scallop Shells -
Straw 1976 -
Sunset at Zennor 1978 -
Taliesin 1976 -
Three Times Three 1978 -
Three Times for Taliesin 1976 -
Truro River 1978 -
Window Still Life 2 -
Window at Zennor 1978 -
Zennor (Tumuli), Cornwall 1976 -
Zennor 1 -
Zennor 4 1976