Tristram Drew

Born 1970 England, raised in Australia and France, and educated in England. Currently living in Brooklyn NY USA


After extensive studies in art and acquiring a Honors Degree in Fine Art Painting moved to New York in 1996. Drawing on recent imagery based on the cinematic drama of composition, and playing with light and associations, opened up possibilities in a new environment. Working as a self-taught faux finisher and decorative painter, including the classic art of Trompe L'Oiel, while maintaining an in-home studio has allowed many creative applications and challenging artistry.

These skills have been brought together into a recent series of paintings entitled "Silver Drawings." Using composition silver leaf as a surface to work two-tone monochromatic studies of still life in oil paint. The slickness of the surface allows the fluidity of the paint to loosely sketch out the representations. The image is then honed by scratching and manipulating the paint into a tight, almost photographic rendition. Aided by the exposed edge of gesso, these paintings (drawings) evoke from the composition, an essence, of the classic "silver print;" printed with a matte border. All of these paintings are executed from life, there was...

Kent Institute Of Art And Design BA Hons Fine Art Painting

Shows:

2007

May 1st - June 2nd
"Silver Drawings"
Jan & Aya
99 Franklin Street,
Brooklyn, NY 1
1222 USA

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