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ROBIN THOMPSON

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Abstracts

My recent abstracts try to convey the struggle between peace and agitation, between vigour and frailty and between involvement and disengagement.   Many of us look for calm and quiet as an escape from the contemporary world’s overstimulation and comlexity. These paintings seek to reconcile these competing elements within the same picture plane.

Brechfa Pool
Brechfa Pool

Ink, acrylic, oil and collage on canvas

2024

Llangorse Lake
Llangorse Lake

Oil, acrylic, collage on canvas

2024

Rhosili Bay
Rhosili Bay

Oil, ink, acrylic and collage on canvas

2024

North Bank South Bank
North Bank South Bank

80x80cms

2023

Wye
Wye

Oil and pigment, encaustic, collage

2023

A Windy Day
A Windy Day

Oil on canvas. 2022

Tao
Tao

Oil on canvas.  2015.  100x100cms

Llangorse
Llangorse

Acrylic on canvas

2023

Barn at Sissinghurst
Barn at Sissinghurst

Oil on canvas

20223

Squarespace
Squarespace

Pigment and oil

100x100 cms

2022

South bank 3
South bank 3

Oil on canvas

100x80cms. 2022

City as theatre
City as theatre

Pigment and oil on canvas

80x80cms. 2023

On the Up
On the Up

Enamel, oil and mixed media on canvas. 2020. 100 x 80 cms

Rhosili  1
Rhosili 1

Oil and mixed media on canvas. 2021. 80x60cms

Arc
Arc

Oil and acrylic on canvas 2022

Fissure
Fissure

Acrylic and oil on canvas. 2020. 76 x 102 cms

Bumpers 2016
Bumpers 2016

Oil and ink on canvas   100 x 120cms

Orange
Orange

Oil on canvas. 2022

Pressing
Pressing

Acrylic on canvas. 2020. 100 x 80 cms

Intruder 1
Intruder 1

Oil, acrylic, encaustic and mixed media on canvas. 2020. 80 x 80 cms

Intruder 2
Intruder 2

Acrylic, oilstick, collage and mixed media on canvas. 2020. 60 x 60 cms

Around
Around

Acrylic on canvas. 2018. 80 x 80 cms

Heat
Heat

Pigment and oil

60x60cms

2022

Flagging
Flagging

Oil, acrylic, ink on canvas.  2017.  100x100cms

Arctic sun
Arctic sun

Acrylic on canvas. 2015. 100 x 100cms

Winter in the Beacons
Winter in the Beacons

 

Oil, acrylic, marble dust on canvas.   2016.  80x80cms

 

Streaming
Streaming

Liquid acrylic, putty. 2019. 80x80 cms

Blue
Blue

Oil and ink on canvas.  2015.  100x100cms

Flowing
Flowing

Acrylic, encaustic, oilbar on canvas.

2017.

100 x 75cms

Under the Sea
Under the Sea

Acrylic on canvas. 2018. 80x100cms

Tao 2
Tao 2

Oil, acrylic, incense and metal on canvas.  2017.  90x90cms

Landscapes

Landscapes invite me to explore their underlying structure and character and to render them in a place between figurative and abstract.  I have been visiting the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains for decades: their combination of durability and changeability (that Welsh weather!) is a painter's delight.

Small Metropolis
Small Metropolis

Pigment and oil on canvas

100x120 cms. 2023

Towy at Dinas
Towy at Dinas

Encaustic, acrylic, spray paint on canvas

2023

Usk at llangyddir
Usk at llangyddir

Encaustic, acrylic, spray paint, marble dust on canvas

2024

Wye in winter
Wye in winter

Encaustic, acrylic, marble dust and spray paint on canvas

2024

Towy at Dinas
Towy at Dinas

Acrylic, encaustic spray paint on canvas

2022

Rock-a-nore
Rock-a-nore

Oil on canvas.  2011.  100x80cms

Barn at Sissinghurst 2
Barn at Sissinghurst 2

Oil on canvas

2022

Bay
Bay

Oil on canvas. 100x100cms. 2021

Mouth
Mouth

Oil, enamel and mixed media on canvas. 100x100cms. 2022

Beacons in Winter
Beacons in Winter

Oil, acrylic, marble dust, pigment 2017. 80x80cms

Rhosili 2
Rhosili 2

Oil and enamel on canvas. 60x60cms. 2022

Burren
Burren

Acrylic on canvas.  2012  60x40cms.  

Winter Beacons
Winter Beacons

Oil, acrylic, marble dust and mixed media on canvas. 2017. 80 x 80 cms

Ella Gap Mist
Ella Gap Mist

Oil, spray paint, marble dust, mixed media. 2019. 60x60 cms

Ella Gap Clear
Ella Gap Clear

Oil, acrylic, marble dust, mixed media

Brechfa Pool Rain
Brechfa Pool Rain

Oil and acrylic on canvas.  2014.  80x80cms

Scorched
Scorched

80x80cms

Acrylic on canvas

Langorse Lake
Langorse Lake

Acrylic on paper. 2013. A1

Brechfa Pool Sun
Brechfa Pool Sun

Oil and acrylic on canvas.  2014.  80x60cms

Ginkaku-ji zen garden
Ginkaku-ji zen garden

Acrylic, sand, cord, paper, mixed media. 2019. 80x80 cms

Making Tracks
Making Tracks

Clay and ink. 130x130cms. 2022

Beacon
Beacon

Enamel, oil and encaustic on hessian. 90 x 90 cms. 2020

West Dean
West Dean

Acrylic on canvas

180x150cms

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Cities and people

How thrilling to pretend to be a bird looking down on cities and observing them as ever-changing organisms.  For nearly 50 years, I was a city planner working in places like London and Shanghai.  I use this experience to take an aerial perspective,which allows my paintings to observe urban environments from a different angle.  My long career in city planning gave me insights into people at work and on the move.

Ocean at Galle
Ocean at Galle

Acrylic on canvas

2024

Old Chinese Man
Old Chinese Man

Oil on canvas.  2010.  60x60cms

Zen Garden
Zen Garden

Oil on canvas.  2013.  60 x60cms

Temple of the Tooth Kandy
Temple of the Tooth Kandy

oil and pigment on canvas

2024

Thames 2
Thames 2

Oil on canvas.  2012.  80x60cms

Meeting in Progress
Meeting in Progress

Oil on canvas.  2010.  100x80cms

Bundi
Bundi

Oil on canvas.  2014.  100x100cms

Commuters
Commuters

Oil on canvas.  2011.  100x80cms

Ceramics and sculpture

Ceramics gives me the opportunity to realise painterly surfaces in three-dimensional forms.  I particularly like Japanese stone lanterns as a form that corresponds intimately with its context. In my sculptural practice I enjoy putting together disparate elements to create something new.

Petals
Petals

Canvas, steel, wood and wire

2024

ADHD
ADHD

Wire and wax

2024

Round lantern
Round lantern

2019

Cross
Cross

Metal wooden and ceramic pieces. 2022

Lantern
Lantern

Ceramic 2022

Square lantern
Square lantern

2019

Three piece lantern
Three piece lantern

2019

Lidded lantern
Lidded lantern

2019

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Ironing man
Ironing man

Ironing board and kimono. 2022

Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones

Clay and rope

2022

Blue lantern
Blue lantern

2019

White tower 1
White tower 1

2018

White tower 2
White tower 2

2018

Celandine lantern
Celandine lantern

2019

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Lockdown walks
Lockdown walks

Clay, paper,ink

120x120cms. 2022

Bad hair day
Bad hair day

Boot scraper, skilled ball, twirler. 2022

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