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Steve Tomlin is a painter who has lived and worked in Canberra since the 1980s. Originally from the Isle of Wight in England, his work frequently draws connections with both places: the vast informality of the Australian landscape versus the saturated colours and structure of the English countryside.
In this show, through a carefully chosen palette of largely saturated colour, Steve’s work examines landscape and place both outside and at home. Rather than accurately depicting a specific place, each painting is imagined or constructed from multiple photographs drawn from personal experience.
These works focus on his felt responses to his immediate environment, translated into a personal landscape of experience and memory.
“My work explores the themes of strength, stability, constancy, and stillness in unpredictable times and in a landscape defined by the challenges and pressures of nature. These paintings seek to calm the spirit, address anxiety, and find satisfaction in simple pleasures, particularly home, garden and landscape.”
Music played a major role in the creation of these works. It fills Steve’s studio environment. The titles of these works are drawn from his lengthy playlist.
Steve has exhibited extensively since 2013 in Canberra, Queanbeyan and Melbourne. His work is in private collections in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
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“An imagined, constructed image built from multiple photographs of the Cameron Offices Canberra and the trees of Canberra, and referencing Peter Doig's Concrete Cabin paintings.”
Steve Tomlin, 2025.
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