Steve Tomlin

I see my work as ‘antipodean’ in the sense of having a foot on either side of the globe. It comes with a feeling of dislocation, of being neither here nor there, that is common to the migrant experience. Over the years this has provided me with a rich vein of inspiration and creativity.

My work has a deep connection and commitment to place, not simply the south coast of England where I grew up, nor the Australian bush, nor places visited overseas. These works translate the experience of all these places into a personal landscape of memory.

The images contain uncertainty and ambiguity, mystery and displacement, different orientations or perspectives: an uncertainty about what one is looking at or where exactly one is. I interpret these themes and motifs in a colour palette of positivity, optimism, and hope.