Jim Tetlow
Born 1974, UK
I like ambiguity in art. Uncertainty. What has to conform to the limits of our reality? Metal, glass and flesh can merge seamlessly, as if the surreal worlds and the life forms within are one and the same, and yet at odds sometimes. I rarely seek to endow my works with any "message". I am more interested in people's personal responses.
I'm a multimedia artist working in fine art (including sculpture), digital art, graphic design and various forms inbetween, also illustrating book covers and numerous CD covers. I also work in musical soundscaping, both solo and in group projects, of which there are many releases. I'd like to say a big thanks to everyone here who has supported me in my work and beyond since I began posting in June 2001. Too many to mention, you all know who you are... I'm meeting very special people here :-)
Update 01-08-05: I've been given a 4 page feature article in Issue 3 of the new media magazine Contour based in Atlanta, Georgia. The images printed very well and they did me proud.
Update 21-03-06: I've been spending the last 6 months living in New South Wales, Australia. Inspiring place! Also in the process of illustrating the book covers for a series of Japanese books called Hikishio no Toki (Time of the Ebb Tide) by Mayumura Taku - to date I've completed the first two of the five volumes. I've recently been returning to traditional media as well as producing the usual digital art, and contributed a sculptural canvas to a recent local exhibition. Link: Saatchi Gallery webspace
Update 09-01-21: I hadn't even logged in for some years. It's weird nipping back here after not even posting for 13 years, like revisiting your old school incognito. As I'm not active here anymore I wonder if anyone will even see this again besides me.
Comments (16)
spidermurph
You know most people go to the beach to sunbathe and eat icecream. LOL. Great work dude. I love the contrast from the Raymond Loewy circle to the of set shoreline. The bird... Cherry...Cake. Murph
Synapse
Sunbathing and eating ice cream? Well, it's nice and everything but where's the art in that? When there are rockpools and things to find I just want to get the camera out! Must look up Raymond Loewy, thanks for the tip :-)
tibet2004uk
I love this!!! Totally!! Frame it!!!
ifos
I think this is great! Excellent!! I think the viewing would be improved if we could see it all without scrolling.
dragonfly2000
Such a strong oriental feel to me, partly format; very strong design this, yah, deserves to be printed - possible even on fabric to hang.... Raymond Loewy is new to me also.
bern
I like the primitive aspect of your work .... influenced by Bushmen art ?
crrunchyfrog
I know, at the moment, you are hearing what I feel about your creations, but that doesn't stop me feeling odd for not commenting here, especially when you are creating images like this! Conversations around the solar plexus have probably influenced how I'm viewing this, but you also may have deliberately been expressing the epicentre of raw emotion, sending aftershocks of energy into the nervous system. The balance of dark and light energy in this is nothing short of stunning my friend biggest hugs! Thank you as always for creating and sharing everything you do. xxxxxx
suresh_krishna
Love those earthy colours. Excellent composition.
cbender
that's awesome, dear jim...! i really love it... there's something happenning... some kind of communication... :) definitely very well done...! love it... great colours great style... perfect piece of work... :) hugesthugs hey - and cool to have dear cassie here again... ;)
eras50
The photographer's eye at its best. A really great piece of art.
Bungalo
Aha! Somehow I feel everybody's going a bit sephia by the autumn time. Good lokin' one. And very dramatic. poor birdie...
crypticghost
that is crazy! so artistic, and what a nice sense of symetry.
Naichan
This seems amost like a painting using rough earthy pigments. Love the proportions, I can't help but think of a Japanese screen painting. A real gem!
cynlee
haven't used my dead bird photo in awhile ;] makes for an interesting image here with the golden tones
Synapse
Thanks everyone! "Now, two boys have been found rubbing linseed oil into the school cormorant." - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
mysnapz
Lucky strike Jim, not so lucky for the bird, isnt life a non-stop education : ) For some reason this feels very tribal to me perhaps its the colours I just keep thinking zooloo warriors