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 (13)
vangogh
I like the way you doodle! This has motion and energy and I like the black and white look. Gives it a hand drawn on paper with charcoal feel.
mooncat
I love you lunchtime doodles, the more I look at this the more images that emerge from it. The lines are so powerful and expressive...Fujita on speed. Very cool!!!
gallimel
Looks like someone opening mouth(from profile, with the only eye seable wide open) and trying to eat a little boat of wood rolling over a big sea. Call it "Neptune's lunch time" It's a great surreal vision :)
syndroid
looks like someone's got bad breath... Looks cool though...the image, not the bad breath. :)
Odious
This is a great doodle... would love to see more doodling... lovely piece of work :)
Legion-Khan
Something of the automatic surrealist works here...letting the mind take over the hand. Reminds me of some of those works.
Tanialmeida
... sea water male/female x floating in waves almost touching ... interesting view of origin of life ;0]
borsy
Beautifully done!!
irix.
luv when you doodle at lunch, its beautiful
crrunchyfrog
Exquisitely expressive. There's a lot of images giving me the shudders today, this is definately one of them. :D
jrulier
I love it though not dark enough.
ElPollo
it is very strong
tuerda
An extremely sharp and spontaneous seeming piece. Evocative of all sorts of contradicting ideas. There is an extremely frantic and disointed feel to this. I love it. It reminds me (somehow) of 3d chess . . . (don't ask me)