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.
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Comments (22)
ms-3Dstudio
Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful...!
FluffyAnna
Oh Jim, this is so beautiful! You know that I love this style of your work more than any other... Everytime you make work like this you amaze me. Great stuff! Fluff
daeve
This is really awesome, Jim! The light and depth. So warm. My new fav. Nice work!
gunsan
Awesome Jim, your imagination runs wild, I love that. Have been away the whole day, but I will go to 2D forum and see what preceeded this one. Wonderful "flowerish" colors and warmth, weird but attractive.
narcissus
great one!very nice background choice!
Gregor.Scharff
I LOVE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STUNNING ARTWORK OF BOTH WORLDS. I MUST GET IT !!! BIGGEST HUGEST HUGS
tibet2004uk
Intestines is the first thing that comes to my mind here! A strange transparent being and I can see his/her intestines through his/her skin! Kinda yuk really but also a very moving image! It's the pose, so humble and almost begging but also maybe offering that bouquet of flowers....? Very intriguing and beautiful in its own way!
duncanlong
Amazing... beautiful yet terrifying.
vbarreto
Absolutely beautiful image!!
zzzak
Beautiful,,, reminds me of a blossoming flower just in time for spring. :)
kimariehere
awesome artwork!! ... creativley done fanstic color and idea ... powerful work!
catmandennis
I don't know how you create suct stunning images time after time. This is superlative!
bevchiron
I love the abstraction here Jim, the way the flower & figure seem to morph into one another, lovely flowing composition & dramatic use of tone, ambiguous as always & beautiful in the most unsettling way! Great work ; )
Naichan
Hi Jim! Sorry for not being around recently. I missed you all and your pics! This is an odd work even by your standards! All those collage-like organic folds are so open to interpretation, making it a visual tease. I love this sort of thing! I'm not sure if I would call it a "beautiful" work (always a subjective thing) but it is certainly an image that gives a powerful and lasting impression. Thanks for posting it!
cynlee
fertilized with care & creativity!! a rose of a different sort!! luv the color :]
eyeland
Creative concept, beautifully colored & composed.
mysnapz
Love the abstract here Jim. The flat shapes against the forms are interesting Im inspired to make an hybrid for the theme too.
cbender
yes... ... thanks, jim!
irix.
i luv it i dont get to see you do many abstracts with flowers beautiful hugzz
titta
The carrier transforms into the flowers he carries with him - so much he is in love with them! This is such a beautiful work, Jim! I see there so much love, and caring - and yet some pain that makes this all so complete. Very creative; your imagination makes me feel so good! :-)
SirJohn
This one is tripping me out! What a bizarre mixture your mind has concocted in this image. I love it man, it shows that your minds eye is in overdrive!
tuerda
Makes me think of a pregnant woman, or perhaps a fetus.