ABOUT TAMSIN WILSON

"Part of my studio practice is having multiple paintings to work on at the same time, some intentionally more experimental and expressive than others - often working from no reference image. In this piece I was utilising the flow of oil paint, layering colour and texture to create something transient – smoke or mist, or light rippling on the surface of water." - Part of a series relating to phases of matter – solids, liquids, gases, and others.

"Working in a mould making workshop for years I became fascinated with moulds. In this case they are handmade silicone and fibreglass vessels for making reproductions of art and furniture. The moulds themselves have an interesting visual language. They are simultaneously cruder looking, yet often more intricately crafted than the objects they form. They degrade with every use, and eventually destroyed in the casting process, so they are often unacknowledged and undocumented."

"Painted from a photograph I took at the calcified waterfall and hot springs at Bagni San Filippo, Italy. A solid white cascade that resembles snow or ice in form, streaked with peach and pink. It was one of the strangest places I’ve been, a beautiful alien landscape that looks frozen despite the baking hot sun." - Part of a series relating to phases of matter – solids, liquids, gases, and others. 

Laguna is the study of a vividly coloured piece of petrified wood. The textures of wood remain but the colours have been formed through mineralisation and solidification of the organic matter." - Part of a series relating to phases of matter – solids, liquids, gases, and others.

"Working in a mould making workshop for years I became fascinated with moulds. In this case they are handmade silicone and fibreglass vessels for making reproductions of art and furniture. The moulds themselves have an interesting visual language. They are simultaneously cruder looking, yet often more intricately crafted than the objects they form. They degrade with every use, and eventually destroyed in the casting process, so they are often unacknowledged and undocumented."