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A Bark to Blossom: Tom Jean Webb

Past exhibition
8 March - 20 April 2024
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tom Jean Webb, I am a beast and I am beautiful, 2024
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tom Jean Webb, I am a beast and I am beautiful, 2024
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tom Jean Webb, I am a beast and I am beautiful, 2024

Tom Jean Webb

I am a beast and I am beautiful, 2024
Acrylic, oil, oil pastel and glitter on canvas
152.4 x 121.9 cm
60 x 48 in.
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Courtesy of the artist and Brooke Benington
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Tom Jean Webb, Where is my jungle, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Tom Jean Webb, Where is my jungle, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Tom Jean Webb, Where is my jungle, 2023
This large mixed media painting shows a giant black and yellow spider sitting at the centre of her web, descending towards a fly trapped in its silvery tendrils. The violence...
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This large mixed media painting shows a giant black and yellow spider sitting at the centre of her web, descending towards a fly trapped in its silvery tendrils. The violence of this moment seemingly echo’s the smashed window - also rendered in silver glitter and blue - which we encountered in an earlier painting Outside is barking. Rather than being a monstrous presence in the painting, this arachnid apex predator is equal to the beauty of the yellow blossom that mirrors it in the composition. The fine natural geometry of the web is a counterpoint to the swirling paintwork within the large green and brown leaves which fill much of the foreground in the painting. And further back in the composition, delicate new growth creeps into the empty space of the canvas, gradually filling the scene with new life. A reminder of the continuous cycle of the natural world.

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Exhibitions

A Bark to Blossom, Brooke Benington, London (2024)
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