James Tomlinson

Two buzzards on a street lamp against a graffiti wall
Buzz and Woody
Two swallows on a wire in front of a pink graffiti wall
Summer’s Here
A grey bird perched on a stop sign against graffiti
Stop
Two birds in a duel over a purple graffiti background
Duel
A peregrine falcon perched on a bicycle handlebar against graffiti
Elsie
Detail of a raven on the shoulder of the Joker, painted over graffiti
The Joker (detail)

Buzz and Woody

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Birds against the noise of the street — painted in mixed media, with the occasional shake of a spray can.

Collections

A bullfinch on a graffiti-covered birdhouse

Drips

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A kestrel perched on a CCTV camera against graffiti

Feral

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New works

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James Tomlinson signing a print run of Home Part 1 in the studio

About

James lives and paints in Rye, East Sussex. Graffiti got hold of him in 1985 through Subway Art; birds came later, out on the marshes around Rye Harbour. The Feral series is where the two meet.

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