TOM BATES

bio

With every year that passes my work changes a lot, and I feel as though I am still trying to find my voice. Due to this my work is rather sporadic, sometimes delving into more serious topics, other times more meaningless nonsense, and utilizing a range of mediums and processes, although I typically prefer traditional.

What hasn’t changed are my interests. Without really being aware of it until later, most of what I produced at Kingston focused on some element of the natural world and the immeasurable web of organisms, processes, and relations that hold our world together. That, and meaningless nonsense. 

Most recently I have really gotten back into drawing from imagination, creating creatures and characters, artefacts and environments. Much of what I draw appears to exist within the realm of fantasy, this is probably due to the fact that I’m a big nerd, however taking something impossible and making it tangible is something that really interests me.