Works
  • Tom Betts, Affectionate Tea
    Tom Betts
    Affectionate Tea
    Oil on panel
    43 x 46 cm
  • Tom Betts, Lost in the Desert with Glass and Cups
    Tom Betts
    Lost in the Desert with Glass and Cups
    Oil on panel
    92 x 61 cm
  • Tom Betts, Neapolitan California Noir
    Tom Betts
    Neapolitan California Noir
    Oil on panel
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
  • Tom Betts, Park Night Bobsled
    Tom Betts
    Park Night Bobsled
    Oil on panel
    45.5 x 61 cm
  • Tom Betts, Park Night Dark Ride
    Tom Betts
    Park Night Dark Ride
    Oil on panel
    45.5 x 61 cm
  • Tom Betts, Park Night Skyline
    Tom Betts
    Park Night Skyline
    Oil on panel
    45.5 x 61 cm
  • Tom Betts, Phoenix and Cups
    Tom Betts
    Phoenix and Cups
    Oil on panel
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
  • Tom Betts, Laguna Mint Noir
    Tom Betts
    Laguna Mint Noir
    Oil on panel
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
  • Tom Betts, Laguna Waves and Cups
    Tom Betts
    Laguna Waves and Cups
    Oil on panel
    40.5 x 40.5 cm
  • Tom Betts, Lifting Light with Peaches
    Tom Betts
    Lifting Light with Peaches
    Oil on panel
    40.5 x 40.5 cm
  • Tom Betts, Mohave Sands and Cups
    Tom Betts
    Mohave Sands and Cups
    Oil on panel
    40.5 x 40.5 cm
  • Tom Betts, Visiting Tea
    Tom Betts
    Visiting Tea
    Oil on panel
    43 x 46 cm
Overview

Born: 1977, Utah, USA 

 

Tom Betts began his artistic career by studying art at university and then going on to complete a masters in the study of Ephemeral Realism, which was conceived to help balance societal Ideal Realism. Tom Betts practice focuses on the depiction of light, colour and texture- something he has mastered over the years. This means Betts realisations are atmospheric paintings that lure the viewer in.

 

'Light in my work is meant to seem transitory like a story that takes a few moments to tell then fades into memory. Watching these tales of light flicker and come together to build something so beautiful and subtle is the reason I paint and seeing the life grow from it continues to feed my desire to understand and relate it.” - Tom Betts

 

Tom Betts’ exquisitely rendered artworks undoubtedly fit into the tradition of realist painting, but there is far more at work here than meets the eye. Adding deep layers of meaning and metaphor to the containers, cups, landscapes and lights that dominate his oil paintings, the California-based painter takes realism to sophisticated new levels, successfully employing figuration to capture more elusive concepts, such as the nature of existence, in a way more commonly achieved through abstraction.

 

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