TWENTY
TWENTY GALLERY
Tom ScotcherTom Scotcher
A SOLO EXHIBITION OF WORKS ON CANVAS
9th to 11th May 2024
TWENTY TWENTY GALLERY
at BLACK BOUGH EXHIBITION ALSO ONLINE
www.twenty-twenty.co.uk
Tom Scotcher
Desire Paths
We are delighted to be holding this solo exhibition of paintings by Tom Scotcher at the fabulous Black Bough premises in Ludlow.
Tom Scotcher exhibited with Twenty Twenty Gallery in Quality Square, and continues with us online. This exhibition has been a year in the making, and has been made possible for Tom as he was awarded a grant by the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation in 2023, enabling him to focus on producing this series of paintings.
“The main themes of this group of work is about exploring spaces off the beaten track, feeling fully immersed in the landscape, and the magical qualities of nature. The title ‘Desire Paths’ encompasses my whole outlook on being in the space and extracting these moments of quiet clarity. The two words are short but very potent with meaning. ‘Desire’, that longing feeling of being surrounding by things that grow. ‘Path’, the literal paths we take in the woods and through life.”
Tom Scotcher 2024Alice Wadsworth meets Tom Scotcher
In Tom Scotcher’s illuminated rural landscapes, the eye is pulled through lightways and pathways“desire paths” carved by seasons, plants, animals, rarely by humans. These routes draw us into sensory worlds.
The paintings are a combination of observation and recollection, so while they depict ancient timelines we also see the elongated moment of Scotcher’s gaze, as he seeps time into his work, patching together the turn of morning light into evening, into a liminal hum. While there is force in these paintings - a luminous glow, brightly alive - it is a soft kind of strength.
Scotcher’s impressions of the woods are filtered through the stories his father - a stonemason and carpenter - would weave of goblins, fairies and fantastical occurrences; tales covered in the moss of generations of folklore, reminders of how history has gouged and shaped the landscape.
Several of Tom Scotcher’s works are divided into sections, resembling a stained-glass window. He doesn’t paint to the edge of each canvas, allowing scars of reddened ground to both mark the architectural shapes of their canvases, and create another intimate entryway for the viewer.
Scotcher’s work leads us along in what Benjamin Myers in Under the Rock terms “gentle trespass”treading lightly, stopping often: “in sticking to the path, you’re only going to see so much”.
Alice Wadsworth 2023
Chalkpit (Sunrise)
oil on canvas 25.5 x 29 x 2.6cm £750
Winter Sunrise oil on canvas 24.5 x 31 x 2.6cm £750
Across the Ouse (morning) oil on canvas 31 x 32 x 2.6cm £800
Buddleia oil on canvas 30.3 x 29.1 x 2.6cm £780
English Bluebells oil on canvas 25 x 25 x 1.8cm £700
Chalk Quarry Sunrise oil on canvas 43.2 x 29.7 x 2.6cm £900
Dock in the Morning Dew oil on canvas 44 x 25 x 2.6cm £860
Chalkpit (Early Morning)
oil on canvas 50.5 x 45 x 2.6cm £1,200
Chalkpit (Golden Morning) oil on canvas 44 x 33.5 x 2.6cm £1,050
Sunset behind the Chalkpit oil on canvas 32.5 x 33.5 x 2.6cm £850
Hawthorn (Grey Day)
oil on two canvases 40 x 41.5 x 2.6cm
£970
Hawthorn Blossom oil on canvas 47.5 x 34 x 2.6cm £1,150
Hawthorn Frost oil on canvas 40 x 50 x 1.8cm £1,150
Ridge and Furrow oil on canvas 58.5 x 42 x 2.6cm £1,200
Twisted Tree on the Bank oil on two canvases 37 x 49.6 x 2.6cm £1,100
Flood Bank oil on canvas 30 x 40.3 x 2.6cm £900
Bend in the Ouse (Early Morning) oil on two canvases 50.4 x 40.6 x 2.6cm £1,150
Near Dark oil on canvas 43 x 33 x 2.6cm £950
Path
Through the Copse oil on canvas 42 x 60 x 2.6cm £1,2000
Rugged Trees in Winter oil on canvas 30 x 35.2 x 2.6cm £800
Wind Tunnel
oil on seven canvases 119.5 x 144 x 2.6cm £4,600
Tom Scotcher
Tom Scotcher completed his post-graduate diploma at the Royal Drawing School in 2017. In 2020 he took part in Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, and in 2023 he was awarded a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. The foundation is committed to supporting students and emerging artists in representational art.
Since 2017
Tom Scotcher has exhibited in group and prize exhibitions in London galleries, notably at Piano Nobile Gallery, Pollocks Toy Museum and 155a Gallery. He has worked as an artist in residence and completed works for charity, seeking out opportunities to thrive and grow. Most recently, Tom was selected to take part in Fair Ground, an exhibition at Art at Glyndebourne.
“Tom Scotcher is an exciting young talent who was recommended to me by Melissa Scott-Miller. I think he will go far.”
Mary Elliott, Twenty Twenty Gallery
At Black Bough and Online
The exhibition will be at Black Bough for three days 9th to 11th May 2024. The exhibition is also online at www.twenty-twenty.co.uk
Opening times: Thursday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.
If you are unable to visit during opening hours please contact us for viewings by arrangement.
Purchasing work
Works are available for purchase on receipt of this brochure and online from 29th April.
Own Art - Interest Free Credit over 10 months. Pay-in-Three with PayPal also available.
Prices correct at the time of going to print. We reserve the right to make changes.
Contact
Email: mary@twenty-twenty.co.uk
Telephone: 07770 752903
www.twenty-twenty.co.uk
TWENTY
TWENTY
GALLERY
at BLACK BOUGH
EXHIBITION ALSO ONLINE
www.twenty-twenty.co.uk
Exhibition opening times at Black Bough: 10am to 4pm Thursday to Saturday
Black Bough 10 Portcullis Lane, Ludlow SY8 1PZ
Back cover: Path Through the Copse oil on canvas 42 x 60 x 2.6cm £1,2000
