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Tom McKendrick DA RSW RGI
Tom McKendrick was born in Clydebank in 1948. Growing up in this small but vibrant industrial town has had a marked influence in his work and methodology. The roots of his paintings and sculptures are firmly planted in the processes of work. It is the drive to make that interests his creative energies and his fascination in the interaction between man, ideas and materials results in large multimedia shows.
Tom's exhibitions contain a rich variety of media and techniques, dedicated sound, objects and effects that merge to create a highly charged aesthetic statement. Influenced by religious and archaeological art McKendrick with ease blends ancient concepts and modern technologies.
His exhibitions can be best described as 'layered', allowing the viewer to explore deeply the many facets that are merged into the subject matter. The drive to create a single holistic visual impact dominates his exhibitions and the use of theatrical effects are employed to enhance and bind together the varied components and intensify the aesthetic atmosphere. Primarily a painter his work is identified by its rich surface texture.
McKendricks techniques are as varied as the contents of his shows and he is at ease creating in clay, welded steel, oil, watercolour, lasers, electronics and kinetics or indeed anything that the current project demands to bring it to fruition. Major exhibitions of acclaim include Blitz, Submarine, Rivet Temple, Iron and Heavier Than Air. Each has been the subject of a television documentary and enjoyed highly successful tours with record breaking gallery visitation levels.
Served apprenticeship as a Loftsman in John Browns Shipyards 1963 - 1969.... Jordanhill College of Education -1976.... Elected to Royal Society of Watercolorists - 1985...... Elected to Glasgow Group - 1986..... Elected to Royal Glasgow Institute - 1988.
SUBMARINE FILM LINK CLICK HERE
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