ARTIST'S STATEMENT

The paintings in this show are the latest in a continuum that celebrates the subtle beauty in the effects of time and nature on our imperfect and impermanent world. These paintings consist of numerous layers of paint which are
manipulated and abraded to reveal bits of the underlying "history" written in weathered textures, cryptic symbols, muted earthy colors, asymmetry and understatement.

My paintings which have been called contemplative and Zen-Iike do not copy nature, rather they represent a response to the way nature and time express themselves in the weathered and the worn.

Tom Sargeant


Bio: Native of Wisconsin

Exhibitions:

2009 "Celebrating 30 Years," The Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2008 "New Abstractions 2008," The Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI (solo)
2007 "Dialogues; Layers of Meaning, "Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, WI (dual)
2006 "Red," The Grace Chosy Gallery , Madison, WI
2006 "Recent Works," Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, WI
2006 "A Celebration of Time and Nature," The Grace Chosy Gallery ( solo )
2005 "Layered Intentions," Overture Center for the ARTS, Madison WI
2005 "Abstractions," Woodwalk Gallery, Door county , WI
2004 "Signs and Symbols," The Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI. (Solo)
2004 "Celebrating 10 Years," The Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, WI
2004 "Abstractions," The Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, WI.
2003 "Recent Works," The Woodwalk Gallery
2003 “pARTners," Promega Atrium Gallery, Madison, WI.
2002 "Recent Works," The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI.(dual)
2002 "Route 51," Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Juried Exhibition.
2001 "On Site," Peninsula Art School, Door County, WI.
2001 "A Family Affair", Seasons on St. Croix Gallery, Hudson, WI. (dual)
2001 The King's Foot Gallery, Madison, WI.
2001 "For Men Only," The Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI.
2000 "Winter Juried Exhibition," The Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI.
2000 Two-person exhibition, Gallery of the Madison Public Library.
1999 Juried exhibition. The Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI.
1997 Wisconsin Regional Art Program Exhibition, Madison, WI. James Schwalbach Award.
1996 Wisconsin Regional Arts Program Exhibition: Best of Show award.

Galleries:

The Grace Chosy Gallery Madison, Wisconsin.
The Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, Wisconsin.

Affiliations:

Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors

Art Education:

Primarily self-taught, plus work shops & short courses with a number of inspiring teachers.