How's That Sam? 2006

This painting by Tom Hilborn is called “How’s That Sam? (Bill Riley with Abysal Fish)” painted in 2006.

Tom has told me that this painting represents Bill Riley‘s soliciting a response from Sam Phillips (the American record producer) having just recorded “Flyin’ Saucer Rock ‘n Roll” which was Bill Riley’s biggest hit.  Riley recorded this song with his band, The Little Green Men at Sun Records in 1957.

This painting is framed, painted in acrylic paint on fiber board. It is available for sale on our buy art page.

What’s the abysal fish doing in the painting, I asked Tom.  Tom uses this image of the abysal fish which lives in the depths and darkness of the oceans, as a suggestion of hydrostatic (water) pressure of 2000 metric tons.  If you want to know more, he says, just call Tom.

Man with a Bow Tie

This painting by Canadian artist Tom Hilborn is called “Man with a Bow Tie”.

It was painted in 2005.  The “Man with a Bow Tie” is painted on fiber board and consists of acrylic and ballpoint pen.  “Man with a Bow Tie” measures 19 3/4″ x 24 1/4 inches.

This is one of the paintings for sale on Tom’s Buy Art page and is for sale for $525.  You can own this painting.  Please use our contact page for inquiries on owning any of Tom Hilborn’s paintings.

Abstration

I spent the day recently at Tom’s house which he describes as his cottage and escape.  I had driven madly from my city Toronto to his town, the town of Dundas.  Never been there before.  It took me about an hour just to get out of Toronto because of traffic.  Then I’m following a round-about route through the countryside.  I’m thinking why the hell does Tom live here way out in the middle of nowhere?  I find driving through the countryside rather frustrating because it all, well, looks the same to me.  All of a sudden, I’m driving down this winding road into the valley where you’ll find Dundas.   Tom lives here.  It’s a very pretty little village like town.  So that’s why Tom lives here.  Ah – I get it.

Time was limited.  We photographed some of Tom’s works of art, ate lunch, madly scribbled away on the backs of paintings and note paper, details of the paintings.  I showed him his website on my little laptop.  He gave me an handwritten article to put on this website.  (That’s coming shortly).

Interpretation No. 325

Today, I hope to share some of the images of Tom’s paintings and post them.  At a later date, I’ll be posting more of his paintings.  Of course, some of these artworks are for sale here on Tom’s online art gallery which you can check out.   Details of the paintings will be found on the Buy Art page, as soon as it is updated.

If you want to see a larger image of the paintings shown here in this article, just click on the image.  This is true for any of the art works images by Tom you’ll find on the Tom Hilborn website.  The photographs have to be downloaded from my camera and then tidied up in PhotoShop.

Interpretation No. 567

And, guys, if you have any comments on Canadian artist, Tom Hilborn and his works of art, please feel free to post them. Love to hear your comments, opinions.   Spammers, forget it. You’ll get an instant “delete.”  This is a serious art site. He’s got a solo art show opening October 28th at Il Tenore and Art Fusion Gallery in London.  Don’t miss it – there will be drinks, live music and the art show.  I think it’s called “Divine poke in the neck”.  Cool enough name.

So stay tuned to Tom’s online art gallery for new images of Tom’s paintings and check Tom on Facebook and Twitter.  He has both ya know.

St. James the Greater After Leonardo

This artistic study of “St. James the Great After Leonardo” is much like another painting of Tom’s, also named with the same name, St. James the Great After Leonardo.

The drawings of Leonardo da Vinci were a great influence to Tom during the years when he focused on the classical Renaissance saints.

In this painting, the face of the saint is embedded in the moon, within the night sky.  Themes of nature and the world around us can be viewed in the painting and the theme of the circularity within life which emerges in recent years in his new art work can already be seen.

This is an acrylic painting on masonite board by Tom.

Primordial Future No. 15

From the New Works by Tom Hilborn collection, this painting Primordial Future No. 15 is from a series of other paintings, Primordial Future No. 16 and Primordial Future No. 17 which were first exhibited at The Art Exchange Gallery in London, Canada. These new paintings by Tom Hilborn show a progression away from paintings of the saints and hards style of his earlier works towards an abstraction.  There is the sense of circularity and connection in his new work. The paintings are built up, three dimensional, acrylic paint on masonite.

Primordial Future No. 16

Primordial Future No. 16 is a painting from the collection of New Works by Tom Hilborn.  New Works by Tom Hilborn first exhibited at The Art Exchange in London, Canada in early 2010.

This painting measures 18 ” x 18 ” , acrylic on board.

Other paintings  from the New Works collection already posted include Portal by Tom Hilborn and Primordial Future No. 17.  You’ll eventually see all of the paintings from the New Works by Tom Hilborn, as soon as I can get the images of his new work up on the site.  If you’d like to see a larger view of this painting, just click on the image.  Stay tuned.

Rock 'n Roll Trio

Painting by Canadian artist, Tom Hilborn, entitled “Rock ‘n Roll Trio.”

Acrylic on masonite board, from the Saints and Hards collection.

This abstract painting is of three rockabilly musicians.