Tom Hilborn’s art works have been on exhibit at the Art Fusion Show at the Il Tenore restaurant during the last couple of years. Instead of posting one of his paintings, I thought I’d change things up and I’d post a video from YouTube of one of the exhibits.

This video is from the Art Fusion Show of November, 2009, at the Il Tenore restaurant. The Art Fusion Show is a regular exhibit and you can buy some of Tom’s latest paintings which are displayed here.

Tom is active in the art scene of London, Canada.

Primordial Future #17

Tom Hilborn’s latest works of art are currently on display in two separate locations in London, Canada.  One of his exhibitions of paintings is at the Il Tenore restaurant and the other is at The Art Exchange on Wortley Road.  I attended his opening last Friday night at the Art Exchange.

The Art Exchange exhibition runs from April 12th  to May 1, 2010.  Gallery owner Al Stewart is excited to present Tom’s newest works, a collection of 23 paintings.  Let’s call this collection simply, “New Works by Tom Hilborn.”

New Works by Tom Hilborn is a series of 23 paintings, mostly acrylic on board.  Many of the paintings are three dimensional, their depth built up by the use of either modeling paste, or almost jig saw shapes of cut masonite.  The colors of the paint are softer, but one still sees not only the abstract but also one finds planets, and landscapes from the older works by Tom.

Tom’s art has greatly evolved since the Saints and Hards body of work.  Tom told me that there has been a shift away from mythological themes  (to a degree) to the concept of opening things up to  circular patterns to suggest simultaneous implosion and expansion.  The Madonna is still very present in his paintings, but she is surrounded by broken circles, curves, landscapes, horizons which imply a larger circle, planets, and nature.  When I asked Tom why the Madonna is still seen in his work, he replied only with “force of habit, I guess.”

When Tom speaks of his paintings, he mentions the phrase, “it’s all an illusion,” asking me if I knew that Albert Einstein first coined the phrase,  “The Grand Illusion.”

New Works theme of implosion, explosion, and circularity expose an internal reality ouside of the self and the absorption of an external reality.  Tom’s paintings challenge the viewer to look both out and inwardly in order to find balance.  These are more than just “safe” paintings of landscapes to match the color of the living room couch. They will challenge you to an introspection of the Self, a moment of quiet contemplation.

Photo Courtesy of Al Stewart of The Art Exchange Gallery