Scottish-Irish Contemporary Art
Tom Campbell is a Scottish artist from the town of Dumfries, gateway to the Galloway.
However, it is the city of Cork in Ireland that he now calls home , and it is here that he
has produced his most inspiring work.
“if there was an art movement i would relate to it would possibly be expressionism and Dada.
i work in a fairly free and spontaneous manner and believe that art is not a luxury item but
a necessity for society that as humans we cannot be and have never been with out , the importance
is the creative act (in the larger sense of the word) and this is not and never will be confined
to the artist , art is for all.”
Please feel free to browse the various galleries where you can see some of Tom's finest work.
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"things are pretty good in Cork.
i have a nice new studio in the old fAs building , well i have been there a year now but it still feels new.
i have a decent sized space, i am still making a living from my art , its harder now , but i think since the bursting of the bubble that
was the Celtic tiger people have become more real and friendly , in saying that there is alot of people finding it very hard
and suicide rates in Ireland are sadly very high.
so how will the IMF and EU, carve up the economy?
we will see.
there is a new circus space in cork which is very exiting , so i am aspiring to have a good handstand again , i am back to having people standing on my shoulders
which feels good.
i want to get fitter,
I'm getting more confident with the idea of performing........i got lamb chops.
I'm working on getting my unicycle skills up to playing a ukelele song while im on it.....i like it but jasus its hard.
I'm getting new songs , but i need to write and record them.
art wise i am working on a puppet show so making muppets from clay , then cast in plaster, then latex
its a very nice process i love clay.
i started a stone carving the other day.
quite soft stone.
i am also working on the clay head show( a perfromance where i put clay on my head)
i will be preforming at the festival of fools in may , in belfast.
hopeing to go on a wee trip to scotland then and possibly london.
inshala."
