Man At Night 3

This piece, Man at Night 3, is the third in a series of three medium-format life drawings created with a toothbrush. This piece, along with the others, were created as part of my Honours body of work during my visual art studies in 2016. This piece explores the visceral quality of mark-making and shape-forming with the toothbrush, using acrylic bitumen to accentuate the textural topography of the work and the dark expressive nature of the aesthetic.

The idea being that everything is recorded on the surface, all of the things that went wrong, and all of the things that went better. In the same way, I see this analogous to life and making decisions; once made, they cannot be retracted.

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Tom Ansell is constantly concerned with the fabric between what is seen in the subject and what is not‚and the things that come from leaving information out or adding things in. Earlier work is concerned with philosophical ideas such as death and existence. His qualifications include a BA Hon. in Visual Art at Edith Cowan University and a BA: Visual Art Major from Edith Cowan University.
He also completed his Training and Assessment Certificate in 2018. Since 2021, Tom has been creating mural works full-time. The artworks you see here are the product of a period before this time, when his studio practice was the predominant focus.