Jim Tetlow
Born 1974, UK
I like ambiguity in art. Uncertainty. What has to conform to the limits of our reality? Metal, glass and flesh can merge seamlessly, as if the surreal worlds and the life forms within are one and the same, and yet at odds sometimes. I rarely seek to endow my works with any "message". I am more interested in people's personal responses.
I'm a multimedia artist working in fine art (including sculpture), digital art, graphic design and various forms inbetween, also illustrating book covers and numerous CD covers. I also work in musical soundscaping, both solo and in group projects, of which there are many releases. I'd like to say a big thanks to everyone here who has supported me in my work and beyond since I began posting in June 2001. Too many to mention, you all know who you are... I'm meeting very special people here :-)
Update 01-08-05: I've been given a 4 page feature article in Issue 3 of the new media magazine Contour based in Atlanta, Georgia. The images printed very well and they did me proud.
Update 21-03-06: I've been spending the last 6 months living in New South Wales, Australia. Inspiring place! Also in the process of illustrating the book covers for a series of Japanese books called Hikishio no Toki (Time of the Ebb Tide) by Mayumura Taku - to date I've completed the first two of the five volumes. I've recently been returning to traditional media as well as producing the usual digital art, and contributed a sculptural canvas to a recent local exhibition. Link: Saatchi Gallery webspace
Update 09-01-21: I hadn't even logged in for some years. It's weird nipping back here after not even posting for 13 years, like revisiting your old school incognito. As I'm not active here anymore I wonder if anyone will even see this again besides me.
Comments (16)
Gregor.Scharff
a great pikture , great style. ( i love the red lightning :) ) thanks for this
gallimel
not the first this time (Sweet Gregor beated me ;)) but same love I had for yesterday's piece :)this has not a "tunnel" essence, but I sense it as a proper plastic sculpture, with awesome 3d definition .) And red.. I love when you play in red :) (about our time today.. what about the afternoon? Just write me in mail okay? I have to.. battle still the LONG digestive process out of yesterday 6 hours-!!!- of eating ;))
Synapse
6 hours of eating??!!!!!
I feel stuffed to bursting just thinking about that. Still, last weekend I was spending even longer periods drinking so... ahem ;-D
jyriviuhko
Yupp... a whole lot of eating there was... as usual.. But I succeded in keeping it down to a "normal" level!! Succeded you have done aswell!! This is the Synapse way of communication... allways giving me, the viewer new experiances.. wonderful!
disa
nice one
gunsan
Like a shining sculpture, an icon, you named it appropriate.
crrunchyfrog
Nice transformer ;) Thanks for sharing buddy hugs
Synapse
TRANSFORMERS! ROBOTS IN DIS... hey hang on, I never got into Transformers ahem I was a Lego kid... hours of fun :-D
cynlee
wonderful energetic design & color
jocko500
done real well
bevchiron
Looks like an icon to me too! I get the sense of some organic form lurking behind those awesome effects, nice one Jim.
mysnapz
Nice one Jim you have just got to keep exploring this. At first I struggled with the negative space, but now I see gothic churches and machines, super. :0 )
DawnStar
Nice one. Very busy in a static sort of way. I like the glassy look on so many details.
cbender
wow - impressive... really like the shapes... those waves and edges...
-christian
Balthaz@r
Very Sexual M8 :) can see what your after wink wink nudge nudge.. lol lol
Synapse
Uh? Damn... one time where I'm not aiming for any sexual undercurrent, and STILL he finds one :P