Artists
Tom Steyer's sure hand and skilled brushwork at first deceive the viewer in to thinking that something they know and recognise is being eloquently portrayed by a master realist artist.
If only one stands a little closer or further away it will all become something.
The best way to identify what is going on in Steyer's paintings is to think of him as an Abstract Realist.
The current paintings showcase Steyer's uncanny ability to identify and organize his deepest nameless impulses, previewing them if you like, then faithfully realize them in paint, at speed.
Ted Blackall
