Recycled Paintings I
In the Days That Remain
oil collage
51 x 76 x 3cm framed
2012
Irma: Scenes from an Opera
oil collage
30.5 x 23cm
2013
Storyboard
oil collage
51 x 35.5cm
2013
And The Wind (After Rilke)
oil collage
14.5 x 15cm
2013
private collection, image courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Triptych: The Screens
oil collage
17.1 x 22.9cm
2013
Old Master Dreaming
oil collage
14 x 9cm
2013
private collection, image courtesy of Flowers Gallery
The Last Supper
oil collage
9 x 14cm unframed
2013
private collection, image courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Tom Phillips made these oil collages from tiny fragments of used disposable paint palettes, cut and assembled something after the manner of the micro-mosaics of Italian pietra dura work. For a fuller account of the process, see this Independent newspaper review written by Michael Glover in 2013.