Thomas Lisle

United Kingdom

Thomas Lisle is a British artist based in London. He started making glitch videos in the style of paintings in the early 1980s and pioneered the genre. Recently, Thomas’s works have been related to painting and the idea of progressing paintings in the digital age, time-based paintings and painting in 3D. He has had several solo exhibitions, mostly in London, and some of his works are featured in the collections of the Tate Modern and Museum of Modern Art. 

Thomas’s work combines abstract forms, figurative, simulated liquids, simulated brush strokes, and complex programmed events. His work responds to colour, form and motion in ways only possible with 3D animation and simulation techniques to make dynamic, dramatic and thought-provoking art. He draws inspiration from nature, psychology, comparative philosophy and the past and present history of painting.


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natural desires

The theme of the collection is painting in the digital age and draws on symbols and motifs of psychological transformation and archetypes.

The overall aim of the visual experience of each work is to make a 21st digital time-based painting where many different elements, some a bit crazy, can find a visual balance and harmony through a time-based composition.

The challenge has been to build compositions which also change over time. I'm fascinated with psychology; I like to think of my digital paintings as states of mind in flux, like the human psyche or mind, constantly evolving, even if slowly, over long periods of time. Psychological archetypes and symbols are impossible to define; they are like moving, ever-evolving and subjective, working on the personal and/or the collective level.

technique

3d

format

landscape

duration

00:59

year

2023

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