Tom is an Australian artist living in Ballarat, regional Victoria, known for his bright and vibrant art. Normal is boring. No better sentiment describes Tomas Lineker’s weird and wonderful world of painting.
For him, the more out of place his imagery, the more at home he feels. Roused from childhood whimsy, spontaneity and wit, Lineker’s eccentric colours and characters harbour a timeless humour and sophistication. We could expand to say that the artist brings life to his canvas belying the actual fact he is compulsively documenting his racing, fluorescent thoughts and mind activity to the eyes of the viewer.
Using figuration as a vehicle to drive various quirky scenes, imagined interiors and characters, his style is an unusual combination of still life and abstract depicting the subject matter in a energetic and confident setting. The canvas is merely the final place where these direct lines of uncommon colour, narrative and intent intersect and lie.
Following Australian modernist painter, Peter Grahams’ iconic colour blocking techniques, Lineker wields his paintbrush to explore the distortion which takes place between the empiric world and our internal imagining.
PRESS
Programa.design
Introspection - Made with Programa X SMAC Studios
Homes to love
A Colourful Waterfront Sub-Penthouse In Sydney | Belle (homestolove.com.au)
Est living
My Space | Christopher Elliott Studio | est living
Times News Group
Bold, bright abstractions of the night - Ballarat Times
Times News Group
Outside art inside NYC gallery - Ballarat Times
Ballarat Living Magazine - Spring 2022
A world of Colour
Artist Talk Magazine UK
Tomas Lineker issue 24
Dulux
Revive Your Home With The 2023 Dulux Summer Trends
Times News Group
https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/ballarat/news/a-re-birth-for-ghostly-figures/
RoadNats Ballarat
https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/8476674/ballarat-businesses-prepare-for-2024-roadnats-championships/
Times News Group
Painter is a happy little Vegemite - Ballarat Times (timesnewsgroup.com.au)
EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Ruby Pilven open studio, Smythes Creek, Australia
2021 - At A Crossroads @ Vanderplas Gallery, NYC, USA
2021 - Group show @ Boomer Gallery, London, UK
2022 - Night Shift @ The Old Butchers Shop, Ballarat, Australia
2022 - Night Shift 2 @ On The Fringe Gallery, NYC, USA
2022 - Queenscliff Peir @ Queenscliff, Australia