It’s a Never-Ending Journey
Enamel Paintings by Timothy Tompkins are on view in Manhattan Beach Artist Timothy Tompkins. Photo Timothy Tompkins was ten years old when “Star Wars” was released, and the movie changed his life. He attempted to duplicate one of the posters advertising the film, and this instilled in him “that sense of creativity that drives you to want to manifest something.” And that’s how it all began. Tompkins is currently the subject of a concise retrospective, curated by Homeira Goldstein, which opened last week at the CreativeArtsCenter in Manhattan Beach. At the opening reception, Tompkins spoke eloquently about the work, his materials, his method of painting, and what inspires him. The exhibition spans ten years, beginning with a large piece – I can’t really call it a canvas since this one, and all the others, are painted on one-eighth-inch-thivk aluminum panels – entitled “4th Street Over-Cross (after Canaletto).” It’s a large work (96” x 114”), which helped Tompkins secure his BFA from OtisCollege of Art and Design in 2003. The reference is to Gustave Caillebotte’s “Le Pont de l’Europe” (1877). The origins of Tompkin’s piece is a photograph of friends, taken in downtown Los Angeles. In…
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