Tom Byrne approaches his canvases with passionately fervent ambitions of purposeful majesty that enrich his works with a powerful grandeur. At once challenging and lyrical in style, Byrne creates luxurious textures in nuanced, lush layers of paint and structured layers of color, mediated by his own aesthetic experiences. Swirls of jewel colors transcend opaque, opulent washes of tone. An Irish native, Byrne studied within the Bauhaus tradition, a revolutionary school of artistic training rooted in the tenants of early twentieth-century European thought. Informed by spirituality and popular culture alike, the artist thinks of himself as a contemporary artist first and foremost, culling beauty from everyday experience and channeling it into melodious, painterly abstractions. We reap the rewards in works which are based in our shared understanding, yet reach beyond what we know in an inspired leap that gives the paintings a transcendent and inspirational appeal.
Tom Byrne is an award-winning artist who is represented in collections throughout the world.