Tommy May: Emerging Spaces
530 Burns Gallery Exhibition Opening: “Tommy May: One Man Show”
Opening reception: Friday, January 8, 6-9pm
December 8, 2017 – January 5, 2017, 530 Burns Gallery, 530 Burns Ln, Sarasota FL 34236
(Sarasota, FL)530 Burns Gallery announces an exciting new exhibition, “Tommy May: Emerging Spaces,” featuring abstracted landscape paintings by young, emerging, and accomplished artist Tommy May. The exhibition’s opening reception is Friday, January 12 from 6 to 9 pm. May will be present at the opening reception, traveling from his studio in Los Angeles.
May’s current body of work combines shape, rich color, and movement found within the landscapes from which he takes his inspiration. Martha’s Vineyard, Marfa, Tex., and California represent diverse terrain—crashing waves; roads curving precariously around canyons; mountains and rolling hills —that emerges from May’s memories and camera lens in the creation of each painting. During his studies at Savannah College of Art and Design, May mastered analog photography techniques, which influence his paintings through a keen eye for light and process.
May describes his studio as “a hectic place.” Paint flies across each canvas, informing new shapes and ideas. The upbeat music of artists like Mick Jagger plays loudly throughout the studio creating a dynamic and vibrant work flow reflected in the inherent sense of spontaneity and bold color found within his body of work. May interprets the smaller elements of the landscape as symbols formed from a single line or shape popping off the canvas in pigmented hues.
Known for his tenacity and boundless energy, May is an artist to watch as he continues to show his work throughout the country. 530 Burns Gallery will provide cocktails and light refreshments and music for the opening reception, Friday, January 12 from 6 to 9 pm.
Molly Lindberg, molly@sedacca.com, Ph: 941-951-0620
530 Burns Gallery, 530 Burns Ln, Sarasota FL 34236
Tommy May
Wading in the Cove
Acrylic on Canvas
46 x 60 in (116.84 x 152.40 cm)
Tommy May
Sunset Trapper Fish
Acrylic on Canvas
28 x 36 in (71.12 x 91.44 cm)
Tommy May
Lonely Days are Gone
Acrylic on Canvas
54 x 64 in (137.16 x 162.56 cm)
Tommy May
Mangrove Boogie
Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 64 in (152.40 x 162.56 cm)
Tommy May
Dock in the Cove
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 30 in (76.20 x 76.20 cm)
Tommy May
Adrienne
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 18 in (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Tommy May
Tuna Canyon
Acrylic on Canvas
45 x 58 in (114.30 x 147.32 cm)
Tommy May
Call It Courage
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 30 in (76.20 x 76.20 cm)
Tommy May
Morning Cut
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 30 in (76.20 x 76.20 cm)
Tommy May
Shapes of Things
Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 32 in (101.60 x 81.28 cm)
Tommy May
Ponds Bridge
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.80 cm)
Tommy May
Bicylers
Acrylic on Canvas
22 x 18 in (55.88 x 45.72 cm)
Tommy May
The Wave
Acrylic on Canvas
44 x 36 in (111.76 x 91.44 cm)
Tommy May
Morning Cast
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 64 in (121.92 x 162.56 cm)
