Tom
Allen

Born in 1975, Springfield, United States
Lives and works in Los Angeles, Unites States

Intricate and intensely chromatic, the floral paintings of Tom Allen are based on his own photographs, records of his direct experience of plants in situ. Distinct from the post- mortem display of still-life, or the passive features of pastoral fancy, his subjects are vital and knowing, holding court in environments humming with artifice.

Employing small-scale canvases, highly choreographed compositions and meticulous technique, Allen’s work shivers with a visceral synesthesia of concentrated color, movement and space. In these pictures, being and looking fuse, mood and surface coalesce, animating images that look right back at you, fierce and resolute.




ARTWORKS

Crimson and Violet 2024 Oil on canvas 71,3 x 63,5 cm	Red and Gold 2024 Oil on canvas 71,3 x 63,5 cm	Grotesques 2024 Oil on canvas 58,5 x 43,5 cm
Untitled (the Break) 2024 Oil on canvas 56 x 63,5 cm	Yesterday's Twilight 2024 Oil on canvas 38,5 x 33 cm	Dark Edges 2023 Oil on canvas 58,5 x 43,2 cm
Vermilion, Silver, Blue 2022 Oil on canvas 33 x 28 cm	VI 2020 Oil on canvas 94 x 55,9 cm	Serpentine Night 2020 Oil on canvas 71,1 x 58,4 cm
Red and Black 2020 Oil on canvas 71,1 x 58,4 cm	IV 2020 Oil on canvas 43,2 x 43,2 cm	Polished Shell 2012 Oil on canvas 66 x 74 cm
EXHIBITIONS

Personae Air de Paris 2025	Præternatura Air de Paris 2020