Tom & James Draw
posted April 19, 2012 # 0 Comments
By their very nature, Collaborative art projects are always interesting just to see what each individual artist brings to the table. In the case of Tom and James Draw you've got two brothers working together to create some surreal portraits. Their story gets a bit more interesting if you read a little further:
via Shablazm.
Tom and James are two brothers who have influenced and assisted each other in their drawing and painting practice since the very beginning of their lives. James was born in 1977 and Tom was born on 1981 with Downs Syndrome.Maybe it's unfair to point out the fact that Tom has Downs Syndrome because it's inconsequential to the appreciation of the artworks produced but it does make it that much more interesting to view.
Their collaboration is unique as they are sharing experiences between the outsider and “insider” art world. James identifies with Toms abstract use of visual coding and Tom builds around James’ skilled and confident mark making. Tom relaxes James’ technical obsessions, and James enables Tom’s concentration and playful markmaking. Together they make worlds of experience, encompassing people around them and their actions, animals, plants, engines, and sometimes hilarious nods to the human experience and perception.
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