Thomas Cartwright

36 views of Table Mountain

Wreck of the Seli 1, Bloubergstrand

  As mentioned in my previous post (from aaaaages ago, I know. I’ve been painting (mostly)) I have an exhibition imminent. It’s called ’36 views of Table Mountain’, and it’s a homage to Hokusai’s ’36 views of Mount Fuji’, a  famous series of woodblock prints from the early 1800s that showed Mount Fuji from a wide variety of perspectives, in differing seasons…

Mental strength, and an exhibition

I enjoy the drawn-out psychological quagmire that is cricket, both one-day games and test matches. One of the appeals is in the equivalent of watching a train wreck in slow motion: the mental disintegration of a team or an individual player over the five days of a test match, or, even better, over a whole series. It is at this point that fellow players, commentators, coaches and critics bring…

The entropy of lethargy

I don’t know about some of you other self-employed types out there, but I’m beginning to wonder…

View from Thelema Mountain Vineyards

Recently completed gift for a family friend (delivered on the last day of the year!).

Underpainting

Here is some of the underpainting I’ve done for next year’s exhib. I’m quite enjoying obsessing…

October 2014 exhibition

I’ll be having an exhibition at Everard Read, due to open on 1 October, 2014.

Here are some of my…