Meet David Tomb. His Artwork Is The Bomb.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOQwiQ3YrT9poiNw4vOgtDvmS858ONWwDibgF0AsXzfIwACp6gsGEwJuNby3_mQkp6b9oEx0pJ2hOlNIZ99K7xlYD5Yn2Ak1-4eSXKut6opAcLeDQ7KG0DGbGheM1EjLKLiiOggI6x0Vj/s1600/still_lives_in_living_color_59x58.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475647247558470210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOQwiQ3YrT9poiNw4vOgtDvmS858ONWwDibgF0AsXzfIwACp6gsGEwJuNby3_mQkp6b9oEx0pJ2hOlNIZ99K7xlYD5Yn2Ak1-4eSXKut6opAcLeDQ7KG0DGbGheM1EjLKLiiOggI6x0Vj/s400/still_lives_in_living_color_59x58.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 531px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Still Lives in Living Color, 59" x 58.75" Oil paint, alkyd glaze, pastel on canvas, 1988 </span><br /><br />Looking to collect work from the next great artist? Here's one.<br /><br />A California native and resident, Tomb (which DOES rhyme with Bomb) has mounted solo exhibitions at the Fresno Art Museum, and the Artists’ Forum, among others. He has participated in group shows throughout the United States. His work is included in the collections of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Fresno Art Museum, and the Oakland Museum.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVq82JLb-QhBHoWMwLaHgHn0OYx4hTFAiI_URK1tIziA5S9f5idl7nrRdUgVgbgR2gV5GasOaWX156fhQBzvr4j9083z6i7tAsteIv2RsFuPDZU6VH9zKiNDO_2funtsc2I8zV36DWJph/s1600/burden_of_dreams_84x80_1991.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475647609765970050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVq82JLb-QhBHoWMwLaHgHn0OYx4hTFAiI_URK1tIziA5S9f5idl7nrRdUgVgbgR2gV5GasOaWX156fhQBzvr4j9083z6i7tAsteIv2RsFuPDZU6VH9zKiNDO_2funtsc2I8zV36DWJph/s400/burden_of_dreams_84x80_1991.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 319px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Burden of Dreams, 84" x 180" oil paint, alkyd glaze on canvas 1991 </span><br /><br />David Tomb has embraced the discipline of the portrait, but abandoned its historical convention, choosing to infuse his work with an intense and uneasy energy that speaks to our time. A San Francisco Bay Area Painter, Tomb's energetic line, acid color, and keen observance make for penetrating portraits and fresh figurative works that demonstrate a unique contemporary vision.Tomb utilizes in his media, charcoal, gouache, ink and watercolor, often loosing himself in the beauty and purity of mark making and pattern. His works assimilate stylistic tropes from a pantheon of canonical portrait painters, from Francis Bacon, to Lucian Freud, to Alice Neel.<br /><br />As a huge fan of the painters mentioned above, it's no wonder I love his work.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjDF1DVps1VXNY9QyT2I5VPHsyFk7WNDLMMg0yMSkD-0FavF-ypwOuFWvdWDnjFB7VPg9NlUAHHrIpncQowXEjHGedkuEST8i0ZJ9TlxLCkkk2f0SC9rxozcwv55jthH_Cp8d73rJ9IVD/s1600/navigating_5x10_dtl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475648031770423778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjDF1DVps1VXNY9QyT2I5VPHsyFk7WNDLMMg0yMSkD-0FavF-ypwOuFWvdWDnjFB7VPg9NlUAHHrIpncQowXEjHGedkuEST8i0ZJ9TlxLCkkk2f0SC9rxozcwv55jthH_Cp8d73rJ9IVD/s400/navigating_5x10_dtl.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 517px; height: 263px;" /></a><br />above: Navigation, 1989, Oil paint, alkyd glaze, pencil on canvas, 60"x120"<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbenbYmaS9I/AAAAAAAAAFs/JUzOoBmBuMg/s1600-h/susan_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023667998256942034" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbenbYmaS9I/AAAAAAAAAFs/JUzOoBmBuMg/s400/susan_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 532px;" /></a><br />above: Susan (oil painting)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpMa5_yfmEhJuE7Nzd_ZGPVb8IT7zx00EOCHQ7wTiQo5wk-Q4w-FYM6aaQegQCmtXZ63t78gNYmXraY-j_9kH5kpg28Sm8_QMIM87wkuuVzjUW9xzOsKHf81WOq3n3PgsJl88VYIFjJbL/s1600-h/brent_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023667731968969666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpMa5_yfmEhJuE7Nzd_ZGPVb8IT7zx00EOCHQ7wTiQo5wk-Q4w-FYM6aaQegQCmtXZ63t78gNYmXraY-j_9kH5kpg28Sm8_QMIM87wkuuVzjUW9xzOsKHf81WOq3n3PgsJl88VYIFjJbL/s400/brent_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 785px;" /></a><br />above: Brent (mixed media)<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbeoJYmaS-I/AAAAAAAAAF0/sSLdzPaXdzU/s1600-h/Image02_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023668788530924514" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbeoJYmaS-I/AAAAAAAAAF0/sSLdzPaXdzU/s400/Image02_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 781px;" /></a><br />above: Untitled Male 1, 2001, 44 x 30", mixed media on paper by David Tomb<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8ljz7aqQnu2_nplJaQnxh7ha8QvOaf8o7_efRFFDro28P8YOCcJ9XS5JJWUbOW5o_x2XtpYS5qRpnrcRWBC5SJ3gJjUasrie3mQZ85Xzpq94GtFhY9P-8PlQGAFoG-lvEm23p_75-_m-/s1600/cory_60x48_2000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475646847634473954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8ljz7aqQnu2_nplJaQnxh7ha8QvOaf8o7_efRFFDro28P8YOCcJ9XS5JJWUbOW5o_x2XtpYS5qRpnrcRWBC5SJ3gJjUasrie3mQZ85Xzpq94GtFhY9P-8PlQGAFoG-lvEm23p_75-_m-/s400/cory_60x48_2000.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 629px;" /></a><br />above: Cory (oil painting)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAM4Z4Zw8Qw5DpnXBwXZz-74jqPGhnWIhb7JKfmW9cCJCrQkNKpQsvzBGSOzCWc7VA_7fS4ZZEB3QenOmjJJR7yK7guXMmxWx-P12yQsF2Bzu0V7ngp2Nb6B9QHvr0rWjlK-koSlSu050/s1600-h/david+in+studio.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023671124993133554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAM4Z4Zw8Qw5DpnXBwXZz-74jqPGhnWIhb7JKfmW9cCJCrQkNKpQsvzBGSOzCWc7VA_7fS4ZZEB3QenOmjJJR7yK7guXMmxWx-P12yQsF2Bzu0V7ngp2Nb6B9QHvr0rWjlK-koSlSu050/s400/david+in+studio.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />above: David in his SF studio<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbetsomaTAI/AAAAAAAAAGU/AZpuwPz4bjk/s1600-h/tombexamples.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023674891679452162" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbetsomaTAI/AAAAAAAAAGU/AZpuwPz4bjk/s400/tombexamples.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 364px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnn54SDdjHMO1m1HyBU5LgXEVNxHgvp5W1wpKc5HBHMLnLGiBXaEeej9j_tnvzW0eZSnkPqEnasxBK5th0SVnZOUHj45qqmebJHC3JLJV30uFxYzEuNzerei2cJHbaOItqB6J4MNQ8xfC/s1600/ethan_wallison_30x20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475648828111720562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnn54SDdjHMO1m1HyBU5LgXEVNxHgvp5W1wpKc5HBHMLnLGiBXaEeej9j_tnvzW0eZSnkPqEnasxBK5th0SVnZOUHj45qqmebJHC3JLJV30uFxYzEuNzerei2cJHbaOItqB6J4MNQ8xfC/s400/ethan_wallison_30x20.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 364px;" /></a><br />above left: various paintings and exhibit. Above right, Ethan Wallison, oil painting<br /><br />Below are just a few links to impressive reviews of his work:<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_chronicle_david_tomb_article_IV.htm">San Francisco Chronicle IV</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/press.htm">San Francisco Chronicle I</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_chronicle_article_II.htm">San Francisco Chronicle II</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_chronicle_david_tomb_article_III.htm">San Francisco Chronicle III</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/s_f_weekly.htm">SF Weekly</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/essays/essays_david_tomb.htm">Essay by Harry Roche</a><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/david_tomb_essay_bruce_nixon.htm">Essay by Bruce Nixon</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_bay_guardian_art_review.htm">Review: San Francisco Bay Guardian</a><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/artweek_david_tomb.htm">Artweek</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_diego_union_tribune.htm">San Diego Union-Tribune</a></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></p>

Meet David Tomb. His Artwork Is The Bomb.

above: Still Lives in Living Color, 59" x 58.75" Oil paint, alkyd glaze, pastel on canvas, 1988 Looking to collect work from the ...

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