Curriculum Vitae
Collaberative artists Tom Marine and Christine Relton
Christine RELTON b.1959

Painter, born in Cumbria. Studied at Jacob Kramer in Leeds and gained Fine Art Degree from Lancaster based on time spent in India. Has also lived in Japan and Vietnam and painted widely throughout South East Asia. Imagery and focus on colour reflect this time. Since returning to the UK in 1996 has made collaborative representational works with TOM MARINE which continue to explore similar themes of place and memory. These works are exhibited widely in gallery spaces and contemporary art fairs

Tom MARINE b.1956

Painter, born in Hartlepool. Studied at Byam Shaw and Chelsea College of Art. As well as exhibiting and selling through galleries and fairs is also involved in Art in Education and Health. Paints in collaboration with CHRISTINE RELTON on representational works. Has completed many commissions in the health and private sector with Christine Relton and is involved in running workshops with children and various charities. Also exploring printmaking and has a separate focus in working with text. Has exhibited with text works in Yorkshire and London.


Statement Of Work

We work together on the same canvas. The paintings can be described as representational in that we start with an idea of a real place or event, usually based on some where wešve been or something that happened - travel features a lot as the colours and images are stronger and more memorable.

Wešll decide what we want to paint and draw out rough ideas on the canvas together, then start painting it. There usually comes a point where the painting takes on a life of its own. It usually involves a lot of over painting and adjustment and the good thing about working together is it stops you from getting too stale or too precious about the work. We always use acrylic paint for the same reason - it dries fast and allows a lot of manipulation and re-painting. The most successful pieces end up as more a representation of feeling rather than of specific place

We consider it finished when the balance feels right and the colour works.
The idea is to leave the viewer to interpret to a certain degree what they are looking at and leave space for their ideas to give meaning to the painting.

Current Exhibitions:

Ainscough Gallery, London & Dartmouth
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle on Tyne
Gallery 58, Northampton
Panik Gallery, Killearn
Tregoning Fine Art, Derby


Selected Exhibitions:

Thomas Corman Arts, London
Hutson Gallery, London Tregoning Fine Art, Derby
Wills Art Warehouse, London Walker Galleries, Harrogate
Rowley Gallery Contemporary Art, London Ashbourne Gallery, Ashbourne
Affordable Art Fair - London & Bristol Alan Kluckow Fine Art,
Berks.
Glasgow Art Fair Edinburgh Art Fair
Eurostar Terminal, Waterloo, London Lynn Cohennan Gallery,
California, USA
Reubens Gallery, Leeds Salamander Galleries, Kent
Leeds City Art Gallery Adze Gallery, York
Air Gallery, London Rotherham Arts Centre
Gallery 58, Northampton The Lime Gallery, California, USA
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Eastthorpe Visual Arts, Yorkshire
Art in Business, Yorkshire The Manhattan Gallery, Nottingham
David Stills Gallery, California,USA Bishop Phillpotts Gallery,
Cornwall

Public Art Commissions:

Detroit Airport, Wayne County USA
Artworks, Herts.
St. Georgešs Hospital, London
Art Co, Leeds
MCART, London
Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford
Residency at Hartlepool Art Gallery
Leeds General Infirmary
Lotus Group, London
Advertising Principles, Yorkshire
Graham Poulter Advertising
Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Watson & Burton, Leeds