This is a show I was looking forward to and then forgot about and now it's over. Perhaps I was distracted by the Easter Bunny. Hard to say. Anyway it was kind of interesting, as most of Tom's show are, big acrylic paintings of vaguely collective activities involving children. Does Tom teach Primary School? I really ought to research these things. Anyway his signature big brushy grounds slam around and his colour sense remains.... elusive. This one is called Yellow Harvest and is pretty big - 200 X 228cm. More care has gone into the figures than in the past, when they were more schematic or stylised. I haven't really worked out the agenda or programme here, but it's not something obvious or predictable so I'm going along with it. I never trust P-Releases or 'statements' anyway.
I regret not posting on this one earlier.