David Tomb Rogues, Gallery (New Works) October 3 – November 1, 2003 The William-Scott Gallery is pleased to present Rogues‚ Gallery, new works by San Francisco portrait artist David Tomb. For the past fifteen years Tomb has embraced the discipline of the formal portrait, but abandoned its historical convention, choosing to infuse his work with a fresh contemporary edge that speaks to the present. Always working directly from life, his expressionistic portrayals of friends and acquaintances are executed with virtuosic gestural intensity. Each piece conveys the unique vitality of its subject, revealing the sitter‚s underlying emotional and psychological conflicts. Tomb‚s portraits can be quiet and contemplative, or aggressive and confrontational. The artist delights in his chosen media (charcoal, gouache, ink and watercolor). He often incorporates abstract and invented forms, extolling the beauty of pure mark making and pattern. Tomb‚s works assimilate stylistic tropes from a pantheon of canonical portrait painters, from Francis Bacon, to Lucian Freud, to Alice Neel.

David Tomb

A California native, Tomb has mounted solo exhibitions at the Hackett-Freedman Gallery and the Artists‚ Forum, both in San Francisco, the Fresno Art Museum in Fresno, among other California venues. He has participated in group shows throughout the United States, including the Avram Gallery, Southampton College, Long Island University, Southampton, NY, and the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, AK. His work is included in the collections of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Fresno Art Museum, and the Oakland Museum in Oakland, CA. He received a B.F.A. from the California State University in Long Beach, and studied painting at the College of Marin. The William Scott Galley is located in the heart of the SOWA gallery district at 450 Harrison Avenue at the corner of Thayer Street, on the third floor, suite #318. Gallery hours are Wednesday - Saturday, 10:30 - 5:30. Accessible by public transportation via the Orange Line New England Medical Center and Back Bay stations, and the new Silver Line bus, there is also ample parking available. Visit our website www.williamscottgallery.com for driving directions. All exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public, and fully wheelchair accessible. For more information please call Almitra Stanley, Director, at (617) 542-4030. Digital images available for publication upon request.