{"id":5516,"date":"2026-05-02T20:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:57:06","slug":"surface-and-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/surface-and-substance\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface and Substance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surfacesubstance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5517\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surfacesubstance-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surfacesubstance-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surfacesubstance-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surfacesubstance-624x577.jpg 624w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surfacesubstance.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Neville Palmer and Tom Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Thompson<\/strong>\u2019s ceramic and wood sculptures, defined by light and touch, will stand in some contrast against <strong>Neville Palmer<\/strong>\u2019s thousands of small coloured squares produced within the digital environment and under glass. Complementing the forthcoming exhibition at <a href=\"https:\/\/blackfieldcreatives.com\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wisbech Gallery<\/a> will be some of Tom\u2019s work as a potter and from Neville some earlier paintings from a series with acrylics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5516 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstKiss.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstKiss-181x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstKiss-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FirstKiss.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5520'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst Kiss\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shootingflames-copy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"159\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shootingflames-copy-159x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shootingflames-copy-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shootingflames-copy-543x1024.jpg 543w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shootingflames-copy.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5521'>\n\t\t\t\tShooting Flames\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>My work is influenced by the man made environment, social and cultural norms, diversity, gender, religion, politics and ethnicity. I like to play with shape, space and texture to create abstract and unusual human and industrial forms of substance. The industrial relates to my own past, indeed our own personal and societal past. It is a silent narrative of my journey from making my first thumb pot until now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neville Palmer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5516 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elevation-.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elevation--300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elevation--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elevation--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elevation--768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elevation--624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elevation-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5522'>\n\t\t\t\tElevation\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heritage.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heritage-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heritage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heritage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heritage-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heritage-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heritage.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5523'>\n\t\t\t\tHeritage\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The paintings and prints displayed in this exhibition are part of a larger body of my work with a square motif that now spans five decades. Having its origin in 1976, and with the greater portion of its early development taking place using oil pastels, its formation continued through a series of paintings with acrylics (from 1986 until 2008). A refinement of line and surface was one immediate outcome, and later, when my making process transferred to the digital environment, so these things took on a further clarification. There then transpired a multiplication of different sizes of squares and subsequently their individual shading, which brings us to the present time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition Launch: SATURDAY 16 May <br \/>\n<\/strong>Exhibition open Wed-Sat 10am-4pm<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>20th\u00a0 May to\u00a0 13th June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surface-substance-r.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blackfieldcreatives.com\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE WISBECH GALLERY<\/a><br \/>\n10A-14 SOUTH BRINK <br \/>\nWISBECH <br \/>\nPE131JQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neville Palmer and Tom Thompson Tom Thompson\u2019s ceramic and wood sculptures, defined by light and touch, will stand in some contrast against Neville Palmer\u2019s thousands of small coloured squares produced within the digital environment and under glass. 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