UP NEXT | Newylyn School of Art AGORA 1 EXHIBITION | Tremenheere Gallery TR20 8YL | September 11, 12 & 13

CURRENT FOCUS

IGNORANCE

IS NOT BLISS

Paintings and poems for what
we choose not see

I don't paint to decorate space.

An invitation to look, to read,
to think, to talk.

CURRENT ARTWORK STILL WE WRIGGLE

BEYOND WORDS

2025

Oil on canvas

WHO AM I TO ASK?

2025

Oil on canvas

Current Artwork

The Odds

2026

Oil on canvas

No time for context.

No room for mistakes.

No space to be human.

Only culprit.

Only target.

Only blood.

Witness

2026

Oil and marble dust on canvas

What lives,
curiosity, conscience,
a generosity of spirit
(and wine)

Dignity with Scars

2026

Oil and marble dust on canvas

Stories settle.
Edges soften.
Unease becomes background.
Guards lower.
Before —
there is the status quo.

Struggling at Present

2025

Oil and marble dust on canvas

Evolve without fear —
and shine.
Tradition is no panacea.
It is a placebo.

CURRENT ARTWORK GET IN TOUCH

Still We Wriggle

Poems and artworks shaped by repetition, pressure, and witness — asking what we ignore, what we repeat, and what might still be changed.

Trying is not nothing

It does not tell you what to think. It asks you not to look away.

Still We Wriggle is now available to buy online from my website.
The book brings together 51 poems and 17 artworks, developed as part of the same practice: looking at the things we notice, ignore, inherit, tolerate, question and sometimes change.
Some of it is serious, some uncomfortable, some personal, and there is humour and hope in there too.

Hardback, £20 + p&p
Available in uk at: kevintharme.art

#artpoetry #abstractart #contemporarypoetry #socialconscience #independentartists

Soft launch.

Still We Wriggle is not available to buy via my website, with printing and delivery handled by Bookvault.
The hardback brings together 51 poems and 17 artworks exploring responsibility, prejudice, cruelty, appetite, grief, care, complicity and the stubborn possibility of change.

The poems do not explain the artworks, and the artworks do not illustrate the poems. They sit alongside one another, creating space to pause, question and look again.

My book does not tell you what to think. It asks you not to look away.

KevinTharme.art (link in bio)

#stillwewriggle #poetryandart #artistbook #contemporarypoetry #kevintharme

New work in progress on canvas
90 h x 125 w cm

Pondering and thinking stage.

Will this be ready and up to snuff for Agora1 exhibition at @tremenheeresculpturegardens by @newlynartschool - who knows but work in the studio continues 😃.

Shout out to our mentors @jesseleroy66 @daisylaing_ @danpyneartist and many others we have learnt from.

#agoramentoring #artontheeasel #oilpaintingoncanvas #artansa

Artwork images on show at the evening Q&A at the Arnolfini in Bristol with Newlyn School of Art - Agora Mentoring programme

#abstractartwork #arnolfinibristol #agoramentoringprogramme

Witness

Some works arrive quickly
some works ask to be stayed with.

Oil & marble dust on canvas
90 x 125 cm

#abstractpainting #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #originalart #witness

I’m taking part and I’m deciding whether to show this experimental piece, what do you think ?

THIRST
Oil on canvas 40cm

🖼️ Art at Easter | 21 Artists | 1 Venue

📍Gulworthy Parish Hall. Tavistock. PL19 8JA.
🗓️ 3rd - 6th April 2026
DAILY Fri-Sun 10:30am-16:30pm, Mon 10:30am-3pm
OPEN EVENING Saturday 6pm-8pm
🅿️ Free Admission and Parking.
🍰 Light Refreshments Available.☕️

#artateaster #artistsofinstagram #devon #cornwall #tavistock

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Practice

My work sits between empathy and critique.

Through painting, texture and language, I explore what is often avoided: power, silence, prejudice, climate, cruelty and care.

The work does not instruct.
It asks questions.

It invites you to look longer — and not look away.

GET IN TOUCH

Now & Next

Newlyn Agora Mentoring Exhibition
Newlyn Agora Mentoring Programme
- www.newlynartschool.co.uk
Still We Wriggle - Available now
Artansa CIC Events - www.artansa.org
The Witness Collective
- www.thewitnesscollective.art

UP NEXT | Newylyn School of Art AGORA 1 EXHIBITION | Tremenheere Gallery TR20 8YL | September 11, 12 & 13

Kevin Tharme

ARTIST

CURRENT FOCUS

IGNORANCE

IS NOT BLISS