Tommy Rowe

Tommy Rowe (b. 1941) is a sculptor whose practice is rooted in the rugged landscapes of Cornwall and the West Highlands. Born in the fishing village of Mousehole, Rowe’s formal introduction to sculpture came through Dennis Mitchell, which led to a formative apprenticeship under Barbara Hepworth beginning at age 18. In Hepworth’s studio, Rowe mastered the technical rigours of marble carving and plasterwork, developing a keen eye for the purification of form. While his pedigree is steeped in British Modernism, Rowe’s personal inquiry focuses on the tension between objects. He explains:
“What has interested me is not so much the single form, as that form in relationship to another. I first became aware of this during life drawing at Corsham: how the curves of shoulders, arms, or knees related to the shapes around them... the curves of a shoulder to the straight line of a wall.”
Now living and working in Lochailort on the west coast of Scotland, Rowe continues to translate the raw geometry of the natural world into intimate, relational sculptures.