About Tori
Tori Tipton (b. 1971, Yorkshire) is a contemporary British artist who creates textural works of art that foster a visceral connection to the natural world. Employing a palette of raw pigments and foraged materials, her abstract compositions aim to transcend conventional boundaries between art and the landscape.
By incorporating elements sourced directly from her surroundings, she seeks to collapse the perceived distance between humanity and nature. Natural materials such as earth, chalk, and charcoal, combined with traditional artist's mediums, serve as a visual representation of the intricate relationship between humanity and the environment.
Tori has exhibited in numerous galleries and her paintings are now part of private collections across the world.
“Tori Tipton’s paintings – created using raw, foraged earth, natural pigments and ink or chalk on wood – arouse a visceral sense of change through their intentional rustic wear. Through this transformation and decay, Tori strives to evoke a fragile sense of beauty, speaking both to the impermanence of our world and the shifting waves of our emotions.”
Artist’s Statement
My creative process begins in the countryside that surrounds my studio where I carefully collect soil and clay to mix with binders. Texture is the underlying narrative in my work: the surface, rough, deep and three-dimensional with the resulting marks an echo of natural processes such as decay and erosion.
The raw earth combined with foraged materials and inks work coherently with one another to produce artworks that invite the viewer to explore their own interpretations. This intentional collaboration with foraged items becomes a means of breaking down the barrier that separates us from nature, fostering a sense of unity and interconnectedness.
