From the studio

For my Wednesday painting students each term, six of the twelve weeks are given to challenging workshop sessions, aimed at introducing students to new artists, concepts and techniques. The questions below are all related to what was covered during the summer term. Answers can be found at the bottom of the ‘Artwork by Summer 2026…

It’s impossible to take in all the work on show at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in one visit, but if someone gave me a budget, and just one hour to choose a piece to spend it on, these would have been the works I’d have chosen, at different price points. Budget £15,000Tom Hammick –…

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 202616th June – 23rd August 2026 I’m really chuffed to be taking part in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition again this year. It’s my fifth time and it still means as much to me as the first time. If you are lucky enough to have your work selected, it’s a good…

A virtual copy of my recent photobook has been added to my website. That was exciting. If you didn’t manage to get hold of a copy in real life, you can now flick through it online. It works best on an ipad or a computer screen. I’d recommend starting by reading the introduction, which outlines the…

Who will win this year’s Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation Prize? It’s a very strong line up. For me, it’s between the challenging, passionate, prison photographs of Jane Evelyn Atwood, and the surreal, quirky, AI photographs of Weronika Gesicka. I’m going for Gesicka. Head to the Photographers Gallery to choose your winner before the £30K prize…

Fifteen nights travelling in India. As well as observing the art, design and architecture from the streets, and popping into small commercial galleries along the way, we also visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, and the Red Fort and Galleries in Delhi, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the Capitol Complex and the Le Corbusier…

We’ve come to the end of yet another lovely term of teaching on Wednesdays, where students of all abilities come to enjoy the studio, and to learn more about painting and drawing. Whereas half of the sessions each term are given to teacher led workshops, challenging students outside of their comfort zones, the other half…

AI version of front cover After five years, I’ve finally finished making my photobook, ‘Gently Out Of Time’. The book arrived as a result of revisiting and rearranging more than twenty years of photographs stored on my phone and laptop. It’s a record of the recurring visual motifs and subjects that catch my eye every…

Memory is a strange thing isn’t it? Back in November I painted this tree, from a photograph I had taken at 9.20am on Thursday 12th December 2013. When I was painting it, I thought I was painting the tree I used to walk past on the way to the primary school my children went to…