It’s time to feast our eyes on this week’s take on Star Wars art here at TORWars and I have something special for you! Allow me to present Tommervik, an incredibly talented and prolific painter from the Seattle area.
Hey look! It's that banner pic thing of mine.
What made you turn to Star Wars for this series of abstracts? Is there some part of the Star Wars Universe in particular that fascinates you?
I paint a lot of different subjects, some i am interested in and some I am not. I choose to paint things based on the shape and colors and not so much the subject. I have always liked Star Wars. I used to collect the vintage toys as a kid and use these toys as reference when painting.
Millennium Falcon 2.0
What typically is the process you go through when deciding on a motif?
There is no process I go through, just whatever I’m feeling at the time, sometimes an idea comes to me when im working on another painting.
Han Solo and Leia Dance
Do you have any favourite artist that inspire you and if so who?
I do not look at much art or pay attention to what other artists are painting, however, I like to go to museums and check out art.
Jabba the Hutt Swirl
How long have you been painting?
I have been painting since I was 19, I am 32 now.
Darth Vader Cubism
Looking at your site Tommervik.com it is obvious you have been at this a long time. Do you have a ballpark figure of how many paintings you have produced over the years?
Too many to count, probably paint around 30 paintings a month.
If I have to pick one out from the series to call my favourite I would go with the Darth Vader Dance
Darth Vader and Leia
What can you tell us about this image?
Darth Vader Dance, like all my paintings are produced with oil paints. The process I use is very natural to me, since I have been working with oil paint for a long time. I draw with my paint, I paint with my paint.
You picked out the R2D2 Drip Abstract as your choice for the article, why is that?
R2D2 Star Wars abstract art drip painting
This is one of my favorite paintings I have done. Its abstract and has the drip painting effect. I just like the way it looks.
Agreed, although the subject of R2D2 is one you visit often and I would want our readers to see some of the others you did of ‘him’ as well:
R2D2 Synthetic Cubism
Also:
R2D2 Painting by Tommervik
With CGI movies such as:
SWTOR Community Cantina Audio: Q&A Live With Musco, Hickman, And Schubert
Great stuff. Love the R2 abstract with the drip effect. I really dig a lot of stuff on your site too. Especially the Superman painting and the Winnie the Poo piece.
Thanks for sharing!
I have always had a problem with “modern” art. I think it’s because I see realism as being more difficult therefore it must be better. The old saw “my kid could paint that!” has past my lips more than once, surprising especially as I don’t have kids. So what is it about these abstracts that inspires and delights you but eludes me? I can tell that Tommervik has talent, he’s passionate and prolific. So why can’ t I see the beauty in these works? What part of my brain refuses to believe that these pictures are as valid as any others previously displayed in these articles? I can’t or won’t believe that it is just personal taste, I have a very ecclectic palate in other arts forms, music for instance I listen to Motzart to Motorhead. In literature I have read classics and pulp fiction and been able to enjoy them both. So why, dear reader can I not find it in my soul to like these pictures?
I like these. Very creative, interesting, and fresh.
try drawing something. if you do this for a few years you will start to develop your own style. this will help you appreciate someone Else’s style. peace.
The subject matter is so cool.
My fav unknown artist atm