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Tobias Arnup : Artist profile #10
EAAF in lockdown
​Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery is currently closed and EAAF events have been suspended as we follow the Government’s advice to reduce the spread of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Our work continues as we stay in touch with our members by email, profile our artist members through EAAF Presents and provide scholarships at Norwich University of the Arts. We are very grateful for our members’ support and look forward to the time when we can visit exhibitions and gather together again. Amanda Geitner, Director
 During lockdown, East Anglian Art Fund has been profiling artists from the region - this week Tobias Arnup

Tobias Arnup : ​​between order and chaos

Picture
Tobias Arnup, Morpheus God of Dreams, gouache on paper 2020

EAAF member Tobias Arnup studied Fine Art at Camberwell School of Art before going to work as an Art Psychotherapist, focussing on working with offenders with personality disorder and other mental health problems. He has always based his image-making on still lives and interiors. For many years, his favourite medium was egg tempera, although he has recently begun to work more with gouache.


We asked Tobias to describe his work -
As a student, I came up with a rather formulaic notion that at the heart of my work was a search for a balance between order and chaos: I think essentially that this is still true.
​

What keeps you up at night?
A deep sense of self-loathing and shame. What a waste of energy!

What is your favourite part of your practice?
My favourite part is also the most scary - when I get to see someone’s reaction to a finished painting. 

Which artists inspire you most?
The 2002 exhibition at the Hayward Gallery ’Paul Klee: The nature of Creation’ was wonderful and one that I really lost myself in: I still love his work. Although I do not particularly enjoy making landscapes myself, if I was allowed to go and see one real painting right now, it would be one by Van Gogh. 

If you could step inside an artwork for a day which would it be & why?
More than anyone else, I was influenced by my late father and his painting. I remember his tight composition, his love of exploring materials and his daring mark-making. I would choose a portrait he did of me when I was a child so that I could watch him at it once again (and, whilst I was there, give my 5-year-old-self a good talking-to).
​

To find out more about Tobias Arnup's work CLICK HERE

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  • Calendar
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  • About
    • Art in Norwich Blog
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  • Norwich Galleries & groups
    • Crypt Gallery
    • Anteros Arts
    • Assembly House Online
    • East Gallery NUA
    • Edible East
    • Fairhurst Gallery
    • Mandell's Gallery - about >
      • Mandell's Gallery - current
    • n-cas
    • North City
    • Norwich Castle
    • NCCS
    • Norwich 20 Group
    • Norwich University of the Arts
    • Outpost Gallery
    • Greenhouse Gallery
    • South Asia Collection
    • Sainsbury Centre >
      • Sainsbury Centre Sculpture
    • Shoe Factory Social Club
    • St Mary's Works
    • The Undercroft
  • Norfolk Galleries & groups
    • Arts Collective East
    • Bircham Gallery, Holt
    • North Norfolk Exhibition Project
    • Contemporary and Country
    • Cromer Artspace
    • Diss Corn Hall
    • Fermoy Gallery, King's Lynn
    • Great Yarmouth Arts Festival
    • Houghton Hall 2024 >
      • Anish Kapoor Houghton Hall
    • NNAC Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle
    • North Norfolk Open Studios
    • original projects; PrimeYarc
    • Paint Out general info >
      • Paint Out Norfolk
    • Raveningham Sculpture Trail
    • School House Gallery
    • Wells Maltings
    • Yare Gallery
  • Art Classes
    • Anteros Art Classes
    • Artpocket
    • Art Society Norwich
    • Janette Williams
    • Royal Drawing School
    • Nest Project
    • Annette Rolston printmaking
    • Sarah Cannell Workshops
  • Partner contact details
  • Links to partners
    • Barrington Farm
    • Original Projects;
  • Venue Map
  • Get Walls
  • St Margaret's Gallery
  • Naked in Norwich
  • Past events
    • The Singh Twins : Slaves of Fashion
    • Ancient House Thetford
    • X Marks The Spot, Great Yarmouth
    • Time & Tide Drawn to the Coast 2018
    • H2O Art of Wet
    • Houghton Hall Henry Moore >
      • Henry Moore review
    • Paint Out
    • Lonely Arts Club 2016
    • Magnificent Obsessions
    • Norwich Castle Olive Edis
    • The Way We Live Now
    • ADP Riot Tour
    • Norwich Castle Sawdust & Threads
    • Ana Maria Pacheco
    • Hungate exhibition
    • Bacon and the Masters
    • War and Peace
    • Clive Dunn at Theatre Royal
    • John Craske : Threads
    • Art at Norwich Playhouse
    • John Lessore & John Wonnacott
    • NNOS
    • Hidden in Plain Sight
    • Mary Spicer at Theatre Royal
    • Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia
    • Masterpieces: Art & East Anglia talks
    • The Tourists
    • En Plein Air
    • Martin Laurance at Mandell's Gallery
    • Wallis exhibition
    • Picasso
    • Studios in Norfolk
    • Concrete - an exhibition at NUA
    • SCVA Sense & Sensuality lecture series
    • Affordable Art Fair
    • Art Car Boot pictures
    • Photography exhibition
  • EAAF Artist Profiles
    • East Anglian Art Fund June Gentle
    • East Anglian Art Fund Alison Henry
    • East Anglian Art Fund Jane Hodgson
    • East Anglian Art Fund John Christie
    • East Anglian Art Fund Red Elders
    • East Anglian Art Fund Julia Cameron
    • East Anglian Art Fund Vanessa Pooley
    • East Anglian Art Fund Kate Walker
    • East Anglian Art Fund Gus Farnes
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
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