"There are few sketches that contain the vigor and energy of 'Tom Barnes’ work. Uncensored loose tangles of gesture and undiluted colors glow from the page. Apart from their merit as feverish, stimulating, hyper-saturated images, Barnes’ sketches serve as an archive of past and present, comprising a portrait of a city."
Amanda Manitach
"Oh Mexico, I've never been but I sure want to go."
James Taylor
In Love
La Negrita Afternoons
Yucatan Gangsters
Powder Keg
Lovers in the Park sold
Merida
Sweet Merida Nights
Anima of Oaxaca
Parade of the Dead Animals
X Marks the Spot
Mexico Magico sold
Zippo Beach
Kine in Zippo
Damn Kids
On the Beach with Kine
Hello, Tom
Dreaming in Zipo sold
Zipo Circus (sold)
Kine in the Sand
Afternoon at La Negrita, Diptych [L]
Afternoon at La Negrita, Diptych [R]
Afternoon at La Negrita, Diptych
Mercado 60
Zipo North Beach
Oaxaca Babes
Mortal Fate (sold)
Pleasure Kine (sold)
Students Drawing Architecture In The Park, Merida
"There are few sketches that contain the vigor and energy of 'Tom Barnes’ work. Uncensored loose tangles of gesture and undiluted colors glow from the page. Apart from their merit as feverish, stimulating, hyper-saturated images, Barnes’ sketches serve as an archive of past and present, comprising a portrait of a city."
Amanda Manitach
"Oh Mexico, I've never been but I sure want to go."