Tom Jean Webb

Austin, TX

(b. 1982) London, England

Tom Jean Webb gleans lessons from the land through keen observations and presence of mind. Born and raised just outside of London, England, Webb has maintained a lifelong fascination with the American Southwest, and his previous bodies of works reflect that by serving as a kind of fantastical portal to the distant land. Having lived in Texas for four years, The Inseparable Nature of Land From Itself represents Webb’s growing familiarity with his surroundings and continued meditation on humankind’s intrinsic relationship with the landscape. The figure persistent in his previous work is less active, capturing the character’s view now that he’s passed through the threshold. Still rendering the landscape of the American Southwest, The Inseparable Nature of Land From Itself is immersive, positioning the viewer as a player in the scene before them.