Tony Beaver
Tony Beaver began his painting career with a remarkable series of Potato Portraits. The humble potato, in Tony’s hands, looms out of the dark, like a planet in Space. Each potato is like a little portrait, each with its own personality presented in a style reminiscent of the Dutch Masters with the chiaroscuro qualities of Caravaggio. Painting potatoes is a practice Tony still returns to, a subject that still sustains and inspires after twenty years of the closest scrutiny.
Free-floating, beyond the reach of words, Tony’s paintings materialise profound sensations of ‘the real’ which touch on death, loss and longing but feel ultimately life-affirming.
A consistent theme in Tony’s work is his exploration of forgotten treasures. His subjects, be they dusty old museum exhibits, deceased family pets or national treasures are all liberated from their histories and memorials and coaxed into a new life through Tony’s tender portraits.
There is the mysterious sense that all of these subjects and objects, once tangible and touched, lost and found, are reborn, freshly tactile with hints of a magical pulse.
Tony Beaver went to Goldsmiths’ College in the mid-Eighties, just before Damien Hirst and his contemporaries where he was taught by Brit-art mentor Michael Craig Martin. He completed his MA in Barcelona and has been shortlisted for the Garrick Milne Prize, The Celeste Prize and The Discerning Eye.
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White Rabbit 2, 2023£ 990.00View more details
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White Rabbit 3, 2023 SoldView more details
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Guinea Pig 5 , 2024£ 2,100.00View more details
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Baby Bunny , 2023£ 1,160.00View more details
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Brown Rabbit 1, 2023£ 1,815.00View more details
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Brown Rabbit 2, 2023 SoldView more details
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Brown Rabbit 3, 2023£ 990.00View more details
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Brown Rabbit 4, 2023£ 1,815.00View more details
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Guinea Pig 1, 2024£ 1,210.00View more details
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Guinea Pig 2, 2024£ 880.00View more details
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Guinea Pig 3, 2024£ 880.00View more details
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Guinea Pig 4, 2024£ 880.00View more details
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White Rabbit 1, 2023£ 1,430.00View more details
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White Rabbit 4, 2023 SoldView more details
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Fireside Rabbit, 2023 SoldView more details
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Bowl of Water, 2022£ 1,500.00View more details
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Cracked Bowl, 2022£ 1,980.00View more details
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Flower Bowl, 2022£ 1,980.00View more details
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Green Bowl, 2022£ 1,980.00View more details
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Red Bowl, 2022£ 1,700.00View more details
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White and Blue Bowl, 2022£ 1,700.00View more details
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Still Life III, 2021View more details
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Still Life II, 2020View more details
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Potato, 2020View more details
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Tommy Cooper, 2018View more details
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Bowie I, 2022£ 1,450.00View more details
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Bowie II, 2022£ 1,450.00View more details
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Bowie VIII, 2022£ 1,450.00View more details
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Switched on Bunnies
An online solo show of new paintings by Tony Beaver 20 - 31 Jan 2024Cavaliero Finn's first online exhibition of 2024 features contemporary paintings by Tony Beaver from his latest Switched on Bunnies series. The focal point for this series of paintings, is the humble rabbit and its rival the equally cute guinea pig, both ostensibly commonplace small domestic creatures, which undergo a mesmerising metamorphosis under Tony's masterful brushstrokes, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary.Read more -
Winter - The weakening eye of day
Gallery 12, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE - 22nd-26th November, 11am - 7pm Wed-Sat 11am-4pm Sun 22 - 26 Nov 2023In November 2023, Cavaliero Finn presented a selection of artworks at Cromwell Place chosen to evoke winter in different ways, whether it’s capturing the essence of it through light and colour, the sense of decay through texture and material, or the sense of beauty hope and renewal through composition and context. The Winter exhibition was dedicated to artist Judith Tucker who died suddenly on Monday November 13th 2023.Read more -
Hint - Cavaliero Finn at Gallery 475
475 Fulham Road, London SW6 1HL 6 - 18 Dec 2022Cavaliero Finn is pleased to announce news of its next exhibition, Hint, a group show featuring pairings of two and three dimensional art works that echo each other in some way, whether it's a hint of colour, form or pattern or even subject matter.Read more -
London Art Fair 2022
Business Design Centre Islington 20 - 24 Apr 2022Cavaliero Finn was delighted to return to the London Art Fair in April 2022 at the Business Design Centre in Islington participating in the curated 'Platform' section of the fair.Read more
Platform 2022 explored the theme of 'Music and its part in contemporary visual arts'. Cavaliero Finn presented work by painters David Edmond, Tony Beaver and Helen Ballardie and ceramicist Barry Stedman, all of whom created new pieces in response to this year's chosen theme.
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White Rabbit 2, 2023£ 990.00
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White Rabbit 3, 2023 Sold
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Guinea Pig 5 , 2024£ 2,100.00
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Baby Bunny , 2023£ 1,160.00
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Brown Rabbit 1, 2023£ 1,815.00
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Brown Rabbit 2, 2023 Sold
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Brown Rabbit 3, 2023£ 990.00
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Brown Rabbit 4, 2023£ 1,815.00
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Guinea Pig 1, 2024£ 1,210.00
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Guinea Pig 2, 2024£ 880.00
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Guinea Pig 3, 2024£ 880.00
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Guinea Pig 4, 2024£ 880.00
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White Rabbit 1, 2023£ 1,430.00
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White Rabbit 4, 2023 Sold
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Fireside Rabbit, 2023 Sold
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Bowl of Water, 2022£ 1,500.00
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Cracked Bowl, 2022£ 1,980.00
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Flower Bowl, 2022£ 1,980.00
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Green Bowl, 2022£ 1,980.00
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Red Bowl, 2022£ 1,700.00
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White and Blue Bowl, 2022£ 1,700.00
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Potato, 2020
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Tommy Cooper, 2018
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Bowie I, 2022£ 1,450.00
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Bowie II, 2022£ 1,450.00
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Bowie VIII, 2022£ 1,450.00