Tori Tipton

Tori Tipton (b. 1971, Yorkshire) is a contemporary British artist who creates textural works that explore how we encounter the past in the present. In a world fixated on the new and the flawless, she turns instead to surfaces that are aged, weathered and worn.

Rooted in a deep connection to place, her practice begins with walking, an immersive, meditative act that informs both process and subject. As she moves through the landscape, she collects materials and notices subtle traces, fragments and remnants that speak to what endures and what fades.

Her paintings are built from natural materials gathered from the land – soil, clay, ash – which are combined with traditional binders and oil paint to create richly textured, layered surfaces. These materials are not chosen solely for their aesthetic qualities but for their ability to carry memory, grounding each work in a specific geography and history. Through the slow, physical act of layering and eroding, she mimics natural processes such as weathering and decay. The result is a body of work that is both deeply personal and universally resonant and that bears witness to time’s slow and inevitable passage.

Tori has exhibited in numerous galleries nationwide and her paintings are now part of private collections across the world.