Tony depicts objects in these paintings that are part of our daily lives; a table with a wine bottle, a chair, a linen cloth, a beaded necklace, a coil of rope; 'common and garden' forms which suggest a myriad of cultural, religious and personal meanings. These paintings are visual slow burners, they are in no way fast or faddish, what they are is intelligent and magical, and what they do is keep on confounding expectations