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Tony Carter described himself as 'a still life artist of an unconventional kind', bringing together everyday objects to give them new meanings and transforming them through the elegant and precise way in which he assembled and positioned individual elements. He made 'A Dream of things that Never Were' shortly before he died and it is characteristic of his work throughout his long career: driven by a poetic impulse, combined with forensic attention to detail. In his obituary of the artist, Alister Warman, trustee of the City & Guilds London Art School wrote: ‘On the one hand he was concerned with ensuring every component was exquisitely fashioned or engineered, while on the other he was ‘loading the object with as much subjective energy as possible’.