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There is a saying that there are as many worlds as there are artists. We see relationships in the simplest of things and ponder things that have fallen into the cracks and crevices of society. Traditionally, landscape artists of the past have painted alla primas, quick impressions of the surrounding scenes that spoke of their awe and appreciation of nature. Tim does the same but works from memory or imagination and respond to what is on the canvas. Today, the introduction of photography and manmade objects has changed the focus of landscape paintings from that of forefathers like Turner and Constable. Is there a relevance to bridging the gap between the past and present? Tim can envision our ancestors looking up into the heavens and pondered the very same question, their thoughts lingering like wisps of clouds. His paintings are an escape from the cold impersonal days of refrigerated offices; cramped identical rabbit hole cubicles, and an array of Category 5 networking cables that snake beneath the sites of toil in the Information Technology field.
His influences range from the naïve painters to the Romantic Movement, and from the current Bay Area figure artist movement to the likes of Elmer Bischoff. Other formal qualities, composition and perspective, are resolved as I respond to marks and forms of the painting. |
 | New Generation: From an unusual vantage point, the artist invites the viewers to behold the wonders of open possibilities. The sky is limitless, without even a horizon line obstructing the view. Yet there are signs of disturbances appearing in the middle of splendid blue heaven: some major change is about to happen. The celestial splendor greatly contrasts the simplicity of the rice stalks that rise in a straightforward direction. The viewer can almost feel the strength within these fragile stalks. Like them, a new generation is growing into a world of infinite possibilities. Like them, this new generation is vulnerable, yet ready to face and overcome any challenge. |
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