About Tim

Born and raised in the small town of Yellow Springs, Ohio, Tim graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City in 1984, where his focus was primarily graphic design. After finishing school, he worked at several design firms in NYC before moving to San Francisco in 1992, where he continued to work as a designer.

Tim took his first painting class in 1998, followed by another in the fall of '99. and within a year was completely hooked. He began painting more and more, and doing less and less graphic deisgn. In the fall of 2006 he closed his design business and now paints full time. He participates in about 4 annual group shows, is represented by 3 galleries and does a handfull of commissions every year.

About half his work is done on location, or "plein air", and the rest is done in his studio from studies or photographs.

Tim lives in Fairfax with his wife and 2 young sons, teaches several plein air workshops every year, and paints all over the Bay Area and beyond.


R e s u m e

Born
1961, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Education
2003 workshops with Peggi Kroll Roberts and Ken Auster
2003 College of Marin, figure painting with Kent Rupp
1999 - 2002, landscape painting classes with Randall Sexton, Stanley Goldstein  
1993 - 99 City College of SF, furniture making and design
1985 Yale University art and design summer program in Switzerland
1984 Cooper Union School of Art, BFA, full tuition scholarship
1978 & 80 Parson’s School of Design summer program

Selected Exhibitions
2008 Laguna Plein Air Invitational
2008 Valona Plein Air Paint Out
2007 Northern Views - Napa Valley Museum
2006 -2008 Scene on the Strait, Martinez, CA
2006 Introductions, Charles Campbell Gallery, SF
2006 Solo Show, William Lester Gallery, Pt Reyes Station, CA
2005 The Car Show, Charles Campbell Gallery, SF
2005 Solo Show, William Lester Gallery, Pt Reyes Station, CA
2005 Annual juried show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2004 - 2007 Sonoma Plein Air
2004 - 2008 "Ranches & Rolling Hills", MALT, Nicasio, CA
2003 Annual juried show, Falkirk Cultural Center, CA
2003 - 2008 Pt. Reyes Paint Out, William Lester Gallery, Pt Reyes, CA
2002 "California Landscapes" Marin Civic Center Gallery
2002 - 2006 Marin/Scapes, Larkspur , CA
2001 Water Dragon Gallery, Fairfax
2001 "Fine Art of the Automobile" Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley
2001 - 2008 Marin Open Studios
1999 - 2000 San Francisco Open Studios

Publications
Marin Magazine, May 2008
Southwest Art, February 2008
MARIN Magazine, October 2006
Marin Independent Journal, May 2006
Art of Northern California, Alcove Books, 2003

Gallery Representation
Gardner Colby Galleries, Naples, Florida, 2008 - present
Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmel, CA, 2005 - present
Brandon Michael Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2008 - present

Teaching
2003 - present, independent workshops, Marin County