Most succesful paintings

  Today I'm posting four of my most highly reviewed paintings! They range from High School to College, Two of them are my recreations of famous paintings (A method which I feel greatly strengthens my style), and two of them are of my own creation. Enjoy!

  First off, as I prefer to paint surrealism This Is my favorite of my work. This painting was my first finished succesful attempt at nightmarish surrealism.

  This painting was done at a very difficult time in my life, after losing my oldest brother, and grandfather. I was in a deep depression and persistantly daydreaming about things falling apart. This painting greatly helped me get it off my chest, and out of my head. 

 

 Things Falling Apart, 2010. Oil on masonite, 3'x4.5'

  Next up, Carravaggio's Judith. I was assigned in college to do a remake of a famous painting from the renaissance era. This one stood alone to me as the perfect choice. Often times my paintings are dark and violent- So this lined up. The resolution and level of detail in Carravaggio's work is astounding and I took every consideration in accuratly depicting it.

 

Carravaggio's Judith Betrays Holofernes, 2011. Recreation - Oil on illustration board, 18"x22"

  Another recreation, originally by Norman Rockwell, was commissioned by a Teacher of mine while I was in High School. She approached me to donate a remake of this painting, in exchange for an automatic A in her class, and free range to work in the art room rather than sitting in her lecture.

  I spent 2 months painting the wall alone! My principal requested that I raise the graffiti on the wall so the racist "Nigger" would be less overpowering in the classroom. I agreed, but felt the text must at least partially stay, as the painting depicts the first Black student to go to a white school during the civil rights movement.

 

 Rockwell's The Problem We all Live With, 2007. Recreation - Acrylic on masonite. 4"x5"

 Lastly, my most recent work. I focused on broken homes for awhile, and this painting represents a family who has abandoned all interest in eachother. They are postcard modeling in front of Disney's castle. In the happiest place in the world they wear the most sullen disinterested faces they own. 

  The viewer can choose whether the photo was taken by an equally broken mother, a requested patron, or more likely, a Disney photographer who goes around taking pictures of happy families. 

  For this painting I used my friends as models, and told them to look at me like I was auditing them. (Easter egg bonus, The model who played the kid is also the citizen with his ribs exploding in The Downward Spiral.)

 The Most Interesting Place in the World, 2012. Oil on illustration board. 18"x22"

Hope you all enjoy them, Cheers!

The Roots of Timindustry!

  My mother’s an artist, and father’s a craftsman. I have great certainty that my upbringing with them carved the trail into my creative future. From Sundays building extensions onto an already gargantuan treefort, to weekdays with an overworked crayon box... Creating unique things has always been my driving force.

  Mom being in the PTA in elementary school, kept me after as she worked. I still recall hours of my life spent drawing my Star Wars toys in a small secluded art room. Even at that age, I recall being so drawn to draw, that I would give haunted house pictures to my friends... (Some of which graphic enough to cause a parent teacher conference or two.)

  I drifted thru middle school filling my class assignments with doodles, and by high school, at Livonia Franklin, I jumped eagerly into my first serious art classes. It was here that my interest turned into a much more dedicated hobby, and from there into an engulfing constant. I believe there were 14 art classes offered at Franklin, advanced photo development, clay, painting... and after I was thru all of them, I filled my roster with as many independent studies as I could.

  My enlightening teacher there, Mr. Rheault, taught me much more than skill; he preached the essential traits of a studio artist, how to find inspiration, to research, to dive in, to push, to explore potential. He gave me the mindset of an artist, while vastly furthering my potential. I immersed myself deeply into painting.

  When I came into oil paint it was monumental. I would work for days, coming into classes stained with yellow ochre and phtalo blue. I even was able to ace U.S. History by doing a recreation of Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With”. Rheault got me into the Scholastic Scholarship Program, which paved a golden path straight to the College for Creative Studies.

  I’ve now been there for the better part of five years, starting out in the Illustration Department. But, my passion for being a hands on craftsman consumed me, and after witnessing peers blowing glass, and blacksmithing, I needed a change.

 I finished a minor in illustration, satisfied with what I’d gained- and dove into the metals department where every semester was a new door opening. I went from jewelry to black-smithing to casting, etching, plating, then holloware, followed by lathe working, milling, and the other studios! glassblowing, wood-shop, wheel throwing, slip casting. I’d found my passion.

  Now, with two classes left before graduation, I am focusing on taking all of my knowledge and interests, and formulating precise handcrafted goods, as well as highly skilled paintings. This is the foundation of myself as an artist... The Tim Industry. I have failed, succeeded, witnessed gross injuries, and learned great things- And I look forward to sharing them with you!