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 Tim Wood Biography
Thanks for viewing my work. I am a self taught artist from southern Vermont. My work is a combination of paintings as well as multi media collage. I have recently become a member of the Windham Art Gallery in Brattleboro, Vermont. (see below for link to their gallery.)
I started painting seriously a few years ago. Prior to that I did'nt consider myself an artist at all. I had done maybe an acrylic every other year or so. My first piece of art I did was done in my early twenties. I had failed every art class I ever took in school. Consequently I had no use for it and thought the whole thing was stupid and pretentious.
That all changed one night when I was hanging out with cartoonist Bobby Madness. That night I kind of had an epiphany and suddenly got it. So at 20 something I started to try to draw and had some sucess. I did a few really poor paintings.
Then I tried copying a photo from a calender. I had a little sucess on this one. Two years later I tried another and it went like that for quite a few years. Just here and there.
Enter Dee Gibson. My love, my teacher, my muse, and my inspiration. She has been painting for years in watercolor. She worked on me for a little while to get me to try watercolors which I was absolutely opposed to and I had a healthy fear of it. I had visions of spray bottles, those sets from grade school, and bold uncontrolled brushstrokes which at that time did'nt appeal to me at all. Soon she won out and I did my first one. It was OK at best but I learned that I did not have to change how I painted and the medium had some tricks that were of great use to me. The next one changed my life. I was off.
I have always loved old working machines such as trains and boats. You will see that I don't do many paintings of pleasure boats or modern passenger trains. I love to show the effects of weather and use on my subjects. I feel a sense of history when I view these items and that is what I try to incorporate into my paintings.
I also love to paint my local landscape. I have spent my entire adult life here and love living in this area. New England is so picturesqe, that I can't help but be inspired everyday.
The guitars are a result of getting a little stale just painting. After doing many paintings I simply needed to bump up the excitement. The majority of my work is done for me initially, so I have to have a little love for my subject. As a result I gifted myself a bunch of guitars under the guise of Art. Dee was very good about this whole thing considering I took over the house with guitar parts everywhere.
Thanks again for checking out my work and feel free to contact me for any reason. Please Check out my music studio site at- http://groups.msn.com/southernvermontmusic Please check out my art site at http://groups.msn.com/timwood
http://www.windhamartgallery.com
http://www.myspace.com/bodyelectricstudios
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