In grammar school, Tim made pictures like everyone. Soon, teachers were asking him to make posters. This  got him out of doing  yucky stuff. When he wasn't playing football, baseball, tennis or a dozen other sports, he was painting from age 14. It was then he accepted his first commission. (The client bought his art supplies and his first real canvas.) By age 16 his work was consigned to art galleries. At age 20 his work was in galleries in Scottsdale and Dallas.  Attending college on a baseball scholarship, Tyler found his greater opportunities lay in fine art. The staff of the college bought one of his paintings for the school president his freshman year.

 

The elegance and skill of the old masters inspires Tim's work as does the highly designed work of his heroes: JC Leyendecker, Martin Hennings, Maynard Dixon, Dean Cornwell, NC Wyeth, Herbert Duncan, Edgar Payne & JSSargent. He visits art museums regularly and reads voraciously. He's studied with many respected artist/teachers.  In Santa Fe and Scottsdale he contacted and sought advice from respected professional painters who all told him: "work from life".

 

He has traveled from California to Maine and to Europe teaching workshops, attending his exhibits and painting landscapes. Often one of his children would go along with him. "Artists visit national parks and museums as part of the job. Sharing this with my kids couldn't have hurt their upbringing." They've seen most art museums in the US.

 

He has shown in over 50 galleries in 34 states.  In 1993, signature membership was bestowed to him by the founder of the Oil Painters of America. He exhibited in a unprecedented, 7 consecutive national OPA  shows. He teaches approximately 8 workshops at art clubs across the US and at least one in Europe, annually. Three American Art Museums have purchased his work.

 

He was generously given advice from established artists throughout his youth. He now teaches live workshops, DVDs  and through  magazine articles. He has participated in Salon International, OPA national exhibits, and ARC Salon, winning 5 awards in  2005 alone. "The Deconstructionist" was the first painting by a living artist to break into the top ten list on Art Renewal Center at number nine. (The Last Supper was number ten that month.) The Oklahoma State Capitol   commissioned 7 pieces of his work.

 

He is presently writing his big book, working on a new figure instructional DVD in high-definition.   His tranquil home & studio are in northwest Arkansas where he STILL gets out of doing yucky stuff.