Collection: Tim Fowler

About Tim Fowler | Art Collection 

Artist Genre

Experience the world of Fowler's captivating abstract creations. After deconstructing his subject he rebuilds it in a signature palette of vivid hues, experimenting with opacity, textural juxtapositions, finishes and light. While he references nature and humanity, he leaves ample space for ambiguity on every canvas.

Influences

While he was still a child, already interested in drawing and painting, Tim stumbled across the 1996 biopic of pop icon and neo-expressionist painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. The combination of their shared cultural heritage and the infectious sense of freedom in Basquiat’s approach made a huge impact on Tim, and seeing the film was a seminal moment for him; where art had been a hobby, becoming an artist became a goal. 10 years later he graduated with a BA in Fine Art and embarked on a career in art.

Art Style

Tim skulls began as what he describes as ‘default portraits’, stripping away the physical identity of the subject to liberate their energy and convey it through vivid colour and spontaneous mark making. Although they were experimental works the response was strong and he began work on ‘Memento Mori - 100 skulls’, a project which involved him painting 100 skulls live in a gallery space over just one week. At the end of the week, he sold every painting within two hours.

Tim’s interest in botanical subjects was kindled when a fellow artist brought some banana plants into the studio. He became fascinated by these spectacular tropical plants and started to introduce elements of their shape and energy into a series of abstracts he was working on.

Tim has sold his work in the UK, Europe and the USA. His collectors include Touchlight Genetics, BT, singer-songwriter Mahalia, and the New Walk Museum in Leicester.