Timothy Dell

I am a painter and collagist in mainly large scale work developed from the mind, it's memories, associations and desires. The themes are usually anecdotal and I only rarely want to create work that is violent or disturbing, preferring intimacy and chance happenings, moods, journeys etc. I trained with Mr.Roland Weight, who taught me to draw and paint in the tradition of European Tonal Realism, and helped me gain a philosophical/aesthetic position within this tradition, which still is observable in Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Richard Diebenkorn, David Hockney and Brett Whitely. Mr. Weight, who I met in Byron Bay was at that time the presiding teacher and artist around whom gathered a polymath environment of artists, musicians, writers, scientists and students. I moved to South Australia in 2007 to live and work with Roland and a number of other artists from the school, which was "The School of Encouragement".
The two main strands of my practice are oil painting and collage. The early twentieth century pioneering artist, Kurt Schwitters began picking up pieces of rag, newspaper,playing cards, postal stamps and other 'non art' materials which he assembled in two dimensions. He insisted that this was a new method of painting and inde...

BA graduate from Monash University in Clayton Victoria in Visual Art history and English Literature

2014 SALA Festival, I exhibited 30 paintings and collages to a large number of people both invited and those who turned up on the day .In 2006 I exhibited, in partnership with artist Kim Houston a series of paintings we did in winter 2005 as we travelled the coasts of Victoria and South Australia. The show of 40 paintings sold out. In 2009 I travelled with friends to Alice Springs and along the way drew and painted figurative elements which formed the basis of collage works 4 of which have sold while another is available
Prizes and Awards
Winner of The Burra Gallery "Art of the Flower" Prize, alternative section October 18 2014 for painting entitled "Django amongst the Birds"
Highly Commended in the Burra Regional Gallery"s Portrait Prize 2013 for paintings entitled "Selp Portrait #1"
Winner of the Peterborough Art Prize 2012 for painting entitled "Riverton Railway Station"
Second Prize Winner of the Port Adelaide Rotary Art Prize December 2011 for painting entitled "Gilbert River in Flood at Riverton".
Highly Commended award at the Balaklava Balco Art Prize Exhibition July 2001 for painting entitled "Still Life with Orange Sash"
Second Prize Winner of the "Red Hot and Green Drawing Award" at the Byron Bay Easter Classic 19...