Tim Gore

Based in the historic region of the Gers, France, Tim creates evocative, texture-rich expressionist oil paintings that bridge the boundary between past and present. His work aims to breathe contemporary life into images inspired by history.

Heavily inspired by early 20th-century photography, vintage photogravures, iconic literary figures, and classic European café culture, Tim reinterprets historical moments through a lens of modern introspection. From mid-century Parisian existentialism to the quiet dignity of early royal iconography and the soft atmospheric light of the Pictorialist movement, his subjects carry a timeless, universal human emotion.

Working primarily with premium oil pigments on rigid archival panels, Tim utilizes bold, sculptural palette-knife work and expressive, visible brushstrokes. This heavy impasto style pulls his subjects out of the smooth, faded sepia of the past and plants them firmly into the physical, modern present. Characterized by a deep harmony between subject and presentation, his pieces are framed either with vintage frames sourced mainly from Paris or hand-crafted wooden frames reinforcing a connection to heritage, memory, and classic European elegance

Tim holds a doctorate as well as two masters and an undergraduate degree acquired during a career in diplomacy and international higher education based in many countries around the world. This

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