Geoff Tice

Geoff Tice is a Denver-based painter originally from Australia, living and working in Colorado, where he studied art at the University of Colorado. After spending his professional career as a commercial illustrator and graphic designer making images in service of brands, he has returned to painting on his own terms.

His work sits in the pause before a moment disappears. Figures caught mid-gaze, looking away, always just beyond reach. It's less about who they are than about the viewer standing before them. Each piece is an invitation to step inside the canvas and inhabit the feeling yourself. Rooted in nostalgia, the paintings try to hold something that's already leaving: a light, a thought, an afternoon that can't quite be named.

"I want the viewer to find my paintings as an opening. You bring yourself into that space and suddenly the painting is about your memory, not mine." — Geoff Tice

With a background in commercial illustration and design, Geoff's visual instincts are deeply rooted in composition and image-making. That eye now serves something quieter. Work that earns its stillness rather than demanding attention.

BFA University of Colorado