Timothy Rees

Raised primarily in Arizona, Timothy Rees has always had an affinity for drawing. After high school he spent a year at Collins College to pursue animation, but departed when he felt the program became too heavily based in computers and detached from the traditional methods of drawing.

At that point, Timothy decided to leave art as a hobby and pursue a degree in the medical field. But when his pre-requisites were completed, he felt the urge to draw was too strong. Following the discovery of the elegant and moody figure paintings of Jeremy Lipking, Timothy sought him out to learn the art of painting realism. In early 2009, Timothy enrolled in a three day workshop with Lipking and the following month visited his studio in California. The early works from his first six months of paintings were shown in Blink Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona and he was immediately met with success selling the majority of pieces exhibited. Upon completion of the show, Timothy moved to Chicago in September of 2009 to paint at the historic Palette and Chisel Academy. In February of 2010 he had his first solo show at the Palette where he was well-received. Chris Miller stated in a review of the show:

"He pulls these strong compositions together like he's been doing it his entire life."

Timothy was a winner in the 2009 Lukas painting competition and recipient of two honorable mentions in the Lukas 2010 painting competition. He continues to live and paint in Chicago.