Bill Timm: 30 Years of Self-Portraits – A Retrospective

May 2-30, 2025
Bill Timm: 30 Years of Self-Portraits – A Retrospective
Opening reception: Friday, May 2, 5:00-9:00 PM
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 9-5; Sat (May 3 and 10 only), 10-1. Closed on Mon May 26 for the holiday.
Additional hours: Thu May 8, 5-7 PM (Gallery 1010 opening)

I present a curated collection of self-portraits created over my 30-year artistic career. These works chronicle my life from husband to father to widow. The work follows not just what I looked like, but my seasons of life and artistic influences. To quote Vincent Van Gogh: People say, and I’m quite willing to believe it, that it is difficult to know oneself, but it’s not easy to paint oneself either. Other than high school art classes and a scholarship to Governors School for the Arts, I am largely self-taught. I paint in acrylic, using an airbrush and more recently a paintbrush as I have come to value brush strokes. I count among my artistic influences: Salvador Dali, Chuck Close, Vincent Van Gogh and M.C. Escher.