TIMOTHY WAITE WELLS
Artist born in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, 25th January 1942, died 16th February 1998.
Tim Wells graduated from the University of Hartford School of Art, where he studied under Heinrich Mayer and Paul Zimmerman. He did post-graduate studies in England, France, Italy and Spain. In New York City he studied portraiture with Felix Dicassio at the Phoenix School of Art. He moved to Lymington, Hampshire, England in 1969 where he lived and painted for almost thirty years.
Tim Wells' paintings are in the collections of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, the Boston Historical Society, the University of Hartford and the Exeter Maritime Museum.
Wells' exhibitions included: The International Maritime Art Awards Show, Mystic, Connecticut; The Annual Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists, New York; one-man shows at Wallington Hall, the Queen’s Hall and the Moot Hall, Hexham, Northumberland, and at Trinity Maritime Centre, Newcastle.
Timothy Wells is best known for his paintings of marine subjects, but after moving to Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland in 1985, he focused mainly on landscapes in both oil and watercolour.
"A keen yachtsman with eventually extensive experience in racing and cruising in English and North American waters, and a representative of the USA in world and international dinghy racing, Wells inevitably became interested in painting his sport in all its variety." [2] Tim Wells developed a particular love for the pilot cutter Jolie Brise whom he painted and sailed on many times.
- ^ Brook-Hart, Denys (1981). 20th Century British Marine Painting. England: Art Collectors Club. p. 373. ISBN 0 902028 90 1.
- ^ Hall, Marshall (2005). The Artists of Northumbria. Bristol, UK: Art Dictionaries Ltd. p. 365. ISBN 0 9532609 9 2.