42 Years and Counting...

so lets take you back,

way, way, back

to a time when it didn't matter,

what you made,

what you sold,

only that which came to mind,

to translate onto anything that was in front,

be it paper, canvas, wood, or metal,

let it be.

tim hovde

the 80's...where it all began

impressions: studying and playing music, taking photographs, forming art graphically, researching escher, dali, picasso, o'keefe, and calder
ink, paper cutouts, acrylics

technology is smilingpapers, overlayed

reachacrylic, enamel, paper

boy in the bubbleacrylic, paper

selfacrylic, paper

prairieacrylic, canvas panel

acrylic, paper

the 90's

impressions: pursuing a graphic design degree, researching picasso, calder, duchamp, pollack, rothko, kline, klee
pastels, acrylics and mixed media

Named, but do not know it yet

untitled

level headed

early to mid 2000's

hovde enters into a new, grand studio, without any rules or limitsall the paint, canvas, and time to create anything and everything within his mindthus began pooling, virgin color, and dans le jardin series of artwork along with endless experimentationcalder, rothko, pollack,
oil, acrylic, ink, enamel, mixed media, sculpture, mobile

the deep endoil, enamel canvas

color your worldoil canvas(beginning of Virgin Color series)

rollingoil, pastel, canvas

an evening studyoil canvas

grazing on colorpaste, cold press

butterfly wingspastel, mixed media

figures of musicpastel, cold press

untitledpastel, cold press

evening eyeoil canvas

inneroil, cold press

circular renditionoil, canvas

untitledoil, enamel, mat board

golden renaissanceoil, enamel, canvas

above and beyondoil canvas

big redoil, canvas

siennaddictionoil, enamel, canvas

noted movementoil canvas

into twilightmobile, oil canvas, metal beads

untitledmobiles, plastic, glass, metal (series of hanging mobiles)

translation undulationoil, glass on woodmulti-panel

audacieux #4ink, hot press

en triompheink, canvas

vigoracrlic, pencil on mat board

clothes make the manoil, cold press

pooling togetheroil canvas(first pooling painting, longview museum, perm. collection)

pooling rhapsodiaoil, canvas(beginning of multi-piece pooling series)

dans le jardin #1oil, canvas(first dans le jardin in the series)

virgin color waterfalloil, canvas(beginning of virgin color series)

2012 - Present

from the west to the eastTim continues painting in the west and in 2016 moves to the eastgreen spaces, hills and valleys, lush and full of vegetation fill his camera lens as well as his palette
oil, acrylic