Tim BENSON ROI

Tim's passion for landscape has underlined all his work during the past few years, His highly successful exhibitions in Highgate, and his subsequent shows at Raphael Valls in St James’s, Thompsons City and Hay Hill in Mayfair have established Tim as a notable and collectable landscape artist, and he continues to develop in this vein. Tim has just been accepted as a member of the Royal Society of Oil Painters.

‘Over the last couple of years my attention has fallen on the flatlands of East Anglia in particular Norfolk and Suffolk. It is no coincidence that this is where both Constable and Seago made some of their most powerful works, as the combination of impossibly vast skies and abrupt verticals in a sometimes overwhelmingly horizontal landscape creates views that have a stark beauty found nowhere else. Armed with some world-beating vistas and paint I sought to add a modern twist to a well documented corner of the country, whilst retaining the fundamentals of draughtsmanship and colour balance that came so effortlessly to the great East Anglian painters.’

Recently Tim has concentrated on Portraiture. His seemingly effortless brushstrokes have paid dividends in this area. His presentations of characters such as Michael Palin and Brian Cox are testament to his talent and understanding of colour, light, shape, form and representation in a uniquely creative and expressive manner.

Tim Benson was born in London, July 1978.
1996 - 1997 Art Foundation , Middlesex University.
1998 - 1999 1st year BA(hons), Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art.
1999 - 2001 2nd and 3rd years BA(hons), Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art.

Currently 'Open Studios' tutor at the The Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea

2011

Accepted as member of Royal Institute of Oil Painters

2010

2nd prize winner Winsor and Newton young artist of the year award, *  Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, *  10 Painters for 2010  at Highgate Contemporary Art, Highgate  *  2 man show, Hay Hill Gallery, Cork Street, London W1  *  Cambridge Art Fair, Enid Lawson Gallery   *  Summer show, Highgate Contemporary Art  *  Summer School teaching, Heatherleys School of Art and Hampstead School of  *  Art Affordable Art Fair, London, Island Fine Arts and Enid Lawson Gallery  *  2-man show, Island Fine Arts, Bembridge, Isle of Wight

2009

*  Changing hang, Enid Lawson Gallery, Marylebone  * 3-man landscapes show, Island Fine Arts, Isle of Wight  * Affordable Art Fair Bristol, Enid Lawson Gallery  * Cambridge Art Fair, Enid Lawson Gallery  * Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, Chelsea  *  Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, *  Chelsea Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition, Mall Galleries  * Affordable Art Fair, London, Enid Lawson Gallery  * Affordable Art Fair, London, Island Fine Arts Harrogate Art Fair, Enid Lawson Gallery  * Edinburgh Art Fair, Enid Lawson Gallery

2008

 'Antiques for the future 3', Norman Adams, Knightsbridge BADA fair,  * Chelsea Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, Chelsea Solo show of  * East Anglian landscapes at Highgate Fine Art, Highgate  * Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, Chelsea  * Summer show at Highgate Fine Art, Highgate  * Summer show at Island Fine Arts, Isle of Wight * Summer landscapes show at Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh  * Affordable Art Fair, Island Fine Arts, Battersea Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London * ‘Noel Noel’, Christmas show at Highgate Fine Art, Highgate

2007

Work exhibited at the Pakistan High Commission, Lowndes Square, London  * Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art,  * Chelsea Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition, Mall Galleries,  * London Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, Chelsea  * Solo show of British landscapes, Raphael Valls, Mayfair, London  * Summer show at Highgate Fine Art, Highgate   * Summer school teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, Chelsea Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, Chelsea  * Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London  * Charity event for 'The Canterbury oast trust'  * 'NoelNoel', Christmas show at Highgate Fine Art, Highgate 

2006

 'Aspects of the Sub-continent', solo show, Highgate Fine Art, Highgate   *  Open Studio teaching at Heatherley's School of Art, Chelsea   *  Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London   *  Open Studio teaching at Heatherleys School of Art, Chelsea   *  'Christmas show', Highgate Fine Art, Highgate

2005

'Christmas show', Highgate Fine Art, Highgate

2004

'Christmas show', Highgate Fine Art, Highgate  *   'Annual show', Thompsons City  *   'New Landscapes', Thompsons City * 3rd Prize, 'Windsor and Newton Young Artist Of The Year', Mall Galleries, London

2003

'Annual how', S Thompsons City Gallery   *  CCA Galleries, Mayfair 'New Artists',   *  3 man show, CCA Galleries, Mayfair   *  Changing hang, Thompsons City  *  Commission for Le Meridien hotel, Gatwick Airport   *  Work exhibited at Karen Taylor Gallery, Twickenham  *  'September show', Thompsons Marylebone   *  Solo show, Lauderdale House, Highgate *  'Affordable Art Fair', Battersea   *  'Christmas show', Catto Gallery, Hampstead

2002

Past Masters', Stroud House Gallery, Stroud  *   'Fresh Art', Islington Business Design Centre   *  Work exhibited at Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge-Wells   *  Work exhibited at Moreton Contemporary, Pimlico

2001

'Braving the Elements', Vertigo Gallery, London, EC

TIM BENSON Aspects of a Subcontinent
May 31st - June 17th 2006
Highgate Fine Art

"The Karakoram is one of the most inaccessible environments on the planet if not the most beautiful. It is the stark majesty of its summits and canyons that captures my imagination. Painting the ever changing light (however inadequately), as it plays on sheer rock walls or glaciers is my motivation. In contrast whether it be the colourful bazaars, escapism of the desert or the ethereal beauty of the crumbling 'havelis' that inspires you, Rajasthan is an artists dream. I felt that a series of paintings of subjects on a more human scale would perfectly complement the 'vastness' of the Karakoram. The cities of Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Agra each offer their own insight into the Indian life and the endless painting opportunities that come with it." Tim Benson

Paintings