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Tim, your painting drew me; then I loved your commentary. You're a man who makes his point then let's it rest without fuss - reminds me of the farmers I knew in the Midwest who spent many hours by themselves every day, in contact with great things, storms and drought, planting and harvest.

The painting is compelling yet has a lonesome quality. I too am drawn to abandoned buildings with gaping eyes for windows, and rusty, windy gas stations In the country, old factories and churches. Their poignancy and beauty are arresting. They're kind of like everything we stop to paint. We enter their world and value it, take it in.

Thank you, Tim. I loved falling into the world of your art, a true Gathering place.

Great stuff Tim. Looking forward to painting with you at GAS this year! ~Al

TIM, you may not remember me, but I grew up in El Paso about 10 years ahead of you and I knew your family at Montana Street Church of Christ. Your dad, Hal Oliver, helped mentor and assisted my brother Raymond and me through the successful construction of a Model A Ford Roadster hot rod during my senior year at Austin High School. I went on to architecture school at Texas Tech and became an architect in San Antonio with RVK- Architects for my entire career. Now as I approach retirement, I am getting back into watercolor painting and sketching.

I have recently completed workshops with Michael Holter, Michael Reardon, Vlad Yeliseyev, and Alvaro Castagnet, and hopefully will do 3-4 more by the year's end. My time to paint is still limited by my continued work schedule, Oak Hills Church and Bible Study Fellowship committments; but God will hopefully provide me more time to paint, eventually.

I have been following your painting carrer for the last 4 years since you appeared on the cover of Watercolor Artist Magazine, which immediately caught my eye. I just recently made the relationship connection through John King, my best friend from high school. I serve on the Pine Springs Camp board with John, as well as with Alex Scarbrough from Lubbock whom you know. I look forward to the opportunity to take a workshop or watch a demo with you. Interestingly, I also threw newspapers along with your uncles Roy and Jerry Perkins during my eighth grade year. My route was on Frankfort Ave.
Blessings in the Lord,
George Vaughn