Works
  • Timothy McDowell, Frizzante, 2025
    Timothy McDowell
    Frizzante, 2025
    oil, mixed media on dibond aluminium
    48 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Dragon Nest, 2025
    Timothy McDowell
    Dragon Nest, 2025
    oil, mixed media, on dibond aluminium
    48 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Venice Study #9, 2023
    Timothy McDowell
    Venice Study #9, 2023
    mixed media on kozo paper
    8 x 8 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Venice Study #8, 2023
    Timothy McDowell
    Venice Study #8, 2023
    mixed media on kozo paper
    8 x 8 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Venice Study #7, 2023
    Timothy McDowell
    Venice Study #7, 2023
    mixed media on kozo paper
    8 x8 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Hero Recognition, 2020
    Timothy McDowell
    Hero Recognition, 2020
    oil on panel
    48 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, All This Can Be Yours (Temptation of St. Anthony), 2020
    Timothy McDowell
    All This Can Be Yours (Temptation of St. Anthony), 2020
    oil on panel
    48 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Berry Bowl Portraits, 2020
    Timothy McDowell
    Berry Bowl Portraits, 2020
    oil on panel with added wood veneers and cyanotype
    49 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Sea Floor Vanity, 2020
    Timothy McDowell
    Sea Floor Vanity, 2020
    oil on panel with added wood veneers and cyanotype
    49 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Intercession, Another Inferno, 2018
    Timothy McDowell
    Intercession, Another Inferno, 2018
    oil on panel
    48 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Artificial Intelligence, 2019
    Timothy McDowell
    Artificial Intelligence, 2019
    oil on panel
    31 x 31 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Bygone, 2020
    Timothy McDowell
    Bygone, 2020
    oil on panel
    31 x 34 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Cake Maker, 2019
    Timothy McDowell
    Cake Maker, 2019
    oil on panel
    31 x 31 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Blanket, 2015
    Timothy McDowell
    Blanket, 2015
    wax and oil paint on linen
    48 x 36 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, A dry planet, 2015
    Timothy McDowell
    A dry planet, 2015
    wax and oil paint on linen
    72 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, The Waterfall, 2015
    Timothy McDowell
    The Waterfall, 2015
    wax and distemper on linen
    60 x 48 1/2 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Tsunami, 2015
    Timothy McDowell
    Tsunami, 2015
    wax and oil paint on linen
    45 x 60 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Wave Weight, 2015
    Timothy McDowell
    Wave Weight, 2015
    wax and oil paint on linen
    84 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Dioramas, 2014
    Timothy McDowell
    Dioramas, 2014
    archival inkjet print
    25 x 37 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, 2., 2010
    Timothy McDowell
    2., 2010
    mixed media on paper
    20 x 27 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, 57., 2010
    Timothy McDowell
    57., 2010
    mixed media on paper
    20 x 27 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Nature Studies 1, 2010
    Timothy McDowell
    Nature Studies 1, 2010
    oil on linen
    20 x 16 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Nature Studies 6, 2010
    Timothy McDowell
    Nature Studies 6, 2010
    oil on linen
    20 x 16 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Nature Studies 8, 2010
    Timothy McDowell
    Nature Studies 8, 2010
    oil on linen
    20 x 16 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Studies #10, 2010
    Timothy McDowell
    Studies #10, 2010
    oil on linen
    20 x 16 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Migrant, 2007
    Timothy McDowell
    Migrant, 2007
    beeswax, pigment and hide glue on panel
    48 x 60 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Morning Warning, 2007
    Timothy McDowell
    Morning Warning, 2007
    beeswax, pigment on maple panel
    45 x 45 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Paisley to Poolewe, 2007
    Timothy McDowell
    Paisley to Poolewe, 2007
    beeswax, pigment and hide glue on maple
    48 x 60 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Predicted Response, 2007
    Timothy McDowell
    Predicted Response, 2007
    beeswax, pigment on maple panel
    46 x 40 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Silkroad, 2007
    Timothy McDowell
    Silkroad, 2007
    beeswax, pigment and hide glue on panel
    60 x 48 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Tangerine, 2007
    Timothy McDowell
    Tangerine, 2007
    beeswax, pigment and hide glue on maple, diptych
    60 x 96 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Curry Seas, 2006
    Timothy McDowell
    Curry Seas, 2006
    beeswax, pigment and hide glue on linen, diptych
    72 x 96 inches
  • Timothy McDowell, Earthen Vessel, 2006
    Timothy McDowell
    Earthen Vessel, 2006
    beeswax, pigment and hide glue on linen
    60 x 46 inches
Biography

Timothy McDowell takes inspiration from the infinite aspects of nature. McDowell says that as a child in West Texas, he spent all his free time roaming around in that landscape, and as an adult has always felt a state of awe in nature. His imagery is an ongoing investigation of nature, from tiny pollen molecules to towering clouds. McDowell states that he feels his new paintings also serve as documents to the life forms that are quickly vanishing from our environment; in a way, his painting becomes an epitaph. McDowell’s compositions are masterworks of seeming chaos, wherein images may float on the surface like graffiti over deep space; scale may be flipped – a one inch woodpecker is next to a four inch cell; landscapes exist inside landscapes. The underlying message is a reminder that all things in nature are intimately related and serve a single purpose, no matter how random and independent they may seem.

 

Timothy McDowell exhibits across the United States and internationally in galleries, museums and biennials, including the Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, WY, The Museum of Modern Art of Jacksonville, FL, the Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ, the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, the 5th Cuenca Biennial of Painting, Cuenca, Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador, and the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea (Florence, Italy). His work is in numerous private, corporate and museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art Prints and Drawings Collection, NY. Timothy McDowell resides in Noank, Connecticut, and has been an instructor at Connecticut College since 1981.

 

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