Tim was born on May 12, 1965 in Boise, Idaho. He moved to Carlisle in 1973 and attended Big Spring High School, where Tim’s appreciation of art began. In the summer of 1983, he was accepted into the summer session of the Pennsylvania Governor’s School of Arts Program. He went on to further study art and ceramics at Kutztown University. In 1991, sponsored by the American Crafts Council, Tim went to Japan where he studied with several potters. He attended Kutztown University as an art major, specializing in ceramics, wood and painting.
In addition to his paintings, he continues to push ceramics with visual imagery of 2-D designs onto a 3-D format. Tim’s work can be found in the Perry County council of the Arts Gallery, The Garden Gallery and the Carlisle Arts Learning Center, both in Carlisle. His work is also owned by a number of private collections overseas and the state headquarters for the Comanche Tribe, in Lawton Oklahoma.
Tim resides in Carlisle where he maintains a studio and continues to work in ceramics, painting.