A native of Old Town, Maine, Tim Flanagan received his BA degree from the University of Maine at Orono in 1971. Following a two year period in commercial art, Tim taught art in the Bangor, Maine Public School System until 1986. At that time both he and his wife Thea – also an art teacher in the Bangor School System – abandoned their positions in order to devote themselves to painting full-time.
Tim now exclusively uses oil. Tim creates intense imagery by layering color, producing extreme depths in his paintings. He often works for weeks on a painting to achieve the quality and detail which have become hallmarks of his work. Tim strives to capture a moment in time, whether it’s a special time between friends or clouds suspended above a lake. The artist’s originals are collected by individuals and businesses within an ever-growing sphere. Tim’s paintings “go beyond the realism of Edward Hopper. Unlike the existentialist tone of Hopper, in Flanagan you can see the positive celebration of human and natural intimacy. They have that subtle but unmistakable sign of affirmation, the scent of eternal hope that is acutely missing in Hopper. All this reaches beyond a level of craftsmanship that is distinctly world class.
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