Tim Wulf Bio

I am an emerging artist but not new! I’ve developed my art and vision for 30-some years in anonymity so as not to interfere with my professional career. I have now left that company so I can finally pursue my art without self-imposed restrictions!

Recently selected for the Bellevue Art Museum juried art show, 2023. BAM Art Fair lasts 3 days with a massive following.

Other notable events:

  • Twice selected for the International Peace Arch Sculpture contest and receiving second place during one of those summer-long exhibits

  • Previously represented by ACCA Gallery in West Hollywood (since relocated to Beverly Hills). During that time my art was included in numerous shows with that gallery.

  • Selected for the Edmonds Art show running several months - 2023.

  • 4 pieces were selected for the “SEAF” show at Seattle Center - 2022.

 

My art training and education included numerous classes through Pratt Art School in Seattle. While at Pratt, I studied and poured bronze for 3+ years. I embrace the bronze process! I also studied formal “Life Sculpture” with live models and professional direction under the guidance of Jeanne Marie Ferraro at Pratt.

During my college years at PLU, I had hoped to take figurative sculpture only to find out that type of sculpture was not allowed there. I did, however, receive important direction through their art department in ceramics. During, and after college for several years, I worked as a counselor for troubled youth and later special needs adults. Those experiences helped to further my empathy eventually contributing to my sculpture. 

After college, I was determined to pursue sculpture and found value in studying in a variety of ways with and without formal instruction. Initially, I studied human anatomy through medical and art books. One important exercise was sculpting a skeleton, then adding each individual muscle and finally, skin. To a certain degree, I still employ some of that methodology. 

 

Once I discovered Rodin and Camille Claudel, the intensity of my study took a quantum leap. During that time, I was also travelling throughout the United States regularly on business. With a young family, finding time to sculpt was challenging. The solution was to sculpt while out of town. That turned out to be a very successful use of my time. I found brown wax, normally used in the lost wax process for bronze, traveled relatively damage-free from TSA in a suitcase.

 

Throughout my development, I have continuously expanded my knowledge and ability with a wide array of mediums including: Glass casting with dichroic glass, bronze casting, hydro chroming, a vast array of resins, painting, washes, inks, oils, acrylics, patinas and bronze coatings. I also developed many unique methods of casting, mold making and other methods of using these materials. I am always exploring new and fresh ways!

 Inspiration comes in many forms when the Muse is allowed in! Common themes include awareness of our deeper selves and relationships while sometimes calling out forces which impede. Like music, art speaks to us now but more importantly, the future.

I embrace dissatisfaction when a piece doesn’t meet my expectations. Dissatisfaction provides freedom to try something completely new. Many “breakthroughs have come about due to dissatisfaction!

I include drapery and waves, they represent forces and influences. They also add vibrancy, harmony and balance. Rock is also a component which represents a grounded feeling or sometimes forces which hold us back.