Earthday Viewer: Trees

Tim Gaudreau MFA '02
www.wake-up.ws
Tim lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and earned his BFA in Studio Art from the University of New Hampshire, and his MFA from MECA. He is the recipient of a variety of art awards, including an Artist Fellowship Award from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, and an Artist Fellowship Award from the Currier Museum of Art. In 2003, he was awarded a public commission from the State of New Hampshire’s Governor’s Arts Award. His work has been shown in public installations and in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including ones at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Museu do Imagem e Som in Brazil, The Button Factory in Portsmouth, and the Millbrook Sculpture Park in Concord, New Hampshire. He has given visiting artist lectures throughout New England and has served as a juror for many art competitions. He is the founded and facilitator of the Portsmouth Public Library’s Artist Lecture Series: Conversations with Artists, 2003. He also works as a freelance photographer and has been an adjunct professor, studio manager and darkroom technician. His work that is included in the Alumni/ae Exhibition 2003 was part of a larger site-specific project placed throughout downtown Portsmouth. He says, "These images are meant to celebrate our natural heritage. It is my belief that if we pause to consider – to actually notice – the natural beauty around us, we will cherish it."

"Earthday Viewer: Birds", photograph, 16" x 20"

"Earthday Viewer: Trees", photograph, 16"x 20"