“Invented Natural History Illustration” or “Magical Realism” are phrases that Timothy Chapman uses to describe his paintings. Visually, the work borrows from various animal portraiture and old scientific illustration, but his art reflects a surrealism not observed by the scientist.
Timothy’s paintings can be seen at Giabbe-Fritz Gallery in Santa Fe, Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale, the U.S. embassies in Burma and Tunisia, and on his website, timothychapmanstudio.com
TC-15 A Tribal Mask Lion
18m 12×12″
TC-15 B Tribal Mask Lion
13m 12×12″
TC-16 Spirit Animal – Bison
18m 12×12″
TC-10 Tribal Mask – Elephant
18m 12×11
TC-14 Spirit Animal-Longhorn Steer
18m 16×10.5
TC 11 Spirit Animal Jackrabbit
18m 9×12
TC 12 Spirit Animal – Coyote
18m 9×12
TC 13 Calaca Coyote
18m 11×9
TC-9 – Zebra Tribal Mask
18m – 12×11″
TC-7 – Tribal Mask Giraffe
18m – 12×11″
TC-8 – Tribal Mask Rhino
18m – 12×11″
TC-5 Hippo Swimming
18m – 15×11
TC-6 – Calaca Kitty
18m – 10×10
TC-1 Communion – 18m – 14×11
TC-2 New Species from the
Undiscovered Continent – 18m – 16×12
TC-3 Ritual and Elation
18m – 17×9
TC-4 Butterfly Rhino