tja – Timothy Joseph Allen

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Entries by tja

Sunbreak in Villa Borghese

December 7, 2019 /0 Comments/in All Paintings, Featured, Landscapes, Oil on Canvas /by tja

Portrait of a Young Law Student

December 7, 2019 /0 Comments/in All Paintings, Featured, Oil on Canvas, Portraits /by tja

Feature in the DePauw Magazine and Interview

November 24, 2019 /0 Comments/in News, Press /by tja

I am delighted and honored to be featured in the latest issue of the The DePauw Magazine along with other fellow artist and musician alumni. The full interview was published on “The Boulder” on DePauw’s website:https://www.depauw.edu/theboulder/…/timothy-joseph-allen-92/ Else, if you want to see how it looked in the printed magazine, you can see it here: https://issuu.com/dpupublications/docs/dpu_mag_fall_2019 My […]

Caravaggio and the Art of Subversion comes to Kentucky

August 31, 2019 /0 Comments/in Teaching, Video /by tja

On August 22nd, 2019, I had the privilege to present to the Rotary Club of Louisville my lecture on Caravaggio. My thanks to Ken Grossman for the invitation and to Alyssa Evans-Tourinho and the entire Rotary Club of Louisville for their impeccable hospitality. Special thanks to Chris Whelan at WSI Digital Marketing in Louisville for […]

Il Laghetto a Villa Borghese

May 24, 2019 /0 Comments/in All Paintings, Featured, Landscapes, Oil on Canvas on Board /by tja

Rome Salon: New Works from Figurative Painters in Rome

May 12, 2019 /0 Comments/in News, Philosophy /by tja

This Friday, May 17th, 2019, months of work will come to fruition. I and Denise Melvin, a friend and fellow painter, organized the first ever ‘Rome Salon’; a group show that brings together a total of nine figurative painters in a venue perfect for the occasion: the Sala Margana located just West of Piazza Venezia. […]

Caravaggio and the Art of Subversion

December 30, 2018 /0 Comments/in Lectures, News /by tja

The essence of the lecture focused on how a formal analysis can lead to an interpretation of a painting that is different from the implied narrative, an interpretation that can even go far enough to subvert the narrative and accompanying dogma.

“The Portrait of Arianna” Selected for the Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils

October 1, 2018 /0 Comments/in News, Press /by tja

My sincere thanks to the jury for selecting the painting. The 2018 exhibition will be held at McBride Gallery, located in Annapolis, Maryland, October 28 – November 25, 2018.

A Contemporary Contrarian in a Kingless Court

June 17, 2018 /1 Comment/in News, Philosophy /by tja

To be a figurative painter in the 21st century is to send a hand-written letter standard post in a world of immediate encrypted text messages or to be a mechanic of a steam engine in an era of rockets to Mars…

Thank You, Indiana University

March 20, 2018 /0 Comments/in News, Press, Teaching /by tja

The Alumni Association has included me in the most recent edition of their magazine with a feature on the upcoming Renaissance Retreat.

Arianna in Profile

March 6, 2018 /0 Comments/in All Paintings, Featured, Oil on Canvas, Portraits /by tja

Arianna

March 6, 2018 /0 Comments/in All Paintings, Available for Purchase, Competitions, Featured, Oil on Canvas, Portraits /by tja

The first portrait to be completed while following the strict diet of “white is light”, instruction on the technique courtesy of Charles Weed.

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