Educated at Glasgow School of Art and Byam Shaw School of Art from 1998-2001, contemporary artist Tim Benson has received recognition with his election as Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. As a practised figurative artist Tim not only creates a distinguishable likeness of a subject but moreover evokes the sitter’s character and mood. He is never satisfied with simple representation, rather concentrating on bringing to his work an emotive and often visceral quality.
Tim regularly exhibits in solo and group exhibitions around the UK. He displays fine art paintings that stand on their own as collectable works of art and accordingly has established a large following and collector base. In addition to his fine art pieces, he accepts more formal portrait and figurative commissions in oil or charcoal.
Tim was elected President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 2018.
In 2019, Tim was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
TEACHING
2016 - Exhibitions Committee, Mall Galleries
2015-2017 Director, Diploma in Portraiture, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea
2014-2015 Co-Director, Diploma in Portraiture, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea
2014 - Portraiture tutor, The New School of Art, Lewes
2013 - Portraiture tutor, The Art Academy, Southwark
2010 - Portraiture tutor, Hampstead School of Art Private tutor, Oil Painting
2007 - Portraiture tutor, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea
Self portrait with hat, lamplightOil on board12inches x 10inches
Eneless, Cataract Patient, Kitwe, ZambiaOil122 x 92 cm
Looking WestOil36 x 41 cm
Obed, Traditional Healer, Kitwe, ZambiaOil122 x 92 cm
Sunset, Low TideOil36 x 41 cm
Thames at RichmondOil36 x 41 cm
