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Timothy Raines Featured in Octane Magazine
Artist Timothy Raines was featured in the April 2011 issue of Octane Magazine, the leading magazine for collectors of classic and performance automobiles. Tim was interviewed by the editor for the piece:
while he works towards the day when he can paint full-time,US artist Tim Raines pays the bills by doing some technical consultancy: this native of Austin, Texas, has a background in physics, and it’s a subject that manifests itself in his artwork too.Tim spatters or drops acrylic paint onto a pre-sketched or paintedoutline, and says he’s fascinated by the ways in which the paintflows or whirls as it hits the surface.‘It gives a very three-dimensional effect,’ he explains, ‘as the paint can be up to an eighth of an inch thick. I get through a lot of paint – and it takes 48 hours for it to harden enough for me tomove the artwork. I’ll manipulate the paint with tools while it’s still wet, and then finish it off with brushes.’Tim says he has been ‘drawing cars since I coulddraw’ and has always had an interest in classics; his first car was an MGB, bought when he was 16, and wasfollowed by a Datsun 280Z in college. Recently he’sbeen focusing on abstract interpretations of brand logos and symbols, not least because of commissionsby Aston Martin North America for the Amelia Island Concours, and for Michelin at the Detroit Auto Show.But his latest work is of a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing – which doubtless will soon appear on his website, www.timothyraines.com.Aston Martin North America Brings Timothy Raines’ Art to Amelia Island Concours
Aston Martin North America invited and hosted artist Timothy Raines to showcase three Aston Martin themed works over the three days of their private and public events held at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. The works were displayed prominently next to their recently revealed 4-door Rapide and the flagship DB9 convertible on Sunday during the main Concours event.
The event resulted in several sales of art and Aston Martin automobiles at the event as well as follow on purchases from collectors of these two different but equally impressive types of art. The three artworks displayed by Timothy Raines were “Motherland”, a painting of the British Flag (commonly called ‘Union Jack’), the Aston Martin Logo and a Nautilus Shell that is a commonly recognized symbol for perfection, The Divine Proportion and the Universal Creative Power and happens to be the symbol chosen by Aston Martin to represent the Rapide.