Humorous Paintings By Tim Bulmer
I was at a colleague I knows home last week and the subject of art came up. I was quite surprised when I found he had built up a large collection of Tim Bulmer sketches and prints. He told me he just adored the comedy and wit in every print, which made him laugh every time he walked down the landing or looked up from his coffee in the day.
Following our chat I looked into the background of Tim Bulmer his art and prints, to find out some more about the man behind the comedy. One quote that I found from him appeared to have a straight forward into his take on life, Tim Bulmer stated “I am fascinated by the incredible diversity of life and am constantly inspired by the fact that it always seems a whisker away from farce”. When it came to his work he simply said that “wry observation of life and an unwillingness to take anything seriously more or less summed up his work”
Tim Bulmers opportunity arrived when he was working at a gallery and the owners allowed him to show some of his creations. The initial collection of his artwork very soon became really sought after and he was able to leave his everyday job and begin drawing and painting all the time. Tim Bulmer was given the fine art trade guild’s best selling print artist award in 2001, which was a real indicator of his popularity and overall appeal.
I find if you come across Tim Bulmers work that “Farce” is constantly the word that jumps to mind with lots of the environments taking the Michael out of situations political or personal that due to arrogance or ignorance still prevail in our everyday.