Tim Schutz | Painter

"Matt and Kristen"

2009-05-18T19:23:00.002-05:00

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16" x 20"
Oil on linen

"The way through is clear"

2009-05-02T21:36:00.004-05:00

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$320.00

11" x 14"
Oil on panel

Painted from life in a valley along the Mississippi Valley.

"Schaars Bluff, morning"

2009-04-18T17:11:00.008-05:00

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$220.00
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9" x 12"
Oil on panel

I painted over the course of a few days at Spring Lake Park Reserve. This area is called Schaars Bluff and it overlooks the Mississippi River. It was a cloudless few days. The following two paintings are others I painted there as well.

"Windpower!"

2009-04-18T17:10:00.004-05:00

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$145.00
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6" x 12"
Oil on panel

"Hot and Dry"

2009-04-18T17:09:00.003-05:00

9" x 12"
Oil on panel

"Danielle"

2009-04-05T20:30:00.007-05:00

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$480.00

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20" x 16"
Oil on linen

"Sundown at Crosby"

2009-04-05T20:27:00.003-05:00

9" x 12"
Oil on panel

The last light of the day. The ice floes were flying down the Mississippi, which was very high.

"Maura"

2009-04-05T20:23:00.004-05:00

20" x 16"
Oil on linen

My daughter. This one was a lot of fun to paint.

Before I started this one, I took some time to play a little. I just wanted to get some colors down and push paint around. I wasn't concerned with a likeness at this point. Just pure play. That is the sketch below.

"Theo Wirth"

2009-04-05T20:20:00.002-05:00

8" x10"
Oil on panel

Painted a couple of weeks ago. Not that you could tell with the snow we had this morning!

"Rama"

2009-03-17T09:08:00.010-05:00

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$630.00

18" x 14"
Oil on canvas

Rama is a friend and co-worker.

"Anna"

2009-03-02T09:09:00.004-06:00

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12" x 16"
Oil on stretched canvas

"Lunch Crowd"

2008-09-04T09:36:00.004-05:00

12" x 16"
Oil on stretched canvas

The strong noon light cast a really nice deep shadow across this scene. I like how the details get lost in them. I'm making an effort to get more figures in my work where it feels right. I wanted to reinforce the leisurely noon-time theme here with the ladies enjoying a post-lunch stroll along the avenue.

"Evening Timbers"

2008-08-21T14:02:00.002-05:00

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

Como Park once again.

"Jackson Street - Saint Paul"

2008-06-25T11:26:00.003-05:00

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

I had just gotten past the crucial block-in stage on this one when a security guard sauntered up and asked me what I was doing.

"Painting." I replied pointing to the fading light off the distant buildings.

He looked at my panel and then at me like I was speaking French. The panel at this point was smeared with different colors and looked like a rorshach test. He informed me that I was on Federal Property. I was standing on the boulevard on the back side of the building in question. He looked deep into my eyes and saw that I was not a terrorist and he gave me an hour and a half to finish up. God bless America and that security guard, for I would not have had time to set up anywhere else.

"Hot Summer Sun"

2008-06-20T11:11:00.007-05:00

6" x 8"
Oil on panel

Catching the light off the side of a church on the campus of St. Thomas University. What a day.

"Monday Morning Inspiration"

2008-06-20T10:30:00.005-05:00

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

Entering downtown Minneapolis looking for somewhere to paint on a crisp Monday morning, I glanced to my left and saw this little back alley area. That was it. No searching for that perfect spot, no aimless driving. I found something that caught my eye and did my best with it.

"Skyway Commute"

2008-05-05T10:17:00.005-05:00

14" x 18"
Oil on linen

Last week, on a lunch break, I took a walk around downtown Minneapolis. It was raining steadily, not hard, but enough to keep people off the streets and in the skyways.

"Late in the day"

2008-04-28T10:55:00.003-05:00

11" x 14"
Oil on panel

This is an area in Minneapolis that is quickly being built back up and underwent the old-warehouse to hip-new-loft conversion that has been happening the past 10 years or so in the warehouse district and along Washington Avenue. That has slowed down considerably as of late, but what's interesting is that a lot of the old structures that existed remain as part of the architecture. Gives some interesting subject matter for painting.

'Shadows Fall on Minneapolis"

2008-04-24T19:01:00.006-05:00

12" x 16"
Oil on linen

This is looking down Fifth street in Downtown Minneapolis. It is a photo taken from 15 floors up. I blocked in the shadow immediately and worked the shapes abstractly. Right at the very end I completed the distant buildings and few patches of light and that was it. This one felt like it exploded out of me in a big rush.

"Pine's end overlook"

2008-04-02T23:13:00.003-05:00

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

Como park. I will not be happy until I've painted every square inch of this park. First day in a while with sun and most of the snow had melted off at the time of this painting. A day later we received 6" of the white stuff. With little fanfare, I slipped my gloves and woolen hat back into my painting bag.

"Como Park"

2008-03-26T21:01:00.001-05:00

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

Como Park late in the day.

"Nestled In"

2008-03-21T17:10:00.004-05:00

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

I drove out to Forest Lake without knowing what I was really looking for. I spotted this lonesome home on the edge of a field and went at it. This Minnesota spring still has a little chill left in her and I felt it here. These clouds moved in as I drove out. I've been unlucky in that way these past few days, but plenty to paint nonetheless. I've been looking for color to play up in the gray landscapes. This red house among the gray/green pines was it for me on this day.

"Misty Morning - Looking North"

2008-01-26T15:02:00.000-06:00

Today the cold spell we've been having here in Minnesota finally broke. I decided to get out while the getting was good and paint a couple studies. This area is south of the Twin Cities in Inver Grove Heights. I found a nice field where I could turn in almost any direction and get a good composition. Below is the first:

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

"Misty Morning - Looking South"

2008-01-26T14:56:00.001-06:00

After finishing the first, I picked up my tripod, walked 10 feet up the hill and facing the other way, did this second study.

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

"North Side"

2008-01-02T22:16:00.001-06:00

12" x 24"
Oil on Linen