Tim Steward (b.1975) trained in classical drawing and painting at Lavender Hill Studios in London and currently divides his time between North Cornwall and Oxford. For the last twenty years he has worked largely outside both on the street and in the landscape, often focusing on specific places for extended periods of time. This approach has brought with it an expressive and raw application of mediums and unique style of work.

Inspired by the experimental focus of the likes of Boudin and Degas, Tim’s work is grounded in a classical approach. The stripped back and sometimes unconventional nature of his working methods, applying medium with his hands, throwing pigment onto paper, and applying found materials are all part of a bold and visceral manner of working. Places of focus have included Radcliffe Square in Oxford, St Pauls and Westminster in London, the Colosseum in Rome, and for the last eight years, the North Cornwall coastline near Port Isaac.

There is a deep connectedness to the wildness of the sculpted environment in North Cornwall which goes back to his childhood. The sharp angular shapes of the cliffs in the morning light a reminder of the dramatic black and white architectural views which dominated his early career. As with all his subject matters, his focus has taken him on a journey where through repetitive study he will see and feel things differently over time and record this evolving process; searching, seeking and expressing that which can pass in a moment.

Tim is currently represented by  Darl-e and the Bear based in Oxfordshire. He sells his architectural work from his studio in Oxford and has had solo shows around the UK. Sixty of his architectural drawings are on permanent display in the Old Parsonage Hotel in Oxford and ten drawings hang in Rick Stein’s in Marlborough. He has completed over thirty pub interior projects for Mitchell and Butler’s Premium Pubs and prints of his architectural work can be found at Covered Arts in Oxford’s historic Covered Market.

His body of figurative work entitled 'Stripped Back' looks at aspects of beauty and brokenness in the context of his christian faith, and this work continues to be exhibited each year as part of the Oxford Lent Concerts in Queens College Chapel in Oxford. The figure as a means of apprehending hope has been an enduring focus in his work.

Commissioned work has been undertaken for Oxford University Press, Caspian, Sanctuary Group, A Curious Group of Hotels, Sabre Design, Exscientia, Kingsway Music, Baptist Union and Ecclesiastical, amongst others.