04 Apr Meyer Najem Showcase: Mark Timmis: One Man Show by Mark Timmis
Mark Timmis has been involved in the arts since the 1970s. After attending Indiana University for undergrad, he received his Master of Arts degree from Western Michigan University. He taught as an art professor in Evansville before transitioning into the IT field.
Timmis took a 15-year hiatus from exercising his artistic abilities before moving back into it as a hobby. Having wanted to get back into art for some time, he got a small studio at The Stutz in Indianapolis and decided to see where his creativity would take him. Some of his first pieces are included in his Mark Timmis: One Man Show exhibit and were inspired by artist Robert Motherwell.
Being a very process-oriented person, Timmis feels that is where his worlds of technology and art connect. “Painting for me is creating a problem and solving it, plain and simple,” he says. “While it brings a lot of satisfaction, it can also bring terror.”
Timmis doesn’t begin creating any of his paintings with an end in mind; he embraces the present moment and loves to see what surprises will come along the way when he allows himself to be in the flow, focusing fully on his creations and playing around with different types of paints, textures, techniques, and colors in each piece. He embraces the belief that his artwork is the only thing in his life that he can honestly say is all him.
“Our experiences inform every aspect of us, and I make art to fill a place in me that belongs only to me,” Timmis says. “A place where no one can tell me what is right or what is wrong. I own it. It is me, and I am it.”
His full exhibit can be seen at Meyer Najem, located at 11787 Lantern Road in Fishers on the 2nd floor, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. You can meet Timmis at his free public reception in June (exact date and time TBA) in the Meyer Najem 2nd floor gallery.
