Tim Wootton

Tim Wootton was born in South Yorkshire in 1963 and. He now lives and works in Orkney as a full-time writer and artist, gaining inspiration from the birds and landscape in this wonderful environment. Whenever possible, he makes each piece of work directly from observational drawings and fieldwork. Occasionally he completes a piece in the field, but usually takes drawings back to the studio and works at a painting until completion. He has been drawing and watching birds since childhood.

"I'm not sure if I would class myself as a birder who paints, or an artist who goes birdwatching – whatever the difference might be."

He graduated from Manchester Polytecnhnic in 1986. In 1987, was a prizewinner at the 'South Yorkshire Open Exhibition' for a complex, layered painting of moorland birds and landscapes and, in 1991 was shortlisted for the 'Young European Bird Artist of the Year' award. He has had designs published as greetings cards by the Medici Society and by CCA and has exhibited with the Society of Wildlife Artists several times – on one occasion his painting was purchased by the Society to give as a prize. He also exhibits regularly with the RSPB.

In 2006 Yorkshire Television filmed him at work and at home for a half-hour feature and he is currently writing and illustrating a series of articles about a wildlife artist's life in Orkney for the Yorkshire Post Magazine.

Visit Tim's website http://www.tim-wootton.com