As a Canadian painter, Tim
Schumm is constantly inspired
by the power and diversity of our landscape.
He is exploratory by nature and has experienced
a wide cross-section of Canada. A large portion
of Schumm’s work has been created “en
plein air”. When that is not possible,
due to the weather or the size of his canvasses,
he paints in his in-home studio.
Tim Schumm’s objective as a painter is
to render a pictorial image and to convey an
emotional context that is accessible to the
viewer. This is achieved by several methods.
He uses expressive and impastoed brush strokes,
rendering a sense of movement and texture, giving
the painting a life of its own. His interpretation
of color also sets the dynamic mood and feelings
in his paintings. Finally the tones of his paintings
are often ranging from the darkest to the lightest,
in an effort to achieve maximum drama. This
combination of information is created in a spontaneous
and intuitive fashion. Schumm is constantly
in search of more of the elements of nature
that have inspired past paintings, thus, continuing
the cycle of inspiration and creation.
