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“The Gallery: In September of 2000 Susan and I opened a small Gallery-Showroom near our home in Thomaston, Maine. The gallery provides an avenue to display our art works and many of the contemporary hand knotted rugs that I have designed. We still show with other galleries and the rugs can be found in various showrooms. After working from home for many years, it was a need of mine to have a more personal connection to the people who collect and admire our Art. Combining a passion for textile design, painting and printmaking into a lifelong self-supporting career for over thirty-five years, it is my desire with this web site to reach a wider global audience, to expand the creative possibilities for my work and to hopefully start new challenges and friendships in the art community. My formal Art training was in painting and printmaking. I started working digitally in 1987. Over time I hope I have found a way to create computer-generated works that have Fine Art sensibilities. Recent advancements in technology make it possible to output digital work in formats that are archival to museum standards. I like to think of my art as a meditative blending of textures and architectural themes into a tranquility of color, design and ethereal wonder. Decorative but not without sophistication. It is hard to pin down one specific classification for my art but soft geometric abstraction comes to mind. Most of the work's inspiration is derived from my surroundings. Nature, the beauty and ever-changing weather of Maine; from fireflies to icy riverbanks, the enjoyment of walking the land is a visual treat that stimulates my creative energy. In conjunction with my prints and paintings, I have designed fabric for Knoll, HBF and freelanced many designs for fabric, bedding, menswear, and wall covering. In the coming months I hope to delegate more of my time to painting on canvas. I have been blessed with a wonderful family, a devoted and supportive spouse, and the luxury of living with beauty and style.” — Tim Van Campen |
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Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Skowhegan School of Art – Skowhegan, ME
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The Tech Museum of Innovation – San Jose, CA
The Creative Imaging Center (Kodak) – Camden, ME
Thomas Moser, Portland, ME
Bayview Gallery – Camden, ME
Gross McCleaf Gallery – Philadelphia, PA
University of Maine at Farmington
Caldbeck Gallery – Rockland, ME
Taipei Fine Arts Museum – Republic of China
Maine Coast Artists Gallery – Rockport, ME
Marion Locks Gallery – Philadelphia, PA
Cape May Center for the Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Trenton State College
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CIGNA Corp.
Ernst and Ernst
Fidelity Bank
General Motors
I.B.M.
Knight Medical
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Quaker Storage Co.
Rutgers University
Various private and corporate collections
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ASID Interior Design Product Award First Place, Fabric – August 1994
Best of Neocon Gold Award for best new contract textile collection – 1993
Metropolitan Home Design 100 – 1992
Interior Design Roscoe Award – 1991
Henry J. Schneidt Memorial Traveling Scholarship – Europe
Milliken Design Award – Chicago
Blumenthal Memorial Award
Harrisburg Arts Festival, First Prize
American Color Print Society, Philip Klein Memorial Award
Girard Bank Grand Award (Earth Art Show) – Philadelphia, PA
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Information Systems, Gordon & Gordon, Dryden Press – 1996
PBS, "Art Under Foot", TV program about Van Campen Rug Collection – fall 1993
Contract Magazine, Article on introduction of new collection for Knoll – May 1993
Down East Magazine, "Nothing but the Best" by Sara Scott – February 1993
Esquire, "Man at His Best" by Phil Patton – September 1992
Metropolis – By Deisgn "Stepping on to the Future" by Sarah Medford – September 1992
Interior Design – Market – 1991-1996
Maine Times, "Tim Van Campen's Carpets" by Jay Davis – May 15, 1992
Metropolitan Home – April 1992, June 1992, and November 1991
Computer Graphics World, "Portfolio" – May 1992
HFD by Stanley Williams – July 22, 1991
Hali – April 1991 ad.
Down East Magazine, "Artful Living" by Beth Crichlow – May 1990