Ken Trapp, the former Curator-in-Charge of the Smithsonian American Art Museum said this of Tim’s work, “by taking on the clichés of our culture, Tate lays down a challenge for himself, a challenge he is up to…it is impossible to see such figures and not be reminded of how much the discovery of self is a daily exercise of uncovering layers we have assumed or imposed on ourselves.”

Blending a traditional craft with new media technology gives me the framework in which I fit my artistic narrative. Revelation — and in some cases self-revelation   — is the underlying theme of my electronic reliquaries