Tim Chadwick
Tim Chadwick | |
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| Born | October 4, 1962 Hawera, New Zealand |
| Died | March 17, 2010 (aged 47) Piopio, New Zealand |
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| Children | 2 |
Timothy John Chadwick (4 October 1962 – 17 March 2010) was a New Zealand artist, motoring enthusiast and author. His mixed media paintings have been exhibited at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, the Manawatu Art Gallery in Palmerston North, and dealer galleries in Auckland and Wellington, as well as at the Lincoln Center, New York and in Australia and the United Kingdom. His paintings are held in the Massey University collection, the James Wallace collection of New Zealand art and several private collections in San Francisco, Melbourne, London and throughout New Zealand.
Chadwick had also had more than a dozen non-fiction books published, including Tractors in New Zealand and Saloon Motorsport in New Zealand. He turned to writing after suffering "artist's block", and his first books featured paintings of the cars they discussed.
Life
Chadwick was born in
In the early 1990s he led a group known as the Scarecrow Committee who unsuccessfully campaigned to prevent KFC from bulldozing the Hawera house of New Zealand author Ronald Hugh Morrieson and replacing it with a fast food outlet.[1] This is detailed in Julia Millen's book, Ronald Hugh Morrieson: A Biography. In 2008 Chadwick set foot in the Hawera KFC outlet for the first time since the Morrieson house campaign of the early 1990s,at Hawera, to read a chapter from The Scarecrow by Ronald Hugh Morrieson as part of artist Liz Allens 'One Day Sculpture' art happening.[citation needed]
On the 9 September 2009 ( 09 09 09 )Tim Chadwick released his own CAL
Chadwick had two children and lived in
Bibliography
- The Kiwi Truckers guide to life , 2009
- Zephyrs and Zodiacs – A Kiwi Passion 2009
- Ford – A Kiwi Passion ISBN 978-1-86950-719-0HarperCollins 2008
- Holden – A Kiwi Passion ISBN 978-1-86950-720-6HarperCollins, 2008
- Diggers, Dumpers and Dozers – Big Machines In New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86934-105-3 Grantham House, 2008[4]
- Motorcycles In New Zealand ISBN 1-86934-097-3 Grantham House, 2006[4]
- Saloon Motorsport in New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86934-091-9 Grantham House, 2004[4]
- Trucks New Zealand – Historics, Haulers & Heavies ISBN 978-1-86934-092-6 Grantham House, 2004[4]
- Big Cars in New Zealand – English, European, American, Australian and Japanese ISBN 978-1-86934-087-2 Grantham House, 2002[4]
- Utes & Pick-Ups in New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86934-081-0 Grantham House, 2002[4]
- Small Cars in New Zealand – Baby Austins, Ford Prefects, Minis, VWs & More! ISBN 978-1-86934-084-1 Grantham House, 2001[4]
- Trucking Along – A Pictorial History of Trucks in New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86934-083-4 Grantham House, 2001[4]
- Saloon Car Racing in New Zealand – The Classic Years ISBN 978-1-86934-073-5 Grantham House, 1999[4]
References
- ^ a b c Harvey, Helen (2 March 2009). "Man of many parts".
- ^ "Another book in Tim's palette". Stratford Press. 11 September 2008.
- ^ Smith, Jared (18 March 2010). "Teacher's death stuns school". Taranaki Daily News.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Grantham House Book Titles – A to Z by title | Grantham House". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
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