Tim was born in Staffordshire and grew up on the edge of the heavy industrial heartlands of the Black Country. He studied Fine Art at Northumbria University and then printmaking at the Royal College of Art and L’école des Beaux Art, Paris. Based in London for twenty years, he taught at university level while maintaining a career as a professional artist before leaving the teaching profession and concentrating solely on making art. For the last 17 years he has been based in Cadiz Province in southern Spain, where he makes most of his work.