Riverside Arts Market - Jacksonville, FL

Tim Bullard has been a working artist/potter in Jacksonville for over 30 years. From a early age he began drawing obsessively and creating in many media. At 15 years of age his parents allowed him to create a photographic darkroom in their family home. This led to working as a photographer for local studios in his late teens/early 20's. In the mid 1970's while studying printmaking with Mark Howard, Tim began working in clay and as a teaching assistant for Ron Wetherell. Clay became his main medium, experimenting with diverse techniques in porcelain, stoneware and Raku. This led to working with Mandarin potter Charlie Brown who became both a mentor and a great inspiration for Tim.

Arrowmont School of Crafts in the Tennessee Mountains provided the next step in his studies with teachers such as Tom Turner and Victor Spensky. In 1979 upon returning to Jacksonville he opened Tim Bullard's Pottery/Art Gallery/Teaching Studio in the Five Points area (and later at Park and King in Riverside).

In 1985 Tim was commissioned by the City of Jacksonville to create and reproduce architectural ornamental Sculpture for the Prime Osborn Convention Center. This was a huge job and somewhat of a career change for Tim who took on several other architectural projects in the Jacksonville area. At this point Tim refocused back to his own work, utilizing many of the sculpture techniques he had perfected. Creating larger mixed media sculpture and pottery, Tim began incorporating his drawing and printmaking ideas into this new work. Concentrating on art shows and gallery exhibitions, his new work began to win numerous awards, both regional and nationally. Tim Bullard-a mixed media one man show at FCCJ Kent Campus Gallery featured new Raku, illustrated porcelain and assemblages. Tim's work is included in collection's throughout the US, Mexico and Europe.

Most recently Tim's work was featured in the First Coast Portfolio:A Juried Art Educator's Exhibition at MOCA/JAX, won best in show at the Mandarin Art Festival and first place pottery at the St Augustine Spring Art Festival.

Tim teaches pottery and drawing at the JCA (8505 San Jose Blvd) and for Artlife Productions Inc. He also teaches at his home studio on Wednesday evenings 6pm to 730pm and 730pm to 9pm.

Tim Bullard, Potter

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