Timothy John Chadwick (4 October 1962 – 17 March 2010) was a

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artist, motoring enthusiast and author. His

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paintings have been exhibited at the

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, the Manawatu Art Gallery in

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, and dealer galleries in

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and

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, as well as at the

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and in

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and the

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. His paintings are held in the

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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. He also wrote for ''NZ Classic Car'' magazine, a local New Zealand newspaper and occasionally ''New Zealand Truck and Driver'' magazine. His artwork often had crossovers with his motoring writing, for example, a major series of work created in the late-1980s and early-1990s was painted on second hand car bonnets (hoods). A later work featured

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, an

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car and the now extinct

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(Tasmanian tiger).

Life

Chadwick was born in Hawera, South Taranaki in 1962. In his formative art years Chadwick was taught by artists

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, Paul Dibble and Frank Davis. In the early 1990s he led a group known as the Scarecrow Committee who unsuccessfully campaigned to prevent

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from bulldozing the Hawera house of New Zealand author

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and replacing it with a fast food outlet. 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. On the 9 September 2009 ( 09 09 09 )Tim Chadwick released his own CAL

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through

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car. Only 1000 stamps were ordered and printed. Some were used on Chadwick's official

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( FDC) which featured his caricature of pink beetle insects and a pink Beetle car. Three months later he came up with "Orange Lambretta Post" with a 50¢ stamp (CAL) illustrating the Lambretta motor scooter, and issued 100 FDC's. These rarely appear & are highly sought after. Chadwick had two children and lived in

. He taught art at Inglewood High School in

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. He was killed on 17 March 2010 when his car failed to take a bend on State Highway 3 near Piopio.

Bibliography

* ''The Kiwi Truckers guide to life''

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, 2009 * ''Zephyrs and Zodiacs – A Kiwi Passion''

2009 * ''Ford – A Kiwi Passion'' HarperCollins 2008 * ''Holden – A Kiwi Passion'' HarperCollins, 2008 * ''Diggers, Dumpers and Dozers – Big Machines In New Zealand'' Grantham House, 2008 * ''Motorcycles In New Zealand'' Grantham House, 2006 * ''Saloon Motorsport in New Zealand'' Grantham House, 2004 *''Trucks New Zealand – Historics, Haulers & Heavies'' Grantham House, 2004 * ''Big Cars in New Zealand – English, European, American, Australian and Japanese'' Grantham House, 2002 *''Utes & Pick-Ups in New Zealand'' Grantham House, 2002 *''Small Cars in New Zealand – Baby Austins, Ford Prefects, Minis, VWs & More!'' Grantham House, 2001 *''Trucking Along – A Pictorial History of Trucks in New Zealand'' Grantham House, 2001 *''Saloon Car Racing in New Zealand – The Classic Years'' Grantham House, 1999

References

External links

Chadwick's work at Virtual TArt gallery
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