Tim O'Brien

November 16, 1964

New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven County, United States of America

His illustrations have appeared in magazines such as Time magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and National Geographic. His illustrations are also used by the US Postal Service for postage stamps, such as the Judy Garland stamp and the Hattie McDaniel stamp, both issued in 2006. The second of three boys in his family, O'Brien trained as a boxer in high school and boxed as a middleweight amateur. Beyond his work as an illustrator he stays active in the boxing world as a trainer. His instructors at Paier included Leonard Everett Fisher. In an interviewed conducted by The Illustrators Guild of Ireland in 2002, O'Brien described his style by saying, "My description is conceptual realism with a leaning toward the slightly idealized". Honors Service Paul Cadmus, George Tooker, Gottfried Helnwein, Ingres, Lord Leighton and Ivan Shishkin.

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Education

O'Brien received a Pell Grant and used it to enroll in the Paier College of Art, New Haven, CT, graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

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His illustrations have appeared in magazines such as Time magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and National Geographic. His illustrations are also used by the US Postal Service for postage stamps, such as the Judy Garland stamp and the Hattie McDaniel stamp, both issued in 2006. The second of three boys in his family, O'Brien trained as a boxer in high school and boxed as a middleweight amateur.

Beyond his work as an illustrator he stays active in the boxing world as a trainer. His instructors at Paier included Leonard Everett Fisher. In an interviewed conducted by The Illustrators Guild of Ireland in 2002, O'Brien described his style by saying, "My description is conceptual realism with a leaning toward the slightly idealized".

Honors Service Paul Cadmus, George Tooker, Gottfried Helnwein, Ingres, Lord Leighton and Ivan Shishkin.

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Hamilton King Award, Society of Illustrators (2009) O'Briens Time magazine covers are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Chosen by Irish American Magazine as one of their 100 top Irish Americans, years 1999 and 2000. Awards from Society of Illustrators in New York and Los Angeles · Graphis Inc. · Print Magazine · Communication Arts Magazine · the Society of Publication Designers · American Illustration · Art Director's Club Chairman of the Education Committee, Society of Illustrators, New York (1996–2006). Member of the Executive Committee, Society of Illustrators, New York Founding Member of the Illustrators’ Partnership of America President of the Society of Illustrators, New York Chairman of 'Illustrators 49' at the Society of Illustrators Completed 10 years as Chairman of the Scholarship Committee at the Society of Illustrators Member of the Illustrators' Advisory Committee at the Norman Rockwell Museum.

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Member of the Executive Committee, Society of Illustrators, New York

Founding Member of the Illustrators’ Partnership of America

Member of the Illustrators' Advisory Committee at the Norman Rockwell Museum.

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