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{{short description|New Zealand artist and writer (1962–2010)}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2023}}

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| death_place = [[Piopio, New Zealand|Piopio]], New Zealand
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'''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 City|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.<ref name="stuff" /> He also wrote for [[NZ Classic Car magazine|''NZ Classic Car'' magazine]], a local New Zealand newspaper and occasionally [[New Zealand Truck and Driver magazine|''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 [[Abel Tasman]], an [[Austin Tasman]] car and the now extinct [[thylacine]] (Tasmanian tiger).

==Life==
Chadwick was born in [[Hāwera]], South Taranaki in 1962.
In his formative art years Chadwick was taught by artists [[Cliff Whiting]], [[Paul Dibble]] and [[Frank Davis (artist)|Frank Davis]].<ref name="stuff">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/features/1404527|title=Man of many parts|author=Harvey, Helen|date=2009-03-02}}</ref>

In the early 1990s he led a group known as the Scarecrow Committee who unsuccessfully campaigned to prevent [[KFC]] from bulldozing the Hāwera house of New Zealand author [[Ronald Hugh Morrieson]] and replacing it with a fast food outlet.<ref name="stuff" /> This is detailed in Julia Millen's book, ''Ronald Hugh Morrieson: A Biography''. In 2008 Chadwick set foot in the Hāwera KFC outlet for the first time since the Morrieson house campaign of the early 1990s, at Hāwera, to read a chapter from ''[[The Scarecrow (Hugh Morrieson novel)|The Scarecrow]]'' by Ronald Hugh Morrieson as part of artist Liz Allens 'One Day Sculpture' art happening.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

On the 9 September 2009 ( 09 09 09 )Tim Chadwick released his own CAL [[postage stamp]] through [[New Zealand]] Post Ltd, a stamp known as the 'Pink Beetle Post' stamp, featuring a pink [[Volkswagen Beetle]] car. Only 1000 stamps were ordered and printed. Some were used on Chadwick's official [[First Day Cover]] ( 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Chadwick had two children and lived in [[New Plymouth]]. He taught art at [[Inglewood High School (New Zealand)|Inglewood High School]] in [[Taranaki Region|Taranaki]].<ref name="sp">{{cite web|url=http://www.stratfordpress.co.nz/local/news/another-book-in-tims-palette/3784362/|title=Another book in Tim's palette|date=2008-09-11|publisher=Stratford Press}}</ref> He was killed on 17 March 2010 when his car failed to take a bend on State Highway 3 near [[Piopio, New Zealand|Piopio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/3468092/Teachers-death-stuns-school|title=Teacher's death stuns school|author=Smith, Jared|work=Taranaki Daily News|date=2010-03-18}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''The Kiwi Truckers guide to life'' {{ISBN|978-1-86950-768-8}} [[HarperCollins]], 2009
* ''Zephyrs and Zodiacs – A Kiwi Passion'' {{ISBN|978-1-86950-807-4}} [[HarperCollins]] 2009
* ''Ford – A Kiwi Passion'' {{ISBN|978-1-86950-719-0}} HarperCollins 2008
* ''Holden – A Kiwi Passion'' {{ISBN|978-1-86950-720-6}} HarperCollins, 2008
* ''Diggers, Dumpers and Dozers – Big Machines In New Zealand'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-105-3}} Grantham House, 2008<ref name="gh">{{Cite web |url=http://www.granthamhouse.co.nz/titles |title=Grantham House Book Titles – A to Z by title | Grantham House |access-date=16 March 2010 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009124831/http://www.granthamhouse.co.nz/titles |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Motorcycles In New Zealand'' {{ISBN|1-86934-097-3}} Grantham House, 2006<ref name="gh" />
* ''Saloon Motorsport in New Zealand'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-091-9}} Grantham House, 2004<ref name="gh" />
*''Trucks New Zealand – Historics, Haulers & Heavies'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-092-6}} Grantham House, 2004<ref name="gh" />
* ''Big Cars in New Zealand – English, European, American, Australian and Japanese'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-087-2}} Grantham House, 2002<ref name="gh" />
*''Utes & Pick-Ups in New Zealand'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-081-0}} Grantham House, 2002<ref name="gh" />
*''Small Cars in New Zealand – Baby Austins, Ford Prefects, Minis, VWs & More!'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-084-1}} Grantham House, 2001<ref name="gh" />
*''Trucking Along – A Pictorial History of Trucks in New Zealand'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-083-4}} Grantham House, 2001<ref name="gh" />
*''Saloon Car Racing in New Zealand – The Classic Years'' {{ISBN|978-1-86934-073-5}} Grantham House, 1999<ref name="gh" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tart.co.nz/Tim/tim.htm Chadwick's work at Virtual TArt gallery]

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