* Artist藝術家--Timothy Nathan Joel

Tim began life as an artist in April 2000, whilst living in a beach hut on an island in Southern Thailand. That's where he started oil painting.Since then Tim has had over 30 exhibitions throughout Europe, America and Asia. In February 2005 at the Taiwan International Book Exhibition Tim published his first book 'Poet Painter.' Tim is currently living and working in Taipei City and is the co-founder of The Beat Studio Gallery (02 2765-9470).His works are in collections all over the world.For more information on Tim, see www.joeljoel.com Inspiration for Alleycat's painting: This painting is titled "Chateau Thomas", featuring an East & West, Black & White theme set in an Alleycat's restaurant. Tim自2000年4月起展開了他的藝術家生涯；當時他旅居在泰國南方的一座小島上，住的正是靠海灘旁的一間小屋子裡。在這裡他開始創作油畫，而從那時候起，他便在世界各地如歐洲、美國，及亞洲等地區舉辦超過30場的藝術展覽。在2005年二月的台北國際書展中，他有機會讓大家看到他的第一本著作“Poet Painter”(詩人畫家)。Tim目前不但住在台北市，也在這裡固定的工作，並成立了“Beat Studio Gallery”- 他的個人工作室加藝廊 (02-2765-9470)。現在他的作品散佈世界各地，若您想多了解有關他的個人訊息請上網www.joeljoel.com查詢。 Tim在Alley Cat比薩店裡的這座畫取名為“Chateau Thomas”(湯瑪士城堡)，融合東西方黑與白的主題，您在店裡可以欣賞的到。