Lewis knew from an early age that he wanted to be an artist. He grew up in Midland and spent his childhood summers dreaming (and drawing) with his maternal grandparents in Empire, Michigan, where he now makes his home.

After earning a Bachelor of Science as an art major at Western Michigan University in 1959, Lewis spent a year as an elementary art teacher and three years stationed in Okinawa with the Army Security Agency. He then moved to New York City to pursue a life in commercial art.

After a six-month stint as an assistant art director at Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency, Lewis was invited to join Push Pin Studios, an internationally-celebrated illustration/ graphic design studio headed by Seymour Chwast and his hero, Milton Glaser.

Five years later, the artist became a freelancer under the studio name of Indelible Inc. Over the next 30 years his work was published in Graphis, CA (Commercial Arts), AIGA exhibits, American Illustration annuals, New York Advertising annuals, and the Best Annual Reports year books.

Lewis’ illustrations have regularly appeared in FORBES, GQ, New York Magazine, and many national magazines such as Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and World Report, Esquire, Business Week, and Money Magazine along with editorial art for such newspapers as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

Corporate illustrations for brochures and annual reports were published by IBM, AT&T, Mobil, Bell Telephone, Dell, Glaxo Welcome, Microsoft, Lucent Technologies, Federal Express and many more.

The artist also spent three years teaching at NYC’s School of Visual Arts and another three years at Parson’s School of Design.

Tim Lewis can be reached at P.O. Box 183, Empire, MI 49630 or by calling (231) 326-5392.