Timothy Patrick Butler was born on February 21, 1968 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was raised primarily in Holyoke and Springfield, Massachusetts, where his imagination was nourished with heavy doses of Godzilla, Star Wars, comic books, Dungeons & Dragons and Dune. A good deal of his adolescence was also spent attending First Pentecostal Church, which served mostly to sharpen his appetite for more earthly and interesting pursuits.

Shortly after receiving his Bachelor\’s degree in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Butler moved to San Francisco and attended the Academy of Art College where he earned his Master\’s degree in Printmaking. As part of his thesis, Butler independently published a book of his drawings entitled The History of Formerly Salty Areas. Butler\’s small, detailed pen drawings and gouache and oil paintings employ bizarre imagery that evokes a strange mixture of Albrecht Dürer, Monty Python and botched science experiments.

Since graduate school, Butler has worked as an illustrator, designer and art director in the music and entertainment fields. His list of clients includes Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga, Slayer, Metallica, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Manson, LucasFilm, Burton, Budweiser, Sega, and Hustler. He has exhibited in galleries and museums on both coasts of the United States, including the Triton Museum of Art, Dark\’s Art Parlor, Revelation Gallery, La Luz de Jesus and Forbidden Gallery. His original works are collected privately around the world. He currently resides in Portland, Orgeon with Allison, his confidant and concubine of more than twenty-eight years. He has no children because he doesn\’t want any.