Part One: Obituary - Richard Demarco, ‘Artwork’ No. 105

Part One: Obituary - Richard Demarco, ‘Artwork’ No. 105 - August/September 2000

‘Tim Stead – An Appreciation’

Tim Stead’s death at the tragically early age of 48 was a severe blow to all those who believe that the life and work of an artist at this time when the new millennium is beginning should be about the regenerative and healing powers of art working in harmony with nature.

Artists such as Ian Hamilton Finlay and Joseph Beuys come to mind as makers of art which gives hope to future generations.

Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Temple Garden of Little Sparta in the Lanarkshire Hills is a great gift to future generations, so too is Joseph Beuys’s sculpture ‘Seven Thousand Oaks’ now flowering into maturity in the city of Kassel.

Tim Stead’s ‘Community Woodlands’ which are flowering near the village of Blainslie in the summer of the year 2000 will surely operate as the handiwork of a sculptor who loved, protected and extended the life of trees as a gift to all those who are continuing his life’s work through the fast developing community woodlands movement.