As I usually do, I shot pictures of the Hjordis rounding the breakwall and coming back into the harbor the other day. I miss the red sails, but the dark purple has a sinister quality that I like, too. The ship looms like a pirate ship to me now. I shot this picture while sipping a latte at the Java Moose. I love the playful posture of the tourists (moreso in other pictures I shot at the time, where someone was swinging from the base of the lighthouse), the angle of the sail compared to the angle of the lower lighthouse steps. The Hjordis and the the lighthouse are Grand Marais icons. I never tire of looking at them.

As I usually do, I shot pictures of the Hjordis rounding the breakwall and coming back into the harbor the other day. I miss the red sails, but the dark purple has a sinister quality that I like, too. The ship looms like a pirate ship to me now. I shot this picture while sipping a latte at the Java Moose. I love the playful posture of the tourists (moreso in other pictures I shot at the time, where someone was swinging from the base of the lighthouse), the angle of the sail compared to the angle of the lower lighthouse steps. The Hjordis and the the lighthouse are Grand Marais icons. I never tire of looking at them.

Beauty can be found in the most unlikely places. Recently I was by the drainage ditch behind my house (I call it a creek), and I noticed this reflection on the last little bit of water remaining. I think it’s beautiful.

Beauty can be found in the most unlikely places. Recently I was by the drainage ditch behind my house (I call it a creek), and I noticed this reflection on the last little bit of water remaining. I think it’s beautiful.

I took this photo in my garden the other day. I’m just happy that summer is here, flowers are blooming, the sun is shining. This is always a busy time of year for me, but I love it.

I took this photo in my garden the other day. I’m just happy that summer is here, flowers are blooming, the sun is shining. This is always a busy time of year for me, but I love it.

One day last week I came across this turtle on the way to Greenwood Lake. People think of turtles as being slow. At least on land. But this one was fast! It was very unhappy with me for finding it, and for interrupting it’s walk through the woods. I just wanted to see it up close.

One day last week I came across this turtle on the way to Greenwood Lake. People think of turtles as being slow. At least on land. But this one was fast! It was very unhappy with me for finding it, and for interrupting it’s walk through the woods. I just wanted to see it up close.

Tim Young
Portrait of the Artist as Real Estate Agent, Actor, and DJ

A resident of Grand Marais since 1985, visual artist Tim Young says, “I’m inspired by everything. When you come up to the North Shore, you can look in almost every direction, and see beauty.”

In fact, Young’s creativity takes in everything from sensual male nudes to whimsical “alphabet paintings,” which embed key words in otherwise abstract works of art.

Young explains, “I’m inspired by not only the natural beauty, but also by the people. I would say that, even though we have a really small population here, I have more close friends here than I would have in Minneapolis. You get really compartmentalized [there].”

Though his success can’t be denied—Young exhibits at six different locations along the North Shore, including his own gallery—he confesses that the real estate company he inherited from his family remains his “bread and butter.”

Aside from art and real estate, Young also has a radio show on a local station, and he acts in community theater. Perhaps it’s this more-than-visual-art lifestyle that makes his paintings seem relevant as well as esoteric.

Whatever the reason for its appeal, Tim Young is a name to watch in the Minnesota art scene.

For more information on Young’s paintings, visit http://www.timouth.com/paintings