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Timothy Teruo Watters

Timothy Teruo Watters, artist, writer, graphic designer, and grandson to artist Teruo Iyama, was born in Santa Rosa, CA. His artwork has been featured in galleries from California to Hawaii to Utah to Texas, and a sacred project (a volume of nineteen different translations of Japji Sahib) consisting exclusively of his illustrations resides in the museum at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.

His journey of self-exploration and meditation has brought him all over the world from Mount Shasta to Chiang Mai to Anandpur Sahib. He has written and illustrated a children’s book, When Piglets Fly, which features sixty-three watercolor illustrations. He also reimagined Khalil Gibran’s classic, The Prophet as well as Margery Williams’ beloved children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit.

Timothy’s expressive work draws inspiration from Eastern aesthetic and philosophy, Mysticism, Impressionism, and Ukiyo-e. Whether writing adventurous tales, watercoloring, or painting in oils, Timothy is always reimagining by creating and blending the old with the new.

Live Oak No. 3 • 30” x 40” • Oil on Canvas • SOLD
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Painting set up 🎥
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Ay, you are like an ocean,

And though heavy-grounded ships await the tide upon your shores, yet, even like an ocean, you cannot hasten your tides.

And like THE SEASONS you are also,

And though in your winter you deny your spring,

Yet spring, reposing within you, smiles in her drowsiness and is not offended.

Illustration from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Illustrated by Timothy Teruo Watters. Link in the bio—available on Amazon.

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And if this day is not a fulfilment of your needs and my love, then let it be a promise till another day.

Man’s needs change, but not his love, nor his desire that his love should satisfy his needs.

Know therefore, that from the greater silence I shall return.

The mist that drifts away at dawn, leaving but dew in the fields, shall RISE AND GATHER into a cloud and then fall down in rain.

And not unlike the mist have I been.

Illustration from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Illustrated by Timothy Teruo Watters. Link in the bio—available on Amazon.

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In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;

And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.

Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

Is THE SHEPHERD not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?

Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

Illustration from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Illustrated by Timothy Teruo Watters. Link in the bio—available on Amazon.

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You would know the secret of death.

But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?

THE OWL whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.

If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body
of life.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Illustration from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Illustrated by Timothy Teruo Watters. Link in the bio—available on Amazon.

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And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles.

Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.

And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in THE LIGHTNING and descending in rain.

You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees.

Illustration from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Illustrated by Timothy Teruo Watters. Link in the bio—available on Amazon.

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Who can spread his hours before him, saying, “This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?”

All your hours are wings that beat through space from self to self.

He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked.

THE WIND and the sun will tear no holes in his skin.

Illustration from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Illustrated by Timothy Teruo Watters. Link in the bio—available on Amazon.

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Texas Longhorn No. 10 • 20” x 24” • Oil on Canvas • 2024 • AVAILABLE
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Texas Longhorn No.10 • 20” x 24” • Oil on Canvas • 2024 • AVAILABLE
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Dusk Rain • 24” x 30” • Oil on Canvas • 2024 •SOLD
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Work in progress…
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