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GOV. EASLEY PRESENTS TIMBERLAKE WITH ORDER OF THE LONG LEAF PINE

Lexington, N.C. – On January 19th, at the Bob Timberlake Gallery, Governor Mike Easley presented artist Bob Timberlake with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Timberlake is an internationally known realist painter and is one of the state’s most recognized and successful artists.

The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is an award presented to individuals who have a proven record of service (30+ years) to the State of North Carolina. Contributions to their community, extra effort in their career, and many years of service to their organization are some of the guidelines by which recipients are selected for this award.

“Bob Timberlake is not only known in our state, but also around the world for his rural landscape paintings and award winning furniture designs,” Easley said. “The citizens of this state are truly proud and honored to have such a talented artist calling North Carolina home.”

Bob Timberlake graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1959 and worked in five family businesses while painting in his spare time. At age 33, he devoted himself full time to painting. Timberlake became the first southern artist to paint a Christmas stamp for the U.S. Postal Service. He designed both the North Carolina and South Carolina state stamps, and a commemorative postcard marking the bicentennial of UNC-Chapel Hill. He has also served as the official artist of “Keep America Beautiful” for over 20 years and was honored by Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan for his work with the community improvement organization.

In 1990, Timberlake launched a furniture line based on his original designs through Lexington Home Brands. His collection of furniture became one of the most successful domestic furniture line introductions in the history of the industry and has received some the industry’s highest awards. Today, Bob Timberlake Inc. licenses products in more than 15 home furnishings categories. Timberlake has also launched a successful apparel line and opened the Bob Timberlake Galleries in Lexington and Blowing Rock.

Bob Timberlake and his wife, Kay, live in Lexington and have three children and seven grandchildren. The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is one of the highest awards presented by the Governor.

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Bob Timberlake is far and away North Carolina's most recognized and successful living artist. A painter of rural landscapes, he is a master of the American Realist genre. Timberlake's work is a touchstone to a fading way of rural life in the fast-growing South, and a testament to the value of time spent in wood lots and on front porches - of rolling hills and log barns winking from the roadside. About Bob Timberlake But Bob Timberlake is not a painter only. He has designed a hugely successful line of home furnishings - hundreds of pieces, from tables and sofas to lamps and rugs, all inspired by his paintings and his collection of museum quality 18th century antiques and decorative art. In his furniture line are reproductions and adaptations of cabinets and tables made by Fred Craver, the Piedmont master cabinetmaker who tutored Bob Timberlake from childhood on the "language of wood."

Yet, in spite of all his successes and accomplishments, Bob Timberlake still lives where he was born, among the rolling hills of North Carolina's rural Piedmont, never forgetting the place where he grew up … for it is still the place he calls home.* The Man The Man Bob Timberlake was born sixty-four years ago in Salisbury, North Carolina. Bob and his wife Kay, make their home in Lexington, North Carolina, where Bob has a studio. Bob and Kay have three children and seven grandchildren. Bob has received numerous awards during his career including: the Albert Schweitzer Medal for Artistry, the American Forestry Award, North Carolina Public Servant of the Year, the Iron Eyes Cody Award, and the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Artist At the age of 33, Bob was encouraged by Andrew Wyeth to devote himself to painting full-time. His first three solo exhibitions at New York's Hammer Galleries were sold out days before their openings. He has held numerous solo museum exhibitions, including the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Fry Museum in Seattle, and the Isetan Gallery in Tokyo. Bob designed the first Christmas Stamp for the US Postal Service, both the North Carolina and South Carolina statehood stamps, and the commemorative postcard marking the bicentennial of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Artist The Collector The Collector An avid collector, Bob surrounds himself with things that evoke images of a simpler time: decoys, enamelware, canoes, birdhouses, quilts, antiques, and other icons of the rural South. The Designer In 1990, Bob launched a comprehensive furniture line based on his designs through Lexington Home Brands. The World of Bob Timberlake furniture collection soon became one of the most successful line introductions in the history of the industry. Bob has received some of the industry's highest awards for his designs. The Designer The Industry Leader Following the success of The World of Bob Timberlake, Bob founded Bob Timberlake, Inc. Today, under his watchful vision, Bob Timberlake Inc. licenses products in over 15 home furnishings categories. With this success has emerged additional furniture collections, Bob Timberlake Apparel menswear, and the Bob Timberlake Galleries in Lexington and Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
 * Excerpts from Bob Timberlake: Roots and Reflections, Portfolio Press and Bob Timberlake, Inc. ©1997.