Tim Walker passed away unexpectedly during the July 4th, 2025 floods in the Texas Hill Country.

He was a self-taught neon artist. Lights, technology, design and electricity fascinated him as a child. He first took his designs to neon factories, where glassblowers manufactured the neon for him. During this time, Walker learned all he could by observing and reading. Soon, he purchased used neon manufacturing equipment from a friend and taught himself how to blow glass and fabricate neon. On his 21st birthday in 1983, he opened The Neon Gallery. Suzette started working with Tim in 1985, bringing her own artistic point of view to the table. They married in 1986 and collaborated and innovated together for forty years.

Glasstire's Tribute to Tim Walker