EXCLUSIVE: Quest for Conversation Leads to ‘Tim’s Vermeer’ – 3 Photos

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Tim Jenison (right) demonstrates his first painting experiment to his friend, producer Penn Jillette (right) in TIM'S VERMEER. ©High Deft Pictures. CR: Carlo Villareal.

Tim Jenison (right) demonstrates his first painting experiment to his friend, producer Penn Jillette (right) in TIM’S VERMEER. ©High Deft Pictures. CR: Carlo Villareal.

The filmmakers of TIM'S VERMEER gather with Professor Philip Steadman and artist David Hockney in Hockney’s studio in England..Standing, left to right: Professor Philip Steadman, Director Teller, and Tim Jenison. Seated, left to right: artist David Hockney, Producer Penn Jillette. ©High Deft Pictures. CR: Farley Ziegler.

The filmmakers of TIM’S VERMEER gather with Professor Philip Steadman and artist David Hockney in Hockney’s studio in England..Standing, left to right: Professor Philip Steadman, Director Teller, and Tim Jenison. Seated, left to right: artist David Hockney, Producer Penn Jillette. ©High Deft Pictures. CR: Farley Ziegler.

Tim Jenison, wearing his surgical loupes, inspects Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman with a Lute” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the film TIM'S VERMEER. ©High Delft Pictures. CR: Shane F. Kelly.

Tim Jenison, wearing his surgical loupes, inspects Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman with a Lute” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the film TIM’S VERMEER. ©High Delft Pictures. CR: Shane F. Kelly.