For Jennifer's review (StudioGallery)

"Pool Guy"• oil on canvas panel


"White Dress" • oil on canvas






"Between Floors" • oil on found board


"Slump" • oil on canvas


"RockNuns" • oil on natural surface


"After Courbet" • oil on tin


"70's Guy" • oil on paper box



Part A of 2 (should be horizontally stitched with PartB)



Part B of 2 (should be horizontally stitched with PartA)

Stages of DreamGlass, 2009

"Stages of DreamGlass, 2009"
oil on wood, 9 x 6.5"

MediaFlu2009

- a quiet commentary on the "swine flu" media hype.


*no disrespect intended to those, (or to families of loved ones), who lost their lives during this "pandemic" (quotes on pandemic, intended)

Great Art - 10 things that make...

10 things that make great art
(beauty in discovering oneself more profoundly)

10. makes me want to paint
9. makes me want to know the artist
8. makes me feel the emotion of the scene/character/painting
7. makes me marvel at the craftsmanship (composition, style, etc.)
6. makes me not notice or care about the craftsmanship
5. makes me want to be there
4. makes me glad i'm not there
3. makes me want to crawl inside the texture of the painting
2. makes me wonder what was in the painter's mind/head/body at the time
1. makes me not care what's in the painter's mind/head/body and just love the experience.

"Staged Pears"

"Staged Pears"
oil on wood supports
8" x 10"
© tami sloan tsark

Penny-Farthings

"Penny-Farthings"
12" x 9"
oil on panel
© tami sloan tsark

"Solitary Journey, 245"

"Solitary Journey,245"
Oil on Wood
2.375" x 3.75"
© tami sloan tsark

"Maquillage"

"Maquillage"
oil on board
5.5" x 9 "
© tami sloan tsark

Lady In Waiting

"Lady In Waiting"
14" x 5", oil on panel
© tami s. tsark

"Lion at the Gate"

"Lion at the Gate"
10" x 8", oil on panel
© tami s. tsark

"Hollow Trunk"

"HollowTrunk"
3" x 4.5", oil on panel
© tami s. tsark

Lines of Communication (WIP)

"Lines of Communication" -(work in progress)
16" x 23" (full painting), oil on linen

© tami s. tsark

"T-scape" 2009

"T-scape"
oil on canvas, apprx. 24" x 30"
© 2009 Tsark

Bedouin Desert

Bedouin Desert
Oil on Found Board
© 2009 tami sloan tsark

Cezanne Tree

Cezanne Trees
Oil on Board
6 x 8 inches
© 2009 Tsark

"FairTop," 2009

"Fairtop"
Oil on wooden tabletop, 15 x 20 inches
© 2009 tsark

Netherlands Mini, 2009

"Netherlands-Mini"
oil on canvas, 2 x 4 inches
© 2009 tsark

(k)'not

(K)'not
oil on treated paper sample
2" x 4"

© 2009 tami sloan tsark

March 2009

© 2009, tami sloan tsark

"Stairway to Afterlife"

"Stairway to AfterLife"



(Detail cropped. Click to enlarge)



Full painting/study 10" x 8"
"Stairway to AfterLife"
(Tribute after Anselm Kiefer's, "Stairway to Heaven")

© 2009 tami sloan tsark

The Afterlife Portal

"PortalAfterlife" (Detail)
3" x 5" , Oil on found board



As we look at our lives, we see reflections of ourselves.
This painting is mounted in a reflected portal can.

DoorBoy'09

Door Boy '09
Mixed Media

Raingear, 2009

"Raingear"
Oil on found wood
apprx. 8" x 6"

Walking Sunset

"Walking Sunset"
oil on panel
apprx. 18" x 12"

Sherlock 09

"Sherlock '09"
oil on canvas,
20" x 25"

"Homework"

Homework • 5 " x 7" • oil on slate

Paintings: 3rd February, 2009

3rd February, 2009


Girl in a Field • 2.5 x 3.5 inches • Oil on Slate




Diner boy • 2 x 3 inches • oil on wood

Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition

*click on image to enlarge

Santa Clara's 5th Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibit
1/24/09 - 7/31/09

Kim's reception at the Los Gatos Museum

Kim Frohsin has some beautiful work at the Los Gatos Museum Figurative show which also includes work by John Goodman, Nathan Olivera, Dennis Hare, et. al.
Definitely a "must-see!



(Sonja Popadich Navin, Kim Frohsin, myself)

trial city scapes

work in progress

Winter Walk

Winter Walk 2008
4" x 3"
oil on found paper box

haikus

Look at that warbler--

he's wiping his muddy feet

all over the plum blossom.

--------------

This mushroom is

deadly. and, of course,

it's also very pretty.


------
A quick rattle of hail

as day breaks,

on the camellia leaves.

-----
Extricating itself from thorns,

a bush warbler,

soars high.


-------

So distant from the moon --

the colour and scent

of wisteria blossom.



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While I've found these in the "Classic Haiku" book by Tom Lowenstein, in random order,
I've copied them here above in a specific order.
-tami

Why we make art...

This is but one of the reasons we make art...

I received this letter today, from a mother of one of the fallen soldiers that we painted in Chester's class and which ended up in the exhibit "Faces of the Fallen" :

Thank you so much. In 2006, I attended the Tribute to Fallen Soldiers in Washington DC, and my sister and nephew went with me. We decided to visit Arlington Ntl to pay tribute to some of my son’s comrades. As we walked into the gates, something kept pushing me towards the Womens Bldg,which at first I had no desire to go into. But, I had this eerie feeling, so we did. I stopped by the desk to sign the guestbook,.when my sister yelled, OMG, Fay, get over here,you have got to see this. I ran around the corner and there was this display of paintings, and there was the pic of Tracy,the one in the pic below. You did an AWESOME job…I started to cry and so did she,that is why I would like to have it. It was beautiful ... I visit him daily,I miss him so much. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Fay West

These are some of the paintings I did for that show in 2005:

Bolinas Museum Reception

coining words

In thinking about life, 2008, I tried to coin a few words:

"Be amazed at the modesty of the supertalents and the hubris of the mediocre.Be inspired, be inspiring, have vision, have heart."

Bolinas Museum Miniatures Invitational 2008

Bolinas 20th Annual Invitational Exhibition


Mini Show: Holiday Benefit for the Museum
Small works by over 85 Bay Area artists, Curated by Dieter Tremp
Nov. 22 - Dec. 28, 2008

Please join us for the reception Saturday 11/22/08, 3-5pm



2" x 2" for the Bolinas Museum Invitational.

http://www.bolinasmuseum.org/genadd.html

Peacetime Blue

Peacetime Blue or Mind over Water
Oil on Coated Paper
2" x 5"

"real art"

"real art"
this phrase was overheard in a bathroom stall at an art auction:
"...and to think, i paid $160 for REAL art"

this made me pause to think...is there fake art?
there may be "bad" art, or reproduced art, but isn't all art "real?"

thoughts for a Fall day

order, organization, clutter, de-clutter, clarity
good friends, shared experiences, furtive smiles

sculpture

for submission to an upcoming show.
click on any for larger image.
















all rights reserved © tami sloan tsark

Show has been delivered

After a few last minute decisions, Past, Present, Personal has been delivered to the Marin Arts Council. Phew!
I reserved a few of the pieces for other shows, since this one will hang until Feb. 2009.

Hope y'all feel free to join us for the reception at Hamilton AFB, Hangar 5, Novato, CA.
Thursday 10/30/08 from 4:30 - 6:30 pm.