"Chicken Dinner At Lake Woebegon"

"Chicken Dinner At Lake Woebegon"
Oil on Scrap Board, 6.5" x 12"
2008

"I've Got a Tree on my Back"

working title
oil on board, 12" x 24"

March/April Paintings, 2008

Working title, "CoatGirl"
Painted on a gift of donated scrap wood front, approx. 24"x 10"



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"Troll-like"
Oil on scrap wood
11" x 2"



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"Fauxscape"
8" x 10", oil on board

BeachWalk_WIP

A work-in-progress, 18"x24"
working title "Beach Walk"

March 2008 - Quick Pix Show, College of Marin

April Shows 2008

This month (April 2008), my work is showing in two galleries :

I feel fortunate to be asked to show work in the Elsewhere Gallery's second themed show.
I was asked to submit self-portraits, and works that have influenced our painting.
http://elsewhere.com/Artists/TamiSloanTsark/Tami_Catalog.htm

• Elsewhere Gallery, Fairfax, California.
  The theme is Portrait of the Artist.
  

Five of my paintings, less than 6 inches square, were also juried into the College of Marin Miniature show. The jurors were: Guy Diehl- Artist; Svea Lin Vezzone- Owner of Swarm Gallery, Oakland; Andrea Antonaccio- Gallery Director & Curator, College of Marin, Kentfield

• College of Marin Gallery: Miniature show. March 17- April 25, 2008
  

Head of Wisdom

Green on Green on Green (after Goya)

"Green on Green on Green"
(after Goya's painting)
recycling the recycled on recycled materials
6" x 8" oil on wood

blockself_mini2008

the annual self-port
this, on a block of found wood
approximately 5.25" x 5"

napkin art

ink drawings on napkins:

"our daily practice"


"our daily bread"

WIP - on the easel

in progress

some new pre-Spring work

Catting Around

"inquisitive cat" (9 " x 12")

a fun little painting after my friend, leah, gave me this new slick board to try.

(leah's about to celebrate her 30th bday, but she's a wise old soul with a youthful spirit. happy bday, leah!)

i dream of stars

blue sketches

sketching ideas for a new series of work.

Invite: Grand Opening Elsewhere Gallery in Fairfax

I'd like to invite you to attend
the grand opening of a new gallery, in
fairfax, called Elsewhere.

The opening is Friday 2/29/08,
I'll be there from 5pm - 7pm
1828 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax, CA 94930

> http://www.elsewhere.com/Events/Gala_Opening.htm


Please don't feel obligated to come, but would love to see you.
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3/25/08 from Ross Valley Reporter covering the opening

The Floor Beneath

"The Floor Beneath"
Oil on Found Panel, 5.5" x 6"

Seeking Warmth

"OutFromTheCold"
Oil paint on broken tile, 12" x 9"

(formerly "Girl on a Plein",spelling in title is intentional)

\Plein\, a. [OF. & F., fr. L. plenus.] Full; complete. [Obs.] ``Plein remission.'' --Chaucer. -- Plein\"ly, adv.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Plein
\Plein\, v. i. & t. To complain.
\Plein\, a. Plan.

Siblings

"Siblings"
Oil on Panel, 16" x 22"

"On The Stoop"

When one is no longer on the fence, this one's
"On The Stoop"