"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.

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This mushroom is

deadly. and, of course,

it's also very pretty.


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A quick rattle of hail

as day breaks,

on the camellia leaves.

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Extricating itself from thorns,

a bush warbler,

soars high.


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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"