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Tara Sharpe Artist
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Expressionistic painter and multimedia artist using colorful and figurative based art to share stories of transcendence. Visit tarasharpe.com to collect and learn more.
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hyperallergic.com
For Gala Dalí, overlooked contributor to the Surrealist movement, subconscious desires manifested not in spindly-legged elephants and dripping clocks but as canny marketing campaigns, global recognition in the media, and an undeniable place in art history.
The Story of Surrealism Isn’t Whole Without Gala Dalí
In Surreal, Michèle Gerber Klein asks us to confront the unjust eclipse of Gala’s legacy by that of her husband, Salvador, whose career she brought to fruition.
hyperallergic.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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"Study For Celebrating The Sun In A Cloudless Sky"
8" x 8" on wood
available
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#cloudlesssky #emotiveportrait #contemporarypainting #womenpaintingwomen #beautifulbizarre #bizarreart #expression #expressiveart #femaleartist #phxart #phoenixartist #contemporaryartist #artcollector #art
April 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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"Entropy and The Triumph of Her Endeavors"
36" x 36"
available
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#contemporarypainting #saguaro #entropy #desertlife #desertlandscape #desertscape #azhiking #arizona #arizonaartist #phxart #phoenixartist #expressionistart #southwestart #southwest #fineart #artist #art #sonorandesert
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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“Illuminated By The Midnight Blooms”
Tara Sharpe
12” x 12” gold leaf and acrylic on wood circle panel
available
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#goldleaf #womenpaintingwomen #womenartists #femaleartist #contemporaryartist #goldhair #fineart #artcollector #emotiveportrait #newcontemporary #belleepoque #artnouveau
April 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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“The Welcoming of Metamorphosis”
24” x 24” on canvas
available
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#figurativeart #contemporaryart #womenpaintingwomen #figurativenude #femalefigure #figurativepainting #serpenttattoo #snaketattoo #snakes #serpents #symbolism #transformation #transformativeart #phxart #womenartists
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Available mural! I’ll be uninstalling her in the next day or so.
Phoenix, Arizona
8 ft x 8 ft (two 4x8 panels)
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#phxart #phoenixartist #phxartist #phxmurals #mural #arizonaartist #southwestartist #womenpaintingwomen #contemporaryartist #femaleartist #arizonamurals #muralist #artist
April 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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This was a fun one and I'm happy that is she is movable! Uninstalling her in the next day or so and she's available to collect. She is 8 ft x 8 ft (a pair of 4x8 panels) DM me for details on collecting her. Looking forward to seeing what the next round of artists create.
#phxart #mural #femaleartist
April 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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“Illuminated By The Midnight Blooms”
Tara Sharpe
12” gold leaf and acrylic on wood circle panel
available
tarasharpe.com

#goldleaf #emotiveportrait #circlepainting #florals #flowers #goldhair #artcollector #expressiveart #womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist
March 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Last touches on “Illuminated By The Midnight Blooms” for Sparkle! Group Show of ArtThena

Opening Sunday March 9th, 2-5pm
New School for the Arts and Academics
1216 E Apache Blvd
Tempe, Arizona

#goldleaf #arizonaartist #womenpaintingwomen #womenartists #fineart #painting #goldhair #belleepoque
March 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Figure Study (Long Pink Hair)
acrylic on canvas panel
5" x 7" available
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#pinkhair #artcollector #figurativeart #womenpaintingwomen #contemporarypainting #figurativepainting #expressionism #expressivepainting #emotivepainting #figurativeexpressionism #femaleartist #womenartists #art
February 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Sunset driving in New Mexico
February 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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“Opening The Sky Beyond Your Heaven”
48” x 60” acrylic, gold leaf on canvas
available

#goldleaf #womenpaintingwomen #spirituality #visionaryart #largescaleart #mixedmedia #surrrealism #figurativeart #figurativepainting #heaven #transcendence #transcendent #transcendental #symbolism #symbolicart
A painting by Tara Sharpe of two hovering female figures on either side of a central gold disc. The figures are nearly identical with one wing and one arm each. A large triangle points into the disc.
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Finished this mural yesterday on Grand Ave in Phoenix, Arizona

#tarasharpe #tarasharpeart
#mural #murals #womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist #symbolism #largescaleart #artist #painting #phoenixartist #arizonaartist #art #portrait #handswitheyes #hands #colorfulart
A mural by Tara Sharpe of a woman’s face surrounded by flowers. A pair of hands is reaching up from the bottom of the mural with eyes on them. The background is a pale pink.
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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available petites
original paintings
Full Moon Cowgirls 4” x 4”, 3” x 3”
Sardines 3” x 9”
hand carved, pulled, printed linocuts
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#sardines #cowgirl #cowgirls #rodeogirls #fullmoon #paintings #phoenixartist #phxart #collectart #contemporaryartist #aouthwest #womenpaintingwomen
Multiple small paintings shown with a ruler. Paintings of sardines with a pink background and cowgirls with patterned blouses against a turquoise background with a small full moon in the corners.
February 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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did you see the ring around the moon this evening?

swimming in Phoenix, Arizona 9pm 2/8/25

#ringaroundthemoon #moon #desertmoon
An image showing the moon with a hazy ring around it.
February 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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l'll be painting a mural at The Styles Shop on Grand Ave in Phoenix for First Friday Feb 7th 6-10pm

#womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist #mural #murals #phxart #phoenixartist #contemporarypainting #emotiveportrait #phxartist #phoenixmurals #hands #visualart #visualartist #exteriors #largescaleart
The first layer of pink background and line drawing for a mural by artist Tara Sharpe, depicting a central feminine face with a headpiece made from a wreath of flowers. A pair of hands with eyes emerge from the bottom through more flowers. The mural is in progress and is 8 x 8 feet.
February 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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hyperallergic.com
The Guerrilla Girls, Judith Bernstein, and the late artist-poet Etel Adnan have exhibitions in NYC this week — go pay them a visit.
Five NYC Shows to Start Your February
Make sure to check out shows by the Guerrilla Girls and Etel Adnan this week, along with a collection of imagined books and other great exhibitions.
hyperallergic.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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"The Procession
(As The Blossoms Unfurl)”
Tara Sharpe
2019
48” x 60” acrylic on canvas
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#expressionism #contemporarypainting #apparition #womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist #phoenixartist #arizonaartist #darkart #fineartpainting #fineart #finearts
#botanicalart #flowers #blossoms
A painting of a female figure in a dark hooded cloak emerges through a cascade of unfurling expressionistic pink flowers against a turquoise background.
February 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Our monthly list of opportunities is a resource for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.
Opportunities in February 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Cornell University, the Museum of Arts and Design, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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“The Objects of Speech”
Tara Sharpe
36” x 48” acrylic on canvas
available on tarasharpe.com

#expressionism #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #emotiveportrait #portrait #womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist #phoenixartist #arizonaartist #fineartpainting #fineart #finearts #abstraction
February 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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“Threshold of The Eternal Present” 60” x 60” acrylic on canvas
available on tarasharpe.com

#acrylicpainting #fineart #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #womenartists #artist #spirituality #spirit #painting #largepainting #artcollector #expressionism #azart #fineartpainting #contemporaryartist
January 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Painting from 2015
“Achievement and Misfortune (The Apparition)”
Tara Sharpe
24” x 36”
oil on wood
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#expressionism #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #oilonwood #apparition #womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist #phoenixartist #arizonaartist #darkart #fineartpainting #fineart #finearts
An expressionistic oil painting of a face emerging adorned with a headdress of abstracted shapes, consisting of layered colors and paint drips. Painting from 2015 “Achievement and Misfortune (The Apparition)” Tara Sharpe 24” x 36” oil on wood tarasharpe.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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HILMA at Desert Crafted
January 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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nytimes.com
New Zealand relaxed its visa requirements for remote workers, as the country looked to spur economic growth by courting “digital nomads,” the skilled professionals who can work from anywhere in the world that has an internet connection.
New Zealand Loosens Visitor Visas to Court Remote Workers
The country, which sank into a recession last year, is trying to entice highly skilled “digital nomads” to work in the island nation for up to nine months.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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“Study for The Blooms Beneath The Waves”
12” x 12” on wood
available on tarasharpe.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM