Tina says, “I love contemporary art and animals and have merged these passions into my current style that illustrates more than a traditional rendering of animal forms. I am always exploring various principles about animals and/or their impact on us and vice versa. I feel fortunate to live in the Tehachapi Mountains; a simpler lifestyle that allows me to observe and coexist with the natural wildlife and domesticated animals in the area. Not only inspirational, these animal muses allow me an up close and personal observation that I find necessary for my art.
With this amazing stimulus, I paint daily in watercolors or fluid acrylics. When I am not painting I’m exhibiting, and have been fortunate to exhibit in numerous juried exhibitions across California and have received many awards. Most recently this year, my painting “Death’s Messenger” received Best of Show in the Crow Exhibition in San Diego. In 2015, I had a solo exhibition at Lancaster’s Museum of Art and History ( MOAH) entitled “Ravens: Myths and Legends” which is the same body of work I would like to share in your fine museum.”
Video Courtesy of Mark Pahuta
