The artist's opening reception for Breathing Space will be held Saturday, June 1st from 10am - 2pm
Artist page with bio and addtional works link
Artist Statement:
Seduction + Humble Beauty
Drawn to buildings of utility, I love the unembellished, un-self-conscious organization of parts, the rich surfaces, the space. Things rubbed, used, aged, ignored, rusted. Their systems, patterns, and patina speak without agenda. I am trained classically as an architect. I find formal relationships in informal places.
My paintings are primarily oil and have an architectural focus. I am interested in how we experience things and create memories. I study the way things are connected and organized. My formal training creates a visual filter that enables me to see these relationships in places often deemed mundane. My work gives voice to places that are forgotten or neglected, to buildings that are in our midst but undervalued and not seen.
I am a maker. I work with my hands.
I am committed to the authenticity of my work in oil on canvas. Oil paint is tactile and primal. The rich smell of the grease, the ability to move it, and alter it with brushes, tools, or fingers. Like painting with lipstick.
Loose Precision
Three-dimensional experiences are distilled into precise organizations of composition and color on a flat canvas. Layers of paint add texture to the ongoing story, allowing it to be discovered and live once again in physical space. I immerse myself, rubbing and layering color and image to find the storied patina through process itself. I often work big. I am interested in space and experience. I am a maker of space. That and a dreamer.
New Freedom
My new work is abstract, dropping references to actual things and reining the passion I feel for the rest of it; organization of the parts, color, space, layers, movement, scale, line, negative space, and contrast. I am more involved with the layers of information, some covered, some veiled, some showing through. My architect’s brain stays with me as I respond to feeling, intuition, and experience.
Karen JS Tashjian
May 2024
· Dimensions are in inches, height precedes width.
· All works titled & signed by the artist.
· All works are oil on canvas or linen.
· View the full exhibition and additional works at meibohmfinearts.com
· Artist’s website: karentashjian.com; Instagram: @kjstdesign; facebook: Karen Tashjian
Catalog of Exhibition:
1. Critical Red
30 x 30, 2024
2300.00
2. Sublime Blue
30 x 30, 2024
2300.00 (sold)
3. Veiled
12 x 12, 2024
550.00
4. Liminal Space
48 x 72, 2024
8500.00
5. Rhapsody
30 x 40, 2024
3000.00 (sold)
6. Duende
60 x 62, 2023
7500.00
7. Celedon House
30 x 30, 2021
2100.00 (sold)
8. Lovejoy
30 x 60, 2021
3800.00
9. Educated Guess
30 x 40, 2024
3000.00
10. Red Synapse
24 x 48, 2024
3200.00
11. Isolated Incidents No. 2
30 x 20, 2023
1800.00
12. Local Events
30 x 30, 2024
2300.00
13. Green Light
16 x 16, 2024
950.00
14. Elevated Blue
27 x 60, 2024
3400.00
15. City Hall No. 1
18 x 18, 2019
1200.00
16. Pink Path
40 x 30, 2024
3200.00 (sold)
17. Bethlehem Structure
30 x 30, 2020
2100.00
18. Classical Pierce
36 x 72, 2021
4500.00
Front Window Display:
FWL. Buffalo Elevator Space
30 x 30, 2019
2100.00
FWR. Green Gable
30 x 30, 2021
2100.00
