Right off the bat I have to once again credit Janet Blyberg for introducing me to a terrific artist. Today it's Tamara Thomsen. Shown above is Stairway, part of Thomsen's series, Chambers, which includes large-scale watercolor paintings of spare interiors on paper. The artist's inspiration for the rooms came from the 18th-century Georgian house, Mt. Pleasant, in Philadelphia. Her focus is on the architecture, the lines, the woodwork -- basically the bones of the rooms.Currently, affordable editioned prints of Stairway are available at 20 x 200, gallerist Jen Bekman's website offering limited edition prints of original works on paper (and photography) at attainable prices. Archival pigment prints of Thomsen's work are priced between $20 and $200, depending on size.
Thomsen earned her MFA in painting at Virginia Commonwealth University and her BFA in painting at Syracuse University.
Image © Tamara Thomsen.
If you're an architecture buff, you might enjoy A Matter of Perception.
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Amazing! I am going to go now to check out the prints.
Wonderful. These are stunning. There is no denying the "good bones" of these works.
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Very nice, cannot wait to check out more!
I love it! I just found your blog and I'm really enjoying it. I wanted to invite you to enter my giveaway, you have until Monday. Have a wonderful weekend!
Always love your "scoops" to new artists. Do you know the work of North Carolina artist Page Laughlin? There was an article about her in May 2007 Traditional Home. Her work is interior focused as Thomen's is but her approach is very different. Both are inspiring for those of us who are house and art junkies!
Courtney,
Fabulous post on artists! And I love the post on the Eastern fabrics- Eastern and Moroccan Decor is my passion- though I don't always get the opportunity to incorporate Eastern esp. Moroccan into my designs- just waiting for the right clients! I love your blog- it's one of the first blogs I ever came accross! Stop by to visit my blog and say Hi!
Take Care!
Michelle Zuniga
Zuniga Interiors
HBD -- Thanks. I'll Google her :)
Michelle, Yansy --
Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate that.
Takes one great artist to know another and then share others with us thanks!
Bette
Janet has such a great eye! Her finds are terrific.
Very unique, wonderful works by Tamara.
Wow, she has a great use of color and marries it with great architecture, or bones!
Thank you - I am going to look her up! I miss the city and the constant exposure to beautiful architecture for free.
Belle -- it's fun to see the range on her site and then the 20 x 200 option is so budget-friendly :)
Such a jewel box of colors...and an eye for bringing the past alive. I am glad you liked Thomsen's art as much as I did!
P.S. SC is loading again on the old Mac!
Tamara Thomsen here--a Style Court fan sent me a tip about this page. Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments, including Style Court's write-up. I really appreciate it. And JCB's mention too. You all made my day!
Tamara -- great to hear from you! I love your work and just bought a print myself :)
thanks for sharing great artwork...beautiful!!
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