Tara Sharpe Artist

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.

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.

"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

"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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

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

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

Sunset driving in New Mexico

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.

“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 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.

Finished this mural yesterday on Grand Ave in Phoenix, Arizona

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#mural #murals #womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist #symbolism #largescaleart #artist #painting #phoenixartist #arizonaartist #art #portrait #handswitheyes #hands #colorfulart

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.

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

An image showing the moon with a hazy ring around it.

did you see the ring around the moon this evening?

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

#ringaroundthemoon #moon #desertmoon

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.

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

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.

The Guerrilla Girls, Judith Bernstein, and the late artist-poet Etel Adnan have exhibitions in NYC this week — go pay them a visit.

A painting of a female figure in a dark hooded cloak emerges through a cascade of unfurling expressionistic pink flowers against a turquoise background.

"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

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.

Our monthly list of opportunities is a resource for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.

“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

“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

Love his work.

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

Painting from 2015
“Achievement and Misfortune (The Apparition)”
Tara Sharpe
24” x 36”
oil on wood
tarasharpe.com

#expressionism #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #oilonwood #apparition #womenpaintingwomen #femaleartist #phoenixartist #arizonaartist #darkart #fineartpainting #fineart #finearts

HILMA at Desert Crafted

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.

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.

“Study for The Blooms Beneath The Waves”
12” x 12” on wood
available on tarasharpe.com

“Within Your Heaven, I Scar The Sky” 48” x 48” on canvas
available on tarasharpe.com

“Atlanteia and Appalachia”
40” x 40” on canvas
available

“Study For Celebrating The Sun In A Cloudless Sky” 8” x 8” on wood
available to collect on tarasharpe.com

Josh Bodnar and Kyllan Maney hanging my painting “An Uprising Sea” for the Cultivating Joy art show opening on Thursday January 16, 2025 6-10pm at Danelle Plaza in Tempe, Arizona