I just completed photographing the new collection of heart paintings. They are encaustic and collage, 5″ x 7″ on hardboard mounted on 9″ x 12″ chalkboard and framed.
Photographs do not do them justice. They are really vibrant in person and so full of texture.
I finished these today – more new small heart paintings – twenty-four of them!. They are 4″ x 4″ encaustic & collage paintings mounted on 6″ x 6″ chalkboard and placed on little table easels.
I’m so excited to share my new work. This is a collection of heart paintings – encaustic and collage that are presented on table easels, which are included with purchase. I just finished them this morning. (Being a professional artist is not a weekdays from 9 – 5 job. It’s a when-the-mood-strikes thingy).
I am in love with love. Which one is your favorite?
This is the current state of affairs in my living room and dining room as I prepare for upcoming art exhibitions and sales opportunities. The seventy-two encaustic fan paintings are in search of a venue. They will eventually vacate the six foot table in the middle of my living room. Stay tuned….
NEW ART GALLERY AND MORE FROM ARTIST KAREN TASHKOVSKI
Syracuse artist Karen Tashkovski has opened an art gallery inside AFL STUDIO, a hair salon located at 301 E. Seneca Street, Manlius, New York 13104. Current hours for the salon are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tashkovski will be available by appointment. Email her at artist@karentash.com.
The artwork currently on display and for sale is from three different decades of Tashkovski’s career: the Target paintings, 36” x 36” oil & collage (from 1997), the Talisman series, 18” x 24” oil & collage paintings (2008) and the new (2024) Arcadia series, 9” x 12” encaustic & collage paintings, as well as small heart encaustics that rest on display stands (included).
Tashkovski uses PayPal and Venmo (pending) as platforms for payment, and cash.
Karen Tashkovski will also be involved in the Cazenovia Art Trail from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on September 28th and 29th, 2024 stationed at the American Legion Hall, 26 Chenango Street, Cazenovia, New York 13035. There will be art for sale at this venue from five artists (Tashkovski included) plus food trucks in the parking lot. The Cazenovia Art Trail is a yearly event where Cazenovia-based artists open their home studios to visitors.
In addition, Tashkovski will exhibit twenty-four encaustic & collage paintings in a show titled Bungalow at the East Syracuse Free Library, 4990 James Street, East Syracuse, New York during October and November 2024 with an art reception on Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 4:45 – 6:45 PM.
Tashkovski used a metal detector to hunt for treasure in the backyard of her one-hundred-twenty-four-year-old bungalow. She incorporated the finds into the collage element of these encaustic paintings (encaustic is a combination of oil paint and beeswax).
Karen Tashkovski is a graduate of Syracuse University (BFA in Fashion Design & Studio Art – 1985, MS in Art Education – 1993). She lives in East Syracuse, New York. For more information, find the artist on social media: Karen Tashkovski – Visual Artist on Facebook and her web-site www.karentash.com.
As promised, here are my latest new encaustic heart paintings – two dozen 4″ x 4″ paintings on hardboard mounted on 6″ x 6″ chalkboard and resting on little Arts & Crafts-style easels.
