Tara Tucker

Jacks/ up now at the Staff "Outside In" Show at Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.

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To Crixa with Us and Us and Us.

Graphite on paper

2007

Rug and drawing

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Above is a traditionally hooked rag rug that I made a few years ago. It took me two years to complete and it is 10' x 5' made entirely of recycled wool garments, scraps from friend's sewing projects and my own clothes. It now lives in Madagasgar inside the American Embassy.

Below, is a medium sized drawing that I did in 2008 of a baboon, a Secretary Bird and a double headed snake. "Double Trouble"

Camel

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This is a drawing with graphite on paper. Title: "Outpost" 2008

Big Buffalo in the West Oakland studio.

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This is a drawing done with acrylic paint on raw linen. It is about 9' x 5'. I have been working on it on and off for a couple of months now.

2011 UPDATE! I'm BACK!!!

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Hi everyone,

Yes, it has been a long time since I updated my blog. 2008 was the last entry. Sad, I know... But, I have decided to attempt blogging again. Maybe it will catch on and hold this time. I will post interesting things that I'm up to or have seen on this blog. I promise! Thanks for looking. -Tara

Photos of shows in the Bay Area

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I took this photo of my Forrest Sheep sculptures that were nicely displayed at SFAC.

This is a photo of the opening. It was packed!

I was very excited to be in this group show because of the wonderful artists that I was exhibited with: Tiffany Bozic, James Drake, Leiv Fagereng, and Walton Ford.

I am also in an equally super group show in Oakland, CA. at the Oakland Art Gallery, called "Beastiaries." The other artists are: Jo Ann Biagini, Michael Hall, David Hevel, Peter Honig, Misako Inaoka, Tarra Lyons, Daniel Ross and Anna Vaughan.

A Complicated Dominion/ Group Show at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery

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Table top snap shot of new drawing

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Here is a quick photo of my newest drawing. It was completed this week. Soon, it will have a real photo taken of it that I will post later. Enjoy a sneak peek now!

The Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco, CA. will be showing this drawing in a group show in July 2008. More info. to come.

The LONGEST dog ever.... Comic relief.

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Okay, these are my dogs and I just thought this photo of them in bed was funny.

Shows that I am in NOW: June 2008

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The next show that I have work in will be at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery in San Francisco, CA. This will be a fantastic feast for the eyes. It is a group show featuring five artists: Tara Tucker, Leiv Fagereng, James Drake, Tiffany Bozic and Walton Ford.

A Complicated Dominion: Nature and New Political Narratives

Opening on Thursday June 12, 6-8pm

BYO Brown Bag Lunch Discussion: Wed. July 23, 12-1pm

for more info. go to the link below and look up current exhibitions.

http://www.sfacgallery.org

Also, another great group show that I am in is called "Bestiaries"

At the Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA.

199 Kahn's Alley

Oakland, CA. 94612

phone: 510-637-0395

http://www.oaklandartgallery.org/home.asp

May 14- June 28, 2008

Reception is over...

Artist Talk: June 19th, 6-8pm

The OAG will be open for the First Friday in June for the Oakland ART MURMUR ! Come on down and see this amazing show!

The artists in this show are: Tara Tucker, JoAnn Biagini, Michael Hall, David Hevel, Peter Honig, Misako Inaoka, Tarra Lyons, Daniel Ross and Anna Vaughan (who is also the curator.)

This little Piggy/ I drew and drew and drew........

2008-06-05T21:56:00.000-07:00

This little piggy was also in the Zoid show, but I still need to locate the "good" photo of it for this blog. But for now you can look at it as it was on my work table. The show turned out to be a wonderful experience for me. I had to create an entire solo show of 12 new drawings in about three months time! That is a record for me. The Javalina above was one of the last of that series. I was feeling kind of tired and it represents how I felt.

Steven Zevitas and his most excellent gallery staff framed and hung the show to perfection. I flew out to Boston and was so happy.

More work from ZOID at the OSP/ Steven Zevitas Gallery in Boston

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Here are some more images of the drawings that I made for the show in Boston.

Drawings from the Boston show back in February 2008

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These are all drawings from my show: "Zoid" at the OSP/ Steven Zevitas Gallery in Boston, MA.

New stuff from the summer of 2007

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Emu
2007
Graphite on paper

Goldfish with Fry habitat
2007
Graphite on paper
12 x 15 inches

Look at my May 2007 show.

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If you want to look at my whole show from last May at the Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco, go to the link below.

http://renabranstengallery.com/Tucker_Tour07.html

How about some sheep?!

2007-08-09T20:17:00.001-07:00

Epiphyte on Ram
2006
Graphite on paper
15 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches framed

Spat (Two Old Forest Rams)
2007
Graphite on paper
27 1/2 x 32 x 3/8 x inches framed

Forest Ram; Forest Ewe; Forest Lamb
2007
Mixed media
29 x 21x 23 inches; 27 1/2 x 21 x 23 inches; 22 x 13 x 19 inches

Forest Sheep sculptures again.

Going to the dogs..... A few pieces from my Solo show at the Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco.

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Arboreal Dogs: Unconditional Love (Breeding Pair of Rare Silver Coloration)
2007
Graphite on Paper
27 x 32 3/8 inches framed

Arboreal Dog: "Unlimited Possiblities"
2007
Graphite on paper
27 1/2 x 32x 3/8 inches framed

Man's Best Friend Thinks Alike
2007
Graphite on Paper
17 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches framed

You're going to reap just what you sew
2007
Graphite on Paper
35 x 43 7/8 inches framed

Show at Rena Bransten Gallery

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The opening for my show at Rena Bransten is Thursday, April 12, 5:30 - 7:30pm.
The show runs from April 12 to May 19, 2007.

Information about the gallery and images from the show are at www.renabranstengallery.com/exhibition_current.html

Dirt Mama/ African Cape Dog adaptation

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This is a small 8" x 10" graphite on paper drawing I finished last week for an auction at the Oakland Art Gallery. It will be up for auction on October 19th,2006 5-8pm! Look at their website for more info. at: www.oaklandartgallery.org.

This drawing is part of a new series of work that I am doing that is about animal life mergeing with plant life. Some day I will provide a better artist's statement to further explain myself.

Small furry pig with flora

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This is a drawing that I just completed today, 7/11/06. It is about 8.5" x 10". Graphite on paper. I'm moving in a direction, subject wise, where flora and fauna merge. It is having to do with protection, food...etc....

At the "Happiness for all the artists" show

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This a picture of the opening at Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland. There's the sheep sculpture!

There was also the accoridan stylings of Ms. Julie Alvarado, a friend, artist and fellow staff member of mine. She was fabulous!

Press for "Happiness for all the artists"

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"Happiness for all the artists" is featured in The San Francisco Chronicle's 96 Hours section, with an image of "The Keeper."

Sheep sculpture 2006

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This is my most recent sculpture. It will be in a show at Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, CA. The show is called: "Happiness for all the artists." The reception is on June 29th, 5pm-8pm. 355 24th Street, Oakland.

The sheep is made of wool, epoxy based clay, wire and plastic. She stands about 26" high and 24" long. I plan to make a series of these sheep. Four more are in the works. I am calling them my "Forest Sheep".

Press for "Fabulandia: Fauna"

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Juxtapoz
SFGate Culture Blog
Art Business

Fabulandia:Fauna at the LAB Gallery in San Francisco 2006

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Fabulandia:Fauna at the LAB Gallery in San Francisco 2006

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Fabulandia:Fauna at the LAB Gallery in San Francisco 2006

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A Better Jack

Brat

No way out

Graphite on paper drawings

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Forest Sheep

Two Forest Sheep

The Keeper

More graphite on paper drawings

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Snap it!

Salty (Small Nubbins portrait)

Forest Ram

Drawings on paper

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Epiphyte on Ram

Bigger is better

Pet #1

Baby's hungry

Teenage Salty (Portrait)

More Brackish Ways

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A view of the giant drawing in the show. "Saltation". It's about a moment in time when several salties are trying to control three huge dogs that are leaping in the air. The Salties like to breed Whippets. And bigger is better in their minds.

In Brackish Ways I had a diorama set up. It was a glimpse into the Salty way of life. Racing remote control toy cars in a parking lot of the ruins of a strip mall. One of their giant Whippets hangs out in back. It's an evening scene.

A close up of the diorama.

Text from New Langton's web site:

For the Musée d'Honneur Miniscule, Langton's street level exhibition space, Tara Tucker has installed Brackish Ways, a gateway to the realm of the Salties, white animals that are whale-like with tiny hands and broken teeth. Like Haines's dancing dandy, the Salties seem to be in constant pursuit of over-the-top happiness, despite the looming threat of pesky, hungry-looking greyhounds. As alter egos, they have completely abandoned the human form, but retain some touching human characteristics and behaviors. Tucker's is an unnatural-history museum with dioramas of an extinct race, who found joy in the friendships at abandoned parking lots and tried to overthrow the enemies that became too powerful.

James Bewley, Program Director

Brackish Ways- a solo show at New Langton Arts in San Francisco, CA

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View of giant drawing: "Saltation", graphite on paper and of "Fly", a Salty sculpture made out of Celuclay and mixed media.

"Crawl", a Salty sculpture made out of Celuclay and mixed media.

A view of Brackish Ways.

"The come hither whale", one of the very first Salty sculptures ever! Made of Celuclay and mixed media, plus a real antique kid's chair.

Another view of the show.

Link to show on New Langton's website