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First Rain Oil on Linen 18 x 18″
This is a framed original oil painting, on Claessens portrait-grade Belgian linen – a very fine, archival linen, considered to be the best quality material available for artist canvas. The frame is a custom wood float frame, black. 1.5″ deep with a satin finish. Ready to hang. Free Tahoe delivery and installation upon request. Learn More >>
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For me, painting is an act of slow looking and responding. The process is a gradual opening, a dilation of the mind. Intimacy with a subject comes from staying with it, and not succumbing to distractions. A form of meditation, painting helps me embrace the transience of nature, and life.
When I try to grasp Autumn leaves, they lose their colour, and turn to dust. Wildflowers wither in my hand, river ripples distort and disappear. Embracing the ephemeral beauty of seasons and light has become a portal to my understanding of the ‘eternal now’. Painting is a synthesis of experience, time and reflection. The slow unfolding of a fleeting moment.
Schedule a Visit to The Shelley Zentner Gallery @ Untethered
I offer a free guided tour of the art collection. There’s 3 floors packed with paintings and drawings. You can also look by yourself, I’ll welcome you at the door and point you in the right direction. Complimentary beverages are available for you! Kombucha, Tea, Coffee, sparkling water..
There’s no obligation to buy, just enjoy the culture!
"Everything is held in place by its gravitational attachment to something else."
The Welsh term ‘Hiraeth’ comes to mind when I think about gravity. It has no literal translation, but means a longing for Welsh culture and places. It can also refer to a longing for something that never existed.
I’m a Welsh artist, but Tahoe is my home now. I came here on an endless bouldering road trip in 2005, met my American soulmate and stayed. I’m influenced by the flow of rivers, skies and wild landscape. I’m fascinated by the constant transformation of the natural world.
About the Art
I call my technique ‘sensory time weaving’. Holding raw materials in my bare hands, working the surface with my skin connects me to a wider, multi sensory experience of belonging to this life. Entering a receptive dream state, symbolic language sketched in the field emerges. Fragmented masses of light coming through trees are poems. Dancing reflections on water are songs. Drawing with pastels and charcoal collected from wildfire is a primal, healing way to engage with the transformational process of nature.
Greetings Cards – 6 Pack
Pack of six blank cards featuring original artworks – Kashmir, The Japanese Garden, Goluedy, The Exchange, Y Sgwrs, Y Gwaithdy. Measures 4 x 5.5″
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In 2021, The Caldor Fire ignited near South Lake Tahoe. It burned 221,835 acres in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada. The fire dropped down Echo Summit above our community, and burned both sides of the valley we live in. Our narrow strip of riverside forest was saved by firefighters. Since then, wildfire has been one of the most persistent features of our landscape. I gathered charcoal from the fire, and made drawings with it, as a healing way to process the experience.
