S1 E27. California-based artist and entrepreneur Tara Esperenza shares key takeaways from growing her painting career. From launching an organic ice cream company in the Bay Area to expanding her artistic practice and landing a solo exhibition, Tara encourages us to consistently show up for our dreams. Here’s what we discuss:
1. Why Tara is so fascinated by California’s plant life, and the lessons she’s learned from working so closely with her subject matter.
2. What inspired Tara to launch an organic ice cream company, and how her work as an entrepreneur has influenced her creative practice.
3. The power of showing up, putting ourselves out there, and approaching our art careers like professionals.
4. Why we need to remember that it’s never too late to get started!
About Tara:
Tara Esperanza earned a BFA in Painting and graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In addition, she studied plein air painting in Brittany, France. Tara was born and raised in Massachusetts. Inspired by the light and landscape, she later moved to Santa Fe, NM. She now resides in Oakland, California where succulents grow all year long.
Tara is a long distance runner and she studies plant life on her runs. She is inspired daily by the beauty that surrounds us and she captures images that live on through her art. All of the subjects of her paintings are seen through her eyes in nature.
Tara has exhibited her paintings in galleries throughout California. As well as the San Diego Museum of Art and the Museum of Northern California Art in Chico. Tara has been featured in publications such as All She Makes Magazine, Women’s United Art Movement Magazine, and Art Seen Magazine. Tara will also be featured in The MAGIC Issue #34 of Create Magazine. You will find her at Superfine Art Fair in San Francisco 3/23 - 26. Her next solo exhibition will be at Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland CA 6/16 - 7/22, 2023.
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