When Tim and I were walking through the French Quarter last weekend, we passed by Lyon & Lyon art gallery (their site is under construction, so I have no link yet).
Tim’s eyes were drawn to a painting by artist Paul Tamanian (Tim said it was how he wished he could make his bathroom floor look).
I stepped into Lyon & Lyon on Sunday morning, and found out that Tamanian originally worked in ceramics, but ended up using metal, beating the hell out of it in various ways to create his art. He makes sculptures as well as paintings, and the woman at the gallery let me lift one of the sculptures so I could see how deceptive its heavy appearance was.
Tamanian’s work is also being shown at galerie dalray in New Orleans.
And below is some of his art at Galleria Silecchia in Sarasota, whose site also includes photos of Tamanian at work.
Loose Control, mixed media on aluminum, $15,500
Altered Fate, mixed media on aluminum, $17,000
Ripping Yarn, mixed media on aluminum, $13,000
All Square, mixed media on aluminum, each piece is $700
Those are beautiful! Too bad I would only be able to afford about 1 square inch of one of his works.
Yeah, and Tim won’t be getting any for his birthday, either.
Look at those prices! MY!!!