New Work

Acrylic, Charcoal, and Graphite on Yupo

17.5" x 23"

975.00

I have been working in the studio and have this painting to share with you. It is currently untitled so feel free to chime in with any suggestions.

Please remember that I am a lousy picture taker. ;)

Detail

Detail

Titled

Against the Wind

Unofficial Photo until I can get to the Photographer

Against the Wind

Acrylic, Charcoal, and Graphite

17.5" x 23"

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Official Photograph

Titling a painting is a funny thing. I never want something to be too specific as I don't want to constrict the viewers experience, I want to enhance it. So it needs to be a open ended.

I usually think of the title hours after I have left my photographers. He will ask me for the title and I don't have one, so we will reference it by materials and subject or color. I have quite a few files titled blue pony or red horse.

Everyone once in a while someone will be taking to me or I'll be listening to the radio and a word or phrase will catch my attention and that's it! The title of a work I have just completed. Or it will lead me on a little course of seemly random thoughts that bring about the title.

Last night via email chat someone asked me the title of this painting. I didn't have one yet. During our exchange she mentioned that her horses' Jockey Club name was Against the Wind. Voila! Titled!

Thank you Anne.

Sometimes

Primavera

Oil, Acrylic, and Charcoal 

on Canvas

40" x 60"

7950.00

Sometimes, if you are very lucky you just listen to your heart. You forget all the reasons why you shouldn't do this or you ought to do that, and you just listen to that constant, soft, true voice. The voice that usually gets drowned out by all the shouting in the world.

This painting is one where I just listened and was led down a garden path.

Double Edged Sword

Untitled

Acrylic, Charcoal, and Graphite on Yupo

17.25" x 23"

975.00

One of the best things about being an artist is that there is no one telling me what to do. One of the worst things about being an artist is that there is no on telling me what to do.

The freedom is amazing! I can explore things, ideas, media, anything and everything. I can revisit the past or plunge into unknown territory. I am the one who sets my own parameters and can remove them or change them at will. It is boundless!

This sort of freedom can also become a hinderance. With all the possibilities, how do I choose one to start? How do I focus on one idea, one notion, and stay with it when there are so many other ideas dancing around demanding attention?

To be honest, I don't know. Some days I don't. Some days I clean and sort things. Some days I stretch and gesso canvas. Some days I do paper work. While, all these things need to be done, some days I do them to avoid choosing.

Most days however, I just pick my media and begin to work. 

Most days are good.

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Exploring the Dark

Acrylic, Charcoal, and Graphite on Yupo

17.5" x 23"

800.00

Everyone knows that in the dark, you can't see. However when I was in a drawing class many years ago an instructor turned the tables on the phrasing and said "In a world of absolute light you see nothing."

This had an impact on my. I started search for the shadows.

Musical Freestyle

Musical Freestyle

Mixed Media on Paper

22" x 15"

750.00

There is something truly magical about the Musical Freestyle. In a brilliant performance the horse and rider seem to be carried away by the music, as if the music itself directed the horses footfalls.

This painting offers you a glimpse into the magic.

Intaglio

Untitled Intaglio Print

11" x 11"

on 15" x 22" Stonehenge

Edition of Ten

$225.00

An Intaglio printed on a warm stone colored sheet of Stonehenge. The print is hand pulled with the use of an etching press from an incised zinc plate.

Bittersweet

"Bittersweet"

Oil on Canvas

34" x 34"

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I finished this painting earlier this week and had Tom Alexander photograph it for me. He does  beautiful work and I am able to see the painting square inch by square inch it I wish.

There is something bittersweet about finishing a painting. You are ending your involvement with it as an artist, as a creator. The new relationship with it is hard to describe. There is a good deal of satisfaction in gazing at the finished work and a bit of pride, but there is also a edge of sadness, of longing to be involved in the process of painting and creating. 

And so, there is only one cure for this malaise, today I start a new painting.

Mono Serigraphs

Untitled Canter

Mono Serigraph

12" x 9"

$225.00

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I love printmaking. I gives you such a different surface than direct drawing or painting. I am also impatient, and love the immediate  result you have when working on a drawing or painting, no proofing.

Working with silkscreens, watercolor, graphite, and a clear acrylic silkscreen medium I produced this Mono Serigraph. I printed both of these on a piece of Stonehenge that I had toned with watercolor.

Love it when you can combine techniques and media.

Untitled Jumper

Mono Serigraph

15" x 10"

$275.00

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Lighting and Living with Artwork.

L'Air du Temps

hanging at

 Hidden Light

L'Air du Temps

photographed at 

Tom Alexander's Studio

40" x 60"

Oil on Canvas

$7950.00

Color is so subjective and reactive. This is the same painting photographed by the same photographer. The top painting was photographed hanging at Hidden Light. The warm wood tones really heat up the color in the painting. Notice how creamy the white of the horse is and how much stronger the yellows and reds appear.

The bottom painting was photographed in the studio and is a very true representation of the original art work. The light in the studio mimics sunlight and allows for the full spectrum of color to be shown.

I love it when someone who has purchased one of my paintings sends me a photograph of it hanging in it's new home. It takes on a different persona, one I feel is a reflection it owners.

Thank you Tom Alexander for always photographing my artwork true to form.

Monoprint- Indian Summer

Indian Summer

Monoprint

Ink on Stonehenge Paper

22" x 15"

$295.00

In the Southwest the summer is marked by brilliant greens and dry browns. We have a tenuous  relationship with the vegetation as it can quickly become fuel for a wild flower. This print reminds me of that relationship.

Dear Collectors,

"August Moon"

Embellished Monoprint

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I am fortunate to have four pieces of Tanner Jensen’s art in my home.  Her work reconnects me with my original childhood dream of what horses are - powerful, graceful, elegant animals in their own element.  They reground me and remind me why I continue to have horses in my life when things are difficult as well as charm me after a good ride.  I look forward to purchasing more of her work and passing them along to my daughter when I am longer on this earth so she can continue to treasure them also.

Gayle Dauverd

Dear Collectors,

I am writing to you to request a few lines regarding living with the paintings, prints, collages, and other artwork you have acquired that I created.

Why now? I am in the process of having a new website designed for me. The designer asked me about having a testimonial page. While I have always cherished the comments I have received from collectors and patrons, I have been remiss about sharing them publicly. That is now going to be remedied with you help.

Please note that these will be published on my new site. If you wish to be anonymous or only your first name and last name initial to be used I will make sure that that happens.

Thank you,

Tanner

Comments may be sent to me at tanner@ctannerjensen.com

Artist Reception in Scottsdale

I will be in Scottsdale January 9th, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm for an Artist Reception for "Grab Mane, It's the Year of the Horse" at The Diamond Consignment Store, 7001 East Main Street. It is a lovely space with fantastic lighting. I couldn't be more please with how beautifully displayed my paintings are.

Not to mention the fantastic people who own and run the store, Carl and Barb. They are warm and friendly.

The reception will be held during the Scottsdale Artwalk, so if you're out please come in and see my painting and say hello.

Iberian I and II

Iberian I

Iberian II

Now available as a Limited Edition Giclée Print on Canvas. The edition is of 25 and after they are sold, no more will be produced. Each print is 20" x 30" and is gallery wrapped so that it is ready for you to hand on your wall or frame it. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Iberian I
20" x 30"
Gallery Wrapped
Signed and Numbered
Giclée Print on Canvas
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Iberian II
20" x 30"
Gallery Wrapped
Signed and Numbered
Giclée Print on Canvas
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Shipping and handling to the US
$50.00

Contact me tanner@ctannerjensen.com or phone 928-460-0065

Pony Up!

Mixed Media 

S695.00

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Mixed Media

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If you are interested in these paintings now is the time to "Pony Up" and purchase them. They are lovely and will add that extra equine elegance to any room they hang in.

These  paintings have always been referred to as "The Green Ponies", they are part of the "In Search of the Superlative Horse" series.

Mixed media which includes- watercolour, graphite, ink, and 22 kt gold leaf on 300 lb Saunders Waterford Watercolour paper. 11"x 15"

The frame is hand gilded 22 kt gold leaf. Double matted under glass. 18" x 22"

They are $695.00 each plus shipping.

Hanging Art

I love creating vignettes. Whether it's a table or wall pretty soon I will have filled it with a collection of objects and art.

This grouping is of a woodcut by Mary Holland, an oil by Max Hammond and various piece of mine.

Another from the Herd

This painting will be on view at West of the Moon Gallery,111 East Aspen Street,Flagstaff,Arizona.The show "A String of Ponies" opens April 1st for First Friday Art Walk.
 8"x 16",
Mixed Media on Canvas
$195.00

A String of Ponies II

I thought it might be interesting to show a painting from start to finish.

This is one in a series of paintings where I used the same image.I love being able to explore colour and line.I love how the arrangement completely change the feeling.

This painting is one that will be a part of the show"A String of Ponies" opening April 1st at West of the Moon Gallery,111 East Aspen Street,Flagstaff,Arizona.

Oil on Canvas

24"x24"

$1450.00

Work Horses

Collage on wood
4"x4"x2"
$65.00
$10.00 shipping
for additional images please contact me.

Pony Up II

Collage on wood
4"x4"x2"
$65.00
$10.00 shipping US
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