Tuesday Edition: Tamara Thomsen
Stairway by Tamara Thomsen8"x10" ($20) | 11"x14" ($50) | 16"x20" ($200) | 30"x40" ($2000)
Winter Kitchen by Tamara Thomsen
8"x10" ($20) | 11"x14" ($50) | 16"x20" ($200) | 30"x40" ($2000)
Tuesday greetings, collectors! I've returned from a week of typical San Francisco summer weather (freezing, foggy) to find that typical New York City weather (hot, humid and also: stinky) has made its late entrance. I'm only two days in and I've had just about enough, thankyewverymuch. Foul weather aside, it is good to be back — I've missed the JBP crew and, after nearly two full weeks of an Otter-free existence, I was antsy to reunite with my adorable pooch.
Today's pair of editions comes from a fellow animal lover, Tamara Thomsen. I've met Tamara twice, but with no opportunity for proper conversation on either occasion. Digging into all the supporting documents accompanying Winter Kitchen and Stairway has me intent on carving out time to chat with Tamara when our paths cross again. Her bio reveals our shared affinity for canine co-inhabitants, along with an intriguing history of accomplished design nerdery. Her editions, taken from her ongoing Chambers series, are the product of her sustained interest in architecture and interiors, also revealing an irrepressible urge to inject these tableaux with her own "jubilant fantasies."
Tamara's words and images make it clear that we've got plenty to talk about, but encountering them today as I have has also had the unintended effect of snapping me back into reality a bit. Most everyone I know is busy and over-extended and running, running, running all the time. Reading through Tamara's bio, I was struck with a pang of regret over our encounters to date. It's not every day I cross paths with another dog-loving, entrepreneurial design nerd and today I realized that an inability (albeit an understandable one) to tune out the static led me to cross her path twice without breaking my stride.
Meaningful interactions with people who share my passions is the best balm I know for the loneliness that's part and parcel of the going, going, going lifestyle so many of us lead. (Do you like that deflecting transition from "me" to "us"? I rue the day someone pyschoanalyzes these newsletters I write!) And yet how to stop oneself from all the going? Well, I'd say that it helps to have a practice of doing so, which brings me back to Tamara's paintings.
If you go through her archives, you'll notice that she has built her artistic practice around the close examination of her surroundings; she finds her inspiration in subjects that range from the organic to the everyday, and draws lessons for the present from our historical past. Looking at what she looks at reminds me that whatever my present is, there's something interesting in it and worthy of my attention. There are few days where a moment spent savoring my present would imperil my future. And really, if I'm not going to actually take the time to enjoy where I'm going once I get there, what's the point of all this forward motion?
Inspired as I am to enjoy some here-and-now time, I'm going to take my leave and go eat some daisies or smell some roses or what have you. Look for me in the morrow, when I'll be back with a fresh photography edition from a very! enthused! Hot Shot!
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