Astrophysics, travel, soft serve, coffee, metal, sushi, Ampeg, things and stuff, mexico, melon flavored things, pickles, bunnies, monsters, peanut butter.
Music
Shellac, Melvins, Blonde Redhead, Pentagram, Dead Meadow, Django Reinhardt, Doves, Illinios, Unwound, Les Savy Fav, Mastodon, Slayer, Neurosis, Isis, Neil Young, High on Fire, Baroness, Modest Mouse, Cat Power, Nation of Ulysses, Pinback, Dr. Dre, Dr. Octogon, Dr. Doom, Born Against, BRMC, Autolux, Diamond Nights, Red Sparowes, Unsane, Bowie, The Sword, Decemberists, Dears, Granddaddy, T Rex, The Warlocks, Godheadsilo, Sabbath, Cherubs, Zeppelin, Liars, Torche, Elton John, Shins, Universal Order of Armageddon, Walkmen, The Cars, Goblin Cock, Rye Coalition, Jesus Lizard, Early Man, Starlite Desperation, Enslaved, Echo and the Bunnymen, Big Business, Refused and on and on...
Movies
Who's the lady with the log?
We call her the log lady.
Books
Frankenstein, Naked, The Dirt, A Brief History of Time, 100%, Preacher.
Rio de Janiero, Brazil La Cucaracha, Signing.
August 21
Dragon Con Atlanta, Georgia
September 4 - September 7, 2009
I will be a Guest of Honor at this years Dragon Con! I designed the poster and booklet as well for the event.
Details TBA.
MORE INFO: Dragon Con
Semi-Permanent Melbourne, Australia
October 9 - October 10
I will be speaking at this years Semi-Permanent in Australia!
Details TBA
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Hello Kitty 35th Anniversary Exhibition Royal-T Gallery/Café/Shop, Culver City, CA
October 22 - November 15
Sanrio is turning Royal-T Gallery/Café/Shop, in Culver City, into a Hello Kitty Wonderland! Curated through JapanLA!
More information coming soon!
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Offset 2009 Dublin, Ireland
November 2 - November 8
I will be speaking at this year's Offset creative festival!
Details TBA
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Comica Festival London, UK
November 12 - November 14
I am speaking on November 12-14. More details to come!
MORE INFO: Comica
Hive Gallery Downtown LA
November 21
All female live painting. More details to come!
Loss, love, and loneliness. Altered forms and transfigured ideas. Power and vulnerability. Parallel universes of the heart and mind. Space and time. In a few brief years, the stunning visual oeuvre of Tara McPherson has grown and evolved at thrilling speed. Expanding beyond the limits of rock poster art into the worlds of commercial illustration and fine art, her paintings, drawings, toys, sculptures, and installations have pushed her influence and authority across the breadth of creative expression and helped redefine the boundaries of pop surrealism. Lost Constellations: The Art of Tara McPherson Volume 2 is the compelling road map to the artist's most recent and ambitious journeys in paint, pencil, and sculpture.
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My first book is out now! Available at comic and book stores everywhere. Huge thanks to everyone that has supported and bought the book! The first pressing sold out to distributors 3 weeks after the September 06 release date! The second printing hit bookstores in March 07, and we are now already in the third printing. Thank you so much for your continued support!!!
Tara McPherson is an artist based out of New York City that creates art about people and their odd ways. Her characters seem to exude an idealized innocence with a glimpse of hard earned wisdom in their eyes. Recalling many issues from childhood and good old life experience, she creates images that are thought provoking and seductive. People and their relationships are a central theme throughout her works.
Tara exhibits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world. Named the 'crown princess of poster art' by ELLE Magazine, she has created numerous gig posters for rock bands such as Beck, Modest Mouse, and Melvins. Her array of art also includes painted comics and covers for DC Vertigo, advertising and editorial illustrations for companies such as Pepsi and Spin Magazine, creating toys with KidRobot, and teaching a class at Parsons in NYC.
McPherson's art has been included in books such as Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson, Fables 1001 Nights of Snowfall, The Art of Modern Rock, Illusive 2, Illustration Now!, SWAG and SWAG 2, and more. She has lectured at the School of Visual Arts, AIGA NYC, AIGA Austin, The University of Arizona, MADE in Edmonton and Foyles London. Her art has also been featured in the Oscar Award winning film Juno, Veronica Mars, and Guitar Hero.
Tara was born in San Francisco in 1976 and raised in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from Art Center in Pasadena, CA in August 2001 with honors in Illustration and a minor in Fine Art. She interned at Rough Draft Studios, working on Matt Groening's "Futurama" during college.
She has been featured in Juxtapoz, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Sony Magazine, Bust, Magnet, Elle, Marie Claire, Spin, TV 3, Current TV, Swindle, CBC Radio, Super7, Inked, NY Press, LA Times, PBS, Paste, HOW, Step, Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, Metal Hammer, International Tattoo Art, AIGA, Seattle Times, LA Weekly, Gothamist, DC Comics, Punk Planet, Savage Tattoo and many more.
Some of her clients include DC Comics, Warner Brothers, Dark Horse Comics, Kidrobot, Rayban, Strangeco, Spin, Pepsi, Fanta, Goldenvoice, Harper Collins, Bloomsbury, Revolver, Knitting Factory, Playstation 2, House of Blues, Dogfish Head Brewery, Nike and Wyden+Kennedy among others.
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I also want to say thank you so much for all the great comments and messages!! I'm very busy working on projects right now so please understand if I don't have time to reply to everyone. I really appreciate all the kind words!
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