Tanya Darl - Hopping
acrylic on canvas
$216
90 x 60cm
This is a painting of my beautiful dog. When she is happy and excited, she hops around like a kangaroo. I love her so much that she has inspired me to do a number of original artworks with her on them.
About the Artist
Tanya is a painter and photographer. She is inspired by the Australian landscape, including the colour and sparseness of the outback, rainforests, bushland, flowers, rivers and creeks, beaches, Australian streetscapes, old houses, and cityscapes. Tanya has done portraits of some famous Australians including James Morrison and Deborah Conway. She also loves to express her emotions through her artworks and has a semi-abstract style.
Tanya’s preferred tools are her bare hands, brushes, palette knives, squeegees and sponges. Painting with acrylics and oils on canvas, timber or cardboard is her preferred use of materials. She loves the feel and texture of paint.
Tanya’s technique is free and rapid, which is in sync with her sometimes fast mind. This technique has developed over her years of painting and experimenting. She drips, pours, flicks and smears paint onto the canvas, “which I thoroughly enjoy doing… I find it energetic and fun! I also find painting to be tiring and reflective... when I am tapping into my emotional work,” she said.
Recently Tanya has been experimenting with adding more dimensions to her artwork. This includes objects, sound, smell and texture. She is happy to make her art more accessible to all of our senses, and to those experiencing disability.