Live Painting Performances

These 3-Dimensional Live Painting Art Performances involve a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural creative collaboration combining dance, talented musicians, and painting on canvas. Each performance is a unique choreography pushing the edge of expression and painting on canvas as well as inspiring the audience.  Creating elemental mandalas in a style of Contemporary Abstractions, Tara grounds her inspiration on large scale canvases.   See some example of Live Paintings in Her Gallery.

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As she catalyzes and invokes the creative spirit through her tapestry of dancing her canvas, live music and throwing paint, the audience can feel the canvas becoming alive. Often times, viewers receive insight from what is being expressed. The choreography is happening in the present moment, pushing the edge of art and expression. The Intention is always set in the beginning; listening, following intuition, embracing the rhythms of sound. Each painting is created in the moment and comes to life.

“How does the artist get from the beginning to the end of a painting?” a client asked me. I responded, “I’ll show you.” I received a commision to paint a series called Dancing through the Elemental Changes. (now at 100 Larkspur Landing in Larkspur. California) Through my love of sound, movement and painting as daily practices, I was inspired to braid together these modalities. To step out of my studio, to  create and collaborate Live Painting Performances in front of audiences, I am able to push through my fears of being seen and of expressing the unseen, and to inspire the same courage in others this is how heARTistry in MOTION~awaken the creative spirit through art and movement was birthed.  Tara’s work has been featured in Conscious Dancer Magazine.

Specific Venues

• Dancing Across the Canvas
  Live Painting Ceremonial Performance
  Solo Art Show Innerstella Yoga Studio
  Berkeley, CA – October 2014
  Dancers: Akasha Silverhawk, Caroline Seckinger
  RoundDrum Singer: Benjamin Benavides
• Painted Prayers:
  Solo show at Cloud 9
  Berkeley, CA – April 2014
  Kaia Ra- Opening Prayer
  Dancers: Tyler Nilson, Daneja GoldenWolf
  Singers: Brian Elder, Daneja
  Round Drum: Benjamin Benavides
• rEVOLution Solo Show at Google
  Mountain View, CA – Nov 2011
  Didge: Jonah Kai
  Native Drum/singer: Benjamin Benevides
  Singer: Sarah Eden Davis
  Dancers: Tyler Nilson, Joseph Rynd
• The Battle of the Artistic Critic
  Isis Oasis, Geyserville, CA – November 2009
  Digeridoo: Astarius
  Dancers: Chryseph Fawcett, Tyler Nilson
• Magdalines Song
  Isis Oasis, Geyserville, CA – October 2009
  Digeridoo: Vlad Cardema
• Dancing Through the Fires
  Burning Man – Sacred Spaces Village – Aug 2009
• The Battle of the Artistic Critic
  The Temple SF – April 2009
  Native Singer: Ben Benavides
  Dancers: Chryseph Fawcett, Tyler Nilson
• Rejuvination Festival Opening
  May 2009
  Native Elders
  Drums: Tyler Nilson
• Winter Garden Cross Cultural Collaboration 
  January 2008
  Native Flute: Ernesto Elmo
  Native Singer: Ben Benavides
  Vocals: Sarah Eden & Sahn Ashena
  Dancers: Joseph Rynd & Tyler Nilson
  DJ: Ron Toffenelli