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About the Artwork
Three vessel shapes in bright mottled colors.
“My work is about engaging the medium; the metal, the dyes, the glazes and paints, the chemicals that alter texture and color; it’s about covering and uncovering, about working with surfaces and what is beneath the surfaces. It’s about relationships. It’s loud and dirty and exhausting and I complain about how difficult it is, but I am compelled to do it.”
About the Artist
Paul Tamanian
Born in New York, Paul Tamanian has lived in Tallahassee, Florida since receiving his degree in Interior Design from Florida State University. He came into ceramics relatively late in life, in his mid-thirties. After discovering clay, he rapidly gained basic skill and then began his technical innovations. From his first exhibition at a small gallery in the historic village of Havana, Florida in 1992, he has gone on to exhibit and sell works in prestigious galleries across the United States. Tamanian has been invited to show his works in the company of America’s foremost artists and craftsmen, including William Morris, Jun Kaneko and Richard Jolly. His works have been commissioned and acquired by noted private and corporate collectors nationally.
“My work is about engaging the medium; the metal, the dyes, the glazes and paints, the chemicals that alter texture and color; it’s about relationships. It’s loud and dirty and exhausting and I complain about how difficult it is, but I am compelled to do it.”
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Discover Art in Central Florida!
For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
Look around this web site and find something that interests you. Then go see it
in person. The information you find here will add to the pleasure of exploring
public art in Central Florida.
If, in your travels around Orange County, you come across some public art that
is not listed here, please let us know so we can add it. If you are aware of
additional information about art or artist that is included here, again, please
let us know. Together we can make this an incredible resource for people seeking
to spice up their life through exploring art.