Books: Collected Art Works of Tamyra Crossley

Daughters of Eve

The Sea Beckons

Wine and Travel

Compiled three different Art softcover books.  12x12 about 20 pages each.

The Sea Beckons; a collection of original art works that have a seafaring theme.
 Daughters of Eve; a celebration of women.
 Wine and Travel; a collection of wine and travel themed art work.

Pleasant Hill Winery

Pleasant Hill Winery 

Decided to try some new colors on this wine themed piece.  This winery is another in Texas and featured at the Autumn Art and Wine Festival in Spring, Texas this year.  It is located in Brenham, Texas.

Calais Winery

Calais Winery

Had a show at the Autumn Art and Wine Festival in Spring, TX.  It featured lots of local wines so I wanted to create some new pieces in their honor. This winery is in Dallas, Texas.

Back from Vacation / Maureen's Wedding

Maureen and I 

Maureen's Wedding Painting

Had a wonderful trip to California with friends and family.  A dear friend of mine just got married and I decided to paint her something that would have meaning to her.  I was shocked when I arrived at her home to see she still had some of my original artwork from 20+ years ago.  The wine bottles each have both her maiden name Kennedy (and yes she is related to THE Kennedy's for all of you that have to know) and Cain (her name to be).  The date on the house is her wedding date.  I have such fond memories of our girls together and as I helped her pack found lots of things to bring tears to our eyes.  Congrats Mo.

Texas Wine

Texas Wine

Fairly new to Texas and was thrilled to hear that there are so many local wineries.  Wanted to do a tribute to a few in this watercolor painting.  Still had to give it a bit of a European feel but like the overall effect.  Glasses are always difficult to do and you really have to be careful not to paint the white highlights.  Only used two brushes on this one just to see if I could.

Latest activites in Tamyra's Art Room

Wine a bit

Dragonfly flight (Mini)

Macq (Mini)

My poor art room looks like a bit of an explosion has happened as I have been busy painting, creating and experiementing with all my fun art supplies.  There is something about this time of year that makes me want to make  personal gifts for those I love.  My girls and I have been busy creatng ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) to give to family and experiement with new techniques.  I have also had to create three minitures for the Woodlands Art Leaque in Texas that I am a part of, plus a Christmas themed work of art and display two originals in the gallery.  On top of all this ......like that is not enough, I did an art show and have been busy putting new works on my Etsy site (Studio Quest). Here is the link www.etsy.com/people/studioquest for those of you who want to check it out.  My newest endeavor is making some of my work available for digital download so that those other creative minds out there can use a piece of my work to create something of their own and hopefully share with me!  That way I can be a part of what they do.  Fun!