{"title":"Tiffany Bozic","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTiffany\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBozic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an incredible artist that Talon Gallery have admired for many years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer series, The Five Elements of Nature, is explained in her own words below:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"On one of my burrowing adventures inside the dusty pages of online web searching, I read Sacred Geometry is proof of a holographic universe and connecting with Sacred Geometry is said to wake up the sleeping memory of our true, infinite selves. What does that even mean? I asked myself, well then, what would an atheist’s meditation on sacred imagery look like?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI chose characters to depict narratives that metaphorically explored common universal themes such as renewal, the struggle to survive, hope and fear, searching for origin and self identity. I also wanted to play with reality and bend the rules of nature into a surreal space of imagination and possibility, building my own version of a holographic universe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the geometric framework I referenced back to the ancient ideas around the five elements of nature, and the Platonic solids. Each of the following paintings correlate with the 5 elements of Nature stated by Pluto, that of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Easther (Spirit\/Metaphysical).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of my goals with this project was also to celebrate some of the local endemic species that I share my home with on the Pacific North West coast (Marin, CA). I also tried to challenge myself to paint a wide variety of different natural textures, like water that freezes mid-air, tunnels systems carved out of rock and sand, glowing flame, sparkling beetle shells, soft fur etc.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCritical Acclaim\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.juxtapoz.com\/news\/painting\/back-to-back-tiffany-bozic-and-josh-keyes-explore-two-stories-of-nature\/\"\u003eJuxtapoz\u003c\/a\u003e . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hifructose.com\/2016\/03\/16\/tiffany-bozic-paints-dreamlike-images-of-nature-in-the-animal-in-us\/\"\u003eHi Fructose\u003c\/a\u003e . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/beautifulbizarre.net\/2016\/06\/20\/the-nature-of-art-tiffany-bozic-interview\/\"\u003eBeautiful Bizarre\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tiffany-bozic-air","title":"Tiffany Bozic - Air","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24” x 24”, acrylic on maple panel ​**SOLD**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e​AIR – hope and fear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Air’ is a light and colorful celebration of many of the native creatures living around my house in Marin, CA. Every spring, when hiking in the woods by my house I listen for the sweet and simple song of the sprightly little yellow Wilson’s Warbler. It’s strikingly beautiful song indicates one of the first signs of spring. I painted the bird with it’s bill open, singing its heart out to convey a sense of hope and ambition for it’s long migration ahead. It sits on an oak branch built into the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshape of an Octohedron, known as the fifth elemental geometric form of wood and air.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Calochortus tiburonensis, the Tiburon Mariposa Lily, is a very rare flower endemic to Marin County, California, where it is known only from one population on Ring Mountain east of Mill Valley, by my home. Underneath the sage green lichen and wet moss, a shy Coast garter snake (Thamnophis elegans terrestris) fearfully hides in the safety of it’s rocky home from the light above. Crawling around the base of the flower is the brilliant Golden Buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta) migrated from the California Sierras, adding a dazzling sparkle to the composition. I tried to construct this image around the Octohedron, symmetrically balancing hope and fear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talon Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17069225771066,"sku":"","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0124\/7664\/5434\/products\/Hi.Air.frame.jpg?v=1533012417"},{"product_id":"tiffany-bozic-water","title":"Tiffany Bozic - Water","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24” x 24”, acrylic on maple panel \/\/ **SOLD**​\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWATER – searching for origin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlato assigned the Icosahedron to represent the element of water. Throughout ancient civilizations we see evidence of countless myths about creation in which life emerges from primordial waters. Water has a universal undertone of purity and symbolically, it is often viewed as the source of life itself. This painting was informed by several tide-pooling, scuba\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ediving and surfing adventures I’ve had along the west coast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo begin, I built the Icosehodron to resemble scaffolding biologists build to farm new corals. Within the PNW ecosystem I featured the Two spotted Octopus, known for being a docile dedicated mother, protecting her eggs which hang suspended from the interior of the rocky structure. To escape the probing fingers of the octopus multiple easter-egg colored endemic Spiny Pacific Lumpsuckers (Eumicrotremus orbis), defying logic with their comically poor swimming skills, escape the confines of their aquatic home. They use their specialized pelvic shaped discs to function like suction cups and stick to the exterior underside. On the structure I added some corals that grow along the reefs on the PNW.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWater, a dynamic shape shifter, mysteriously pours into view, filling the Icosahedron vessel full of aqua water. The water then freezes momentarily to form into aqua ice, swollen and dripping off to the bottom of the painting out of view.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost of us seek an origin throughout our lives, a place to come from, and a search to understand where we are going. To adapt to the constantly changing world, as temporary vessels of flesh and feelings, we have to invent new ways to define reality in order to navigate our surroundings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talon Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17070392606778,"sku":"","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0124\/7664\/5434\/products\/Bozic-lo.Water.crop.jpg?v=1533013543"},{"product_id":"tiffany-bozic-fire","title":"Tiffany Bozic - Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e24” x 24”, acrylic on maple panel \/\/ **SOLD**​\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRE - Renewal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Fire’ celebrates the transformative nature of fire as a powerful means of renewal and opportunity. The idea for this painting was the result of participating in an annual bird survey after wildfire burns in the sierras with a team of biologists in the summer of 2017. Researchers have learned that many species prefer these charred forests above any other habitat. Ancient philosophers traditionally attributed the element of fire as a tetrahedron, points of three, which in the painting I repeated in the the number if insects, burnt sticks and points of the trillium flower. The female Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), is one of the rarest birds in California, and lately it has become a symbol of a huge scientific and political debate over the future of controlling fire in American forests. This woodpecker specializes in foraging for insects after a fire, such as the larvae of the Banded Alder Borer (Rosalia funebris) and the Sculpted Pine Borer (Chalcophora angulicollis) featured in my painting. Some beetles like the Melanophila, even have heat-sensing ifrared receptors in their antennae that they use to detect forest fires from miles away, rushing toward them to lay their eggs in the recently burned areas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe moss growing under the trillium is a type of water moss called Bonfire Moss which grows on moist, shady areas where recent fires have taken place. The Pacific Trillium (Trillium ovatum) is a native wildflower common to the redwood forest by my home in Marin, CA. Trillium is a close member of the Lilly family and has all of its parts in sets of three, including six yellow stamens. Interestingly, Trillium seeds are spread by ants, also featured on the leaves and stem of the flower. So this dispersal by ants, called Myrmecochory, effectively plants the seeds. Each year a fresh stalk sprouts from an underground rhizome, marking the first sign of renewal. I suspended the tetrahedron against the dark gradient background so the glowing flame and trillium appear luminescent and hopeful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talon Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17070705803322,"sku":"","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0124\/7664\/5434\/products\/Bozic-lo.Fire.crop.jpg?v=1533013808"},{"product_id":"tiffany-bozic-easther","title":"Tiffany Bozic -  Easther","description":"\u003cp\u003e24” x 24”, acrylic on maple panel \/\/ ​**SOLD**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e​Easther – Metamorphosis – the quest for others and self-identity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fifth element in the Platonic Solids is a dodecahedron representing the metaphysical Spirit or Aether. This painting explores seeking relationships, metamorphosis and the continual discovery of self.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost of us think of Moths as ethereal creatures climbing up our screen doors on a humid summer night, or famously being drawn to the light. Like us, they also search for each other in the darkness. Moths exhibit all kinds of fascinating ways to find mates in the light of the moon, including fuzzy “sex-scale” patches of fur all over their body that they use to carry scent. They use their sensitive antennae to detect sex Pheromones with their fuzzy receptors to attract\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emates over long distances. In the painting I included mostly native moths to the PNW, like the local Tiger Moth, Sphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emoth, and Ceanothus Moth. The white and yellow Salt Marsh Moths have developed an unusual Coremata, in which the males use an internal structure that inflates from their abdomen and expels chemicals in the air to attract females.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI also included one of my personal favorite cave-dwelling nocturnal creatures, the Amblypygid, molting its armored exoskeleton off to reveal the soft pale translucent new form. I tried to make the dodecahedron look as if it was spun of thin spider web or moth silk, still wet with dew. 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