TANYA SMART...
           is an emerging Brisbane artist who uses 
           emotional idioms to explore and remark 
           on personal and interrelated identity, 
           comforting  our inner child on its path 
           of discovery and release. 
           After completing an arts degree in media 
           communications,she employs commercial 
           design principles, her distinguishing palette 
           of colours and strong metaphorical 
           compositions to create her latest works. 
           By drawing attention to otherness, she 
           utilises her spiritual beliefs and 
           cultural understandings to create 
           meditations and commentary adapted to 
           today's sentiment,    
           “My paintings are mirrors of my mental 
           and emotional patterns, they illustrate my 
           experiences, my relationships and my life”.

          

 
 
 
 
          
         
     
      This series utilises strong forms and bold 
      colours to demonstrate the strength and 
      power of yoga. 
      The two-dimensional silhouettes allot focus 
      to form and line work. 
      The style is best described as minimalist 
      expressionism, but does not move towards 
      abstraction. 
      "These paintings aren’t so much a beautiful 
      narrative like some of my older works, 
      but rather a narrative about strength, 
      truth, justice, and power. 
      These paintings do not express ideals of 
      love, but boldly and forcefully state so ham 
      “I am that” as the yogini quests for power, 
      prestige, mind and sense control.”
   
      




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