Tharien’s Art Gallery
A selection of favorite paintings and artwork.
Commissions available upon request.
“My idea of heaven is to wake up, have a good breakfast and spend the rest of the day drawing.” - Peter Falk
Tanzanian Memories
Penye nia ipo njia, meaning “Where there’s a will there’ s a way!”. I love fabric, and was blown away by the wonderful colours and designs of Kitenge fabric. I knew this was going to be the inspiration for a next art collection. I looked everywhere for small pieces of Kitenge fabric, and was ready to give up on the idea of using fabric in my art when we stumbled upon a tailor in Stone Town on the island of Zanzibar that was willing to sell some scraps, at a slightly inflated price! But, I got what I was looking for and could start dreaming, becoming creative!
I also used Shweshwe fabric in this collection. It is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used in Southern Africa. It originally was dyed with indigo, but is now available in numerous colour combinations.
SOLD: Family in Watercolour and Kitenge fabric (28x38cm; Baohong Artist Watercolour Paper Cold Pressed)
SOLD: Community (Watercolour and Kitenge fabric; 24x32cm; Hahnemuhle "Cornwall" 450g/m2 Paper Cold Pressed); €80
SOLD: Mothers and Daughters (Acrylic Paint and Kitenge and Shweshwe fabric (24x32cm; Hahnemuhle "Leonardo" 600g/m2 Rough 100% cotton rag)
SOLD: Cooking (Watercolour and Shweshwe fabric; 28x38cm; Arches Watercolour Paper Cold Pressed); €80
SOLD: Coming from the Market (Watercolour and Kitenge fabric; 28x38cm; Baohong Artist Watercolour Paper Cold Pressed); €80
SOLD: Fisherwomen in Zanzibar (Watercolour and Kitenge fabric; 28x38cm; Arches Artist Watercolour Paper Cold Pressed)
Fruit, Vegetables and Flowers
€60; Freesias (Watercolour; 26x36cm; Winsor & Newton Rough Grain 100% cotton)
€60; Roses (Watercolour; 26x36cm; Winsor & Newton Rough Grain 100% cotton)
€60; Chamomile (Watercolour; 26x36cm; Winsor & Newton Rough Grain 100% cotton)
€60; Poppies (Watercolour; 26x36cm; Winsor & Newton Rough Grain 100% cotton)
€50; Oranges (Watercolour and Pen; 24x30cm; Clairefontaine; Cold Pressed)
€50; Plums (Watercolour and Pen; 24x30cm; Clairefontaine; Cold Pressed)
€40; Apples in a Row (Arches paper, 23x31cm)
€40; Stacked Peppers (Arches paper, 23x31cm)
Gelatine Printing
SOLD: €30; GP_Eucalyptus leaves_Payne's Gray (21x28cm; Winsor & Newton Mixed Media Paper 250g/m2)
€30; GP_Eucalyptus leaves_Indigo (21x28cm; Winsor & Newton Mixed Media Paper 250g/m2)
€30; GP_Fern_Behind a Window (21x30cm; with mount 24x30cm; Winsor & Newton Pastel Paper)
A Little Bit of Everything!
This gallery is a mixture of modern and neurographic art, landscapes and pen drawings.
€80; A Meadow of Wildflowers (Limited palette watercolour - Indanthrone Blue, Gold Ochre, Indigo and Garnet Genuine; 28x38cm; Baohong Artist Watercolour Paper Cold Pressed)
€50; Beauty in Simplicity (3 Pen Drawings in Black Fineliner in an off-white mount; finished size is 40x50cm)
€60; The Road to Nowhere? (Waterclour and Pen; 28x38cm; Fabriano Artistico Paper Cold Pressed)
€30; Cottage (Watercolour; 18x25cm on Arches Cold Pressed paper)
€40; A Precocious Bird (Waterclour and Pen in a limited palet - Aussie Red Gold and Indigo; 28x38cm; Fabriano Artistico Paper Cold Pressed)
€40; Planets (Watercolour and Pen in limited palette - Indigo and Gold Ochre with embroidery details; 26x36cm; Baohong Artist Watercolour Paper Cold Pressed)
€40; Arum Lilies (Waterclour and Pen; 28x38cm; Fabriano Artistico Paper Cold Pressed)
€20; Flowers and Grapes (Watercolour; 20x30cm on Fabriano Artistico paper)
Commissions available upon request.