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Questlove

blueingreenonrepeat — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:58:20 +0000

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Questlove, oil on canvas, 2011

The Kiss

blueingreenonrepeat — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:14:42 +0000

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

The Kiss, oil on canvas, 2011

Part of my “Get Angry” series, The Kiss is a rendition of Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss.

This series of paintings is about the protests and revolutions that have happened in 2011. The Kiss fits into this series by expressing protest against discrimination in the form of simple love. With the repeal of DADT and gay marriage being legalized in NY, this painting aims to represent that movement.

The rest of the paintings can be seen on my site: http://tlynnfaz.com

Prints + Commissions

blueingreenonrepeat — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:22:29 +0000

For those that aren’t sure, I do sell prints of my work. For most of my celebrity portraits, I have a shop on Karmaloop.
The best way to order a print of my work is to simply email me about the painting you’re interested in. (See my portfolio here). I usually make the prints as the order comes in, and it’s possible that if I still have the painting in my possession, I can make a print of it.

I was going through the prints I have in stock now and I seem to have a lot of these four prints:

Because of that, I’m selling them on SALE! They are 11×14 inches, signed, for $20+shipping.

Also, this time of year I usually receive a lot of interest in commissioned portrait paintings. If you’re interested in that, email me!

My email address is:
tlynnfaz@gmail.com

Portrait by Sed MIles

blueingreenonrepeat — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:30:54 +0000

We know how I feel about Sed’s work.

It was great to have him come by yesterday to shoot me. He posted the pic on his tumblr page along with an essay, if you will, that I wrote about being an artist.

Click here to view Sed’s prints for sale.

Dirty Sensibilities

blueingreenonrepeat — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:33:29 +0000

The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute is proud to announce Dirty Sensibilities: A 21st Century Exploration of the New American Black South

Curated by: Shantrelle P. Lewis

Featuring:
Christopher Batten
Endia Beal
Kimberly Becoat
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
Ja’Tovia Gary
Tosha Grantham
Al Janae Hamilton
Nikita Hunter
Marcia Jones
Aaqil Ka
Nyeema Morgan
Jasmine Murrell
Marilyn Nance
frank d. robinson
Selah Says
Alexandria Smith

This unprecedented, multi-media exhibition presents work by a group of intergenerational Southern artists of African descent that have examined contemporaneous realities of life in the South from a cultural, political, cosmological and sociological perspective.

America’s southern states are often viewed monolithically, through a narrow and stereotypical lens of a romanticized antebellum past, post Civil War unrest, and 20th Century Civil Rights politics. Dirty Sensibilities explores current issues such as race relations in the Age of Obama, the survival of Southern folk traditions, post-Civil Rights realities, the significance of relationships with elders and the creation of a new Southern aesthetic.

“Much of what is known about the Black experience in the South focuses on a historical period often directly related to the oppression of enslaved Africans, their struggle for liberation and their struggles for Civil Rights after the brief period of progress experienced during Reconstruction. However, the Southern narrative includes a history rich in culture, spirituality and Africanisms that have thrived over the past four hundred plus years,” states the exhibition’s curator Shantrelle P. Lewis. “This exhibition seeks to explore those idiosyncrasies that are unique to the region of the United States situated below the Mason Dixon Line.”

Opening Reception:
Thursday, October 13, 2011 6 – 9 pm

Artist Talk:
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6 – 8:30pm

On View:
October 14 through December 16, 2011

Update

blueingreenonrepeat — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:30:18 +0000

Okay, so it’s been a minute.

I’ve neglected wordpress because I’ve been hanging out with tumblr.
I don’t type much over there though – mostly I use it for pictures – so I will resume posting on this blog.

I’ve missed this place.

As well as hanging out on tumblr, I’ve been working!
So here are some updates:

- I’ve been working on a project for the past couple of months titled “Get Angry”. It will be done this weekend, and I’m pretty happy with the way it’s turning out. The project is a series of paintings on specific protests and revolutions that have happened across the world in 2011. I wanted to present them all at once, which is why I haven’t posted each individual piece as I’ve finished them, like I normally would. I will definitely post each painting and and explain them here once I put them out though.

- I redid my website. Woot!

- I’m currently exhibiting in a group show titled “Dirty Sensibilites” being held at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). The show is about southern life and culture. Being from Oklahoma, it was dope to revisit my youth and upbringing in the south for the show. I’ve been in Philly for so long that sometimes I forget about horses, the woods, fish fry’s, etc.

- For “Dirty Sensibilities, I did a new piece, Grandma Minnie. This painting, seen below, is following in the footsteps of my paintings Standing From What Was and Iran to America to Being, in that it uses paper along with oil paint. I love the effect, and am it using the same style in a few of the Get Angry pieces.

Grandma Minnie, oil and paper on canvas, 2011

Stay around. I’m posting more. I promise. lol.

Amy Winehouse

blueingreenonrepeat — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:55:21 +0000

Amy Winehouse, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Oil on canvas, 2011

I just finished this painting of Amy Winehouse. It took about an hour or so. I wanted to do a portrait of her when she passed but, I’ve been working on other things. Today I decided to sit down and paint her. I’m an Amy fan – and her death was a tragic shock.

In Progress

blueingreenonrepeat — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:44:59 +0000

Picturing Nicki Minaj in History

blueingreenonrepeat — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:03:03 +0000

Picturing Nicki Minaj in History, Oil on canvs, 2011

I’m doing some paintings in the style of old photos (tintypes, daguerreotypes, etc.). Placing people in a vintage image.

Detail:

Untitled

blueingreenonrepeat — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:29:34 +0000

Study of Camae, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Oil on canvas, 2011