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Dream Topography
Art Pieces That Bring Your Dreams Closer
About
Tara Gillespie (b.1983, Baltimore, MD) is an abstract artist with a passion for contemporary art. In 2018 she started mixing her own acrylic paints and experimenting with resin, amongst other materials, and her practice has evolved since. Her studio is based in Timonium, MD.
“Throughout my life I’ve created visual art, films, and written works. However, it wasn’t until I began mixing acrylics and discovered resin that I realized this was the medium I’d been searching for. Fluid art gives me spontaneity, peace, and immediate satisfaction. I think of myself as a paint chemist (having experimented with everything under the kitchen sink in my paint recipes) and my intention as I pour is to let go of my pre-conceived ideas and to be present and patient with the process. In this way, I feel fluid art is a mindful art practice and my pieces are imbued with different manifestations and energies. If you’re looking for something magical, I believe you’ve come to the right place.”
Tara reveals her techniques in her studio offering in-person fluid art classes for adults and children. She also offers these classes as an instructor at Manor Mill in Monkton, Maryland. Tara enjoys exhibiting and vending in the fine art and craft festival circuit participating in The Marco Island National Fine Art Show, The Bethesda Fine Art Festival, The Festival of Trees, The American Craft Made Convention, Artscape, the VisArts Rockville Fine Arts Festival, FaerieCon, The Chevy Chase Fine Art Festival, a 2019 pop-up art exhibition titled “Blurred Boundaries,” Karmafest, and the RAW Artists Baltimore Showcase. Upcoming exhibitions/events are announced on this website and on her instagram (@taragill_art) as they are confirmed.
Artist Statement
Beauty – Mindfulness – Dreams
My work is inspired by my own fantasies and aims to connect our world with the spiritual. Beauty, mindfulness, and dreams are themes I currently explore as well as energetic exchange. In my process I exploit the properties of paint and resin to make ethereal works that mimic and transcend reality. I call my work “Dream Topography” because I feel my art pieces evolve to resemble 3-dimensional maps where the viewer searches through layers of form in nature including landforms, minerals, water bodies, plant life, cellular structures, and atmosphere, to get to the surface of a dream (which is formless). In this dreamy space, I believe our spirits are rejuvenated and I think this experience is why human consciousness “gets lost” in daydreams.
