Leah Tinari

2005, I Guess We Need All These Things, acrylic and molding paste on canvas, 50 x 60”

The imagery in my paintings is based on photographs that I take of family and friends, disparate objects, and patterns from fabrics that I like. Though the work is a documentation of my personal experiences, I hope that the images will evoke familiar feelings in anyone who gazes at them, and that viewers can relate to them as if they were stills from their own lives. The content and formal elements in my paintings combine to offer an always personal, occasionally caricature-like narrative addressing and encompassing both the awkwardness and the complexity of the human condition.

2005, Jersey Boys Face Off With Mahis, acrylic on canvas, 18 x 18”

2002, Coney Island, acrylic on canvas, 11 x 14”

2002, Karaoke Tokyo, acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10”

2002, Bucks, acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10”

2002, Bikini Bare, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 30”

2003, Jonny’s 21st, acrylic on canvas, 22 x 28”

2003, Sumo Hair Store, acrylic on canvas, 22 x 28”

2003, Snowfall #1, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 16”

2003, Pig n’ Chicken, acrylic on canvas, 18 x 18”

2006, Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 48x 68”

2006, Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 48x 68”

2006, Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 48x 68”