EDUCATION:

Tina holds an Associate of Applied Science in Visual Communication from the Colorado Institute of Art Denver. She has studied the Selective Start Method described in Alla Prima II by foremost author and artist Richard Schmid, and was inducted into The Putney Painters in 2020. Tina studied in workshops and/or in private lessons with Romel de la Torre, Casey Baugh, Aaron Westerberg, Jeremy Lipking, Dennis Perrin, Michelle Dunaway, Stanka Kordic, Kathy Anderson and Daniel Keys.

       “As I progress in my skills and my work becomes more widely recognized, I’ve done my best to present my art to everyone I can reach, each time risking at least an evaluation of myself and whatever I’ve presented to the world as important enough to paint. Those who don’t create might not understand just how much bravery it takes to do this over and over again. I love the paintings I create deeply, and I know each one comes from the inspiration I feel in my soul. So, when my work is judged, evaluated, priced, sold, awarded or rejected, my soul doesn’t care what anyone thinks, I simply must create."

Tina’s works have received recognition by major art organizations with awards such as the Art Renewal Center Fashion Week San Diego Award, by FWSD designer Kristin Conrad. Tina has also created a growing family of private collectors and commissioned clients in the U.S., U.K., Netherlands and Mexico. To Tina, "There is no greater gift I can receive than another falling in love with my work so deeply that they must own it, bring my work into their home, and make it a part of their daily lives. I truly do put so much of myself into each and every work, so loving it, giving it a home, is the highest compliment.”

ARTICLES:

International Artist Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine, Art of the West Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, and Poets & Artists Magazine, as well as TV interviews with the Kansas City NBC and CBS affiliate stations and various podcasts. Her painting,  Bravado, 2020, debuted as one of only 28 works selected for the first auction dedicated to Contemporary Representational Art at a major auction house since the rise of Modernism, Contemporary Realism: Important 21st Century Works, selling at Sotheby’s NY in July of 2021. Tina is a contributing writer to Fine Art Views, the Oil Painters of America Blog, and has contributed to the Art Renewal Center Archives.

ON TEACHING:

"I have found my bliss in teaching. It is an absolute delight when a student reaches a milestone of understanding. To have any student surpass me in my skill and success and look back and say, ‘Thank you, Tina, for all you taught me,’ that would be sublime. Because if I learned one thing from the great master of our era, Richard Schmid, it is that we do not own this information. All artists have a responsibility to pass the knowledge forward to ensure the next generation of artists have the tools to make great art."

Tina teaches oil painting across the US and abroad including workshops at fine art ateliers such as the Scottsdale Artists’ School; Denver Art Students League; Village Arts of Putney; Hull Art Academy Dallas; and the Women of The Arts Club Fort Worth; Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art; Atelier Protégé Alabama; The Florence Studio, Italy;  Dutch Atelier of Realist Art in the Netherlands; and Rosemary & Co. Brushes Workshops in Yorkshire.

Tina produces and publishes her instructional oil painting videos, available at TinaGarrett.com  She is also sponsored by Rosemary & Co. Brushes, which offers the Tina Garrett Brush Set, and is also a Gamblin Colors Dedicated Workshop Instructor.

Since 2017, Tina provides her own monthly, paid mentorship program to artists in six countries for critiques, including painting and drawing techniques and artistic and career development.

Kara Lysandra Ross, ARC Co-Chair and Chief Operating officer wrote:  "There is a certain transcendent quality that comes to a work of art when the soul of the artist runs deep. For anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting Tina, she is a warm, kind and optimistic person. She feels and thinks deeply about herself and the world. It is this quality that she brings to her art. Her paintings are filled with a deep pathos that resonates with her viewers; one that is uplifting, but also filled with a sweet sadness, a nostalgic warmth that awakens feelings of past times filled with wonder, newness and the change that comes with each new season of life’s transitions."

For more information and details on Tina Garrett’s Commissioned Portraits, please contact: Kristen Thies,  Owner,West Wind Fine Art of Walpole, NH: or write to Kristen@westwindfineart.com, or call 603-499-6838.