"Bonjour" Acrylic, 30x40 inches, $1200 unframed

Tine Kirkland Graham is a Morristown, NJ artist who initiated her career in the early 1980's as a creator of pastel portraits in the impressionistic style. Several years ago, she expanded the scope of her subject matter to include seascapes and beach scenes, using the medium of acrylics. Tine has chosen to portray the water views and island locales of those places most familiar and dear to her heart: Bermuda, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Bay Head, New Jersey. Painted in brilliant, potent colors, reminiscent of the Fauve Movement, her fun and lively paintings evoke the happy carefree memories of childhood. The painted images are intended to dance and sway with rhythmic color and emotion in celebration of life as a joyous occasion.

Recently Tine has taken an interest in painting pet portraits and house portaits... with an unusual flair, of course. She has always done beautiful pastel portraits of children by commission. Tine has recently self-published several books of her artwork with accompanying thoughts and poems. Signed copies are available at the gallery. For more information, contact the Anchor & Palette Gallery.