Art Portfolio — Tara Gontkovic

Art Portfolio

A collection of my art, primarily acrylic paintings.

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“Western Sky for my Grandpa” :)
-acrylic on canvas
-this was a gift for my grandpa’s 80th birthday! He loves cowboys and the American Wild West so I painted him this scene!

A commission of a banana bike for Marni!!! 🍌🚴

-acrylic on canvas
- Such a fun picture to paint❤️🥰

“Webster Groves”
Acrylic on canvas

Portfolio review board for the school year!

ceramic head

-of my boyfriend’s face EVEN THOUGH ITS BAD AND DOESN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE HIM genuinely made me wish MY head was ceramic so I could bash my own head against a wall and die but it was fun I guess!
-first time sculpting a head i

Ceramics historic remix made in earthenware clay

-a combination of two Mayan bowls’ decoration I found in the St. Louis Art Museum
-made very quickly in about two class periods😭
-fired low temperature for earthenware

cabinet of curiosity based on the source of magic in Shakespeare’s Macbeth for Scenography

-magic based in Slavic witchcraft and folklore
including: baba yaga and her house, morana, fern flower mythology in fortune and various others!
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various projects 😁

-Czech Kraslice egg (acrylic paint)
-hat for Scenography based on Wozcek (acrylic paint on fabric + random mixed media I found around me)
-bowl for empty bowls BUT ITS NOT FOOD SAFE SO DAMNITTTTTTTT (cone 6 glazed and fired)

more of my dinner ware and close ups YAAAAAAA

ceramic dinnerware set based on the painting “The Lovers’ Boat” by Albert Pinkham Ryder

I absolutely had so much fun creating and glazing this one and loved the surface decoration I did, I’m very proud :)

-all stoneware cla

For scenic painting specifically,

Scenic Painting

Scenic Painting Crew

Rodger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory

King Arthur Book

Beauty & the Beast

Nationwide Children’s Butterfly Guild