Tina O'Brien
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There are not enough hours in a day to paint all that inspires me. I feel very
lucky to be a woman artist living in Ventura, California, with her husband and
two kids. Playing, surfing, walking, happy days at the beach with my family
has been the inspiration for all of my paintings. The colors of the ocean, sky
and sand are teeming with beauty. I try to get the viewer to see their everyday
surroundings with new eyes. One painting leads to another. I consider each
piece a character study. In 2011, I had the opportunity to open the
Tina O'Brien Gallery at the Ventura Harbor and have changed it to the
Mermaid Gallery in 2016. The gallery features our beautiful local beach scenes
and now, paintings of Mermaids!
Education
Workshop – David Leffel - 2007
AA Ventura Community College - Commercial Art - 1989
California Art Institute Calabasas - Portrait Drawing - 1987
Ventura Art Council Scholarship Tutorial - Omar DeLean -1989
Exhibitions
Mermaid Gallery 2016 - ongoing
Very Ventura Shop & Gallery July Thru Sept. 2017
Tina Obrien Gallery - 2011-2016
Fox Fine Jewelry - February through March 2015
Solo Show - BAA Gallery, Ventura - Feb to March 2011
Crowne Plaza - Gallery at the Crown, 2010 continuing
Community Memorial Hospital Exhibit - 2010 continuing
Aloha Beach Festival - 2008 - 2010
Ventura County Fair, Professional Division - 2004 through 2010
Ventura Art Walk - 2002, 2009, 2010
Buenaventura Art Association - 1996 through 2008 and continuing
Harbor Gallery - 2008, 2009 and continuing
Solo show, Harbor Gallery - 2009
“C” Street Long Board Classic - 2008
Aloha Beach Festival - 2008
Ojai Music and Art In the Park 1998 - 2000
Ventura County Fair Professional Division - 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 1st Place Painting
Thousand Oaks Art Festival - 2005 thru 2009
Ventura Art Walk Spring - 2000, 2009
Red Brick Gallery-Spring - 2009
Nordstrom, Santa Barbara, 5 Trunk Shows - 1998
20th Annual Market Place, Santa Barbara - 1998
Buenaventura Art Association Member - 1996, 2000, 2008, 2009