Tamara Scantland
SKILLS
Design, Painting, Portrait Painting Drawing, Decorative Painting, Photography, Illustration,
Merchandising,
Picture Framing, Computer,
People Skills, Floral Design, Landscaping Design
Experience
PORTRAITS Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Graphite: Commissions, 1983 – present
People, Pets, Houses and other architectural structures
PAINTING Watercolor, Acrylic Commissions, 1983 – present
ILLUSTRATION, 1983– present
DECORATIVE PAINTNG/BACKDROPS /MURALS in Homes, Children’s rooms,
Furniture, libraries, hospitals, public buildings
ILLUSTRATION BOOK COVER for author Grace Click’s book “A Father for the Triplets” 2018
“THE EVERLASTING SNOWMAN” – picture book, Sunflower Pub, Statesville, North Carolina, 1996
PICTURE FRAMING, Picture Perfect Framing, Deck the Walls 1983-1989
STAINED GLASS Artist, painting & design 1986-1987 Louisville Stained Glass Co.
BOUTIQUE SALES/ARTISTIC DESIGN-Sapphire on Spring Jeffersonville, IN April 2019 present
BOUTIQUE SALES/ARTISTIC DESIGN- Mamili , 826 E. Main St. Louisville, KY MAY 21- Dec. 21
BOUTIQUE SALES/ARTISTIC DESIGN- Poshhome October 2018-August 2020
BOUTIQUE SALES/ARTISTIC DESIGN -Dandelion Boutique- February 2017- September 2018
BOUTIQUE SALES ASSISTANT/ARTISTIC DESIGN -Tou-che’ Boutique Part time as needed 2013-2016
NANZ AND KRAFT FLORIST - Holiday help Valentine’s and Mothers Day weeks 2015
Education
Associate in Applied Science - Commercial Art Technology, Indiana Vocational College, 1983
Mary Whyte Watercolor Workshop, Louisville, Kentucky- September 2004
Recent Personal Shows, Honors, and Activities
Meet Your Maker Market, Hermitage Farm, Goshen, KY Oct. 2023
Belknap Fall Festival, Louisville, Ky 2023
The Monarch Festival at MountFest, Mount Saint Francis IN 2023, 24
Cherokee Triangle Art Show, Louisville, KY 2013, 14, 16, 17,23 & 24
Norton Commons Art Show, Prospect, KY 2015, 16, 17, 18,19, 21, 22, 23 ,24
Louisville Artisans Guild Holiday Showcase 2014, 15 ,16,17,18,19, 21, 22, 23, 24
Big Four Art Festival 2018, 2019
Art in Speed Park, Sellersburg, IN 2017,18, 19, & 21
Temptations Holiday Show at The Olmstead, Louisville, KY 2017 & 18
St. James Court Art Show, Louisville, KY, 2011, 14, 15, 16 ,17
Art on the Parrish Green, New Albany, IN Juried Art Show 2015, 16, 17
Huber Winery Stella Di Luce Art Show 2018, 2023, 24
Spring Show at Mellwood Art Center, Louisville, KY 2018
Indiana Home Décor Show, Indianapolis, IN, 2014
Rock Creek Horse Show, Louisville, KY 2014
Talbot Street Art Fair, Indianapolis IN 2011, 13
Penrod Art Show, Indianapolis, IN 2011, 13, 14
Madison Chautauqua Art Festival Indiana September 2010, 11, 12,13
“The Art of Watercolor” - Global Lead Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 2007- February 2008
The Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati Annual Juried Art Show – 2004, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
The Cincinnati Flower Show - Exhibiting Artist– April 2008
Hyde Park Art Show: Juried show, Cincinnati, Ohio 2003 & 2009
“Face to Face: A Look at Contemporary Portraits”–The Greater Cincinnati Foundation–2003
Honors
Norton Healthcare Cancer Institute 2018 Commissioned Painting "Comfort of Nature"
Watercolor on canvas for third Floor Lobby 48x48
2016 Bellarmine Designer’s Show House: Decorative Painting Large Hydrangea Pattern.
Dalmatian Club of America: Commissioned Art for 2015 National Show
Hoosier Salon Carmel IN Gallery Three Women Artist Show May 2015
One Woman Portrait Show Leslie H. Spetz Gallery June 2012
90th Annual Exhibition of the Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN: Award of Distinction Still Life 2014
Reflections on a Louisville Landmark Historic Louisville Water Tower:
2D award “Tower at Night” 2010
Purchase for permanent collection of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation: 2006 “Pink Rose of Sharon”
The Transparent Watercolor Society of America – Celebrate Watercolor – 2007, 2008
The Cincinnati (Ohio) Art Club Viewpoint National Exhibition - 2002, 03, 04, 06, 08
Kentucky Watercolor Society Aqueous -2002, 04, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 23
Ohio Watercolor Society Watercolor – 2000, 06, 07, 08, 09, 13
Memberships
Transparent Watercolor Society of America (Life Member),2002–present
Ohio Watercolor Society (Signature Member),2000-present
Kentucky Watercolor Society (Signature Member),2000-present
Louisville Artisans Guild
Louisville Kentucky Visual Arts Association
Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsman
Portrait Society of America
Hoosier Salon
Artistic Women 2012-present