Artists

Tamera Abate

Formation

Raised
Columbia Basin, Eastern Washington
Vast open wheat field skies — horizon line as lifelong visual reference
Studio
Mountain valley, Methow region, North Central Washington
Works full-time in home studio surrounded by horses, dogs, and open landscape
Also works
Mixed media · Oils · Clay

Solo Exhibitions

2024
Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery — La Jolla, CA
Two solo exhibitions
2024
"It’s All Energy" — Barrister Winery, Spokane, WA
2023
Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery — La Jolla, CA
Two solo exhibitions
2018
Confluence Gallery — Twisp, WA
2018
Lost River Winery — Winthrop, WA
2025
JG Art Gallery + Events — Bainbridge Island, WA
Abstract Show

Selected Exhibitions

2023
Art Spirit Gallery — Coeur d'Alene, ID
Entropy · Small Works
2021
Jefferson General Hospital Art Program — Port Townsend, WA
2020
Gray Sky Gallery — Seattle, WA
2018
Wenatchee Valley Art Museum — Wenatchee, WA
2018
Las Laguna Gallery — Laguna Beach, CA
2018
Expressions Northwest — Northwinds Gallery, Port Townsend, WA

Awards & Publications

2019
Wenatchee Valley Museum — 2nd Place
2019
Northwinds Artist Showcase — 3rd Place
Published
Cloth Paper Scissors magazine
Published
"Life is a Verb" — Patti Digh
2019
Methow Arts Magazine — Featured Artist

The Medium

Encaustic
Ancient Greek technique — "to burn in"
Fayum mummy portraits (1st–3rd c. AD) — most famous surviving examples
Revival
Jasper Johns revived encaustic in the 1950s
His encaustic works now in MoMA and Whitney permanent collections
Process
Up to 30 layers beeswax + tree sap + pigment, fused with propane torch
Heat determines where color goes — not illustrative, not controllable

Works at JG

Range
12 works — encaustic on cradled birch panel
Sanctuary · Living In Peace · Speak From The Heart · Milk Moon · small works series
Collections
Private collections national and international
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