ABOUT TARA

Tara studied all forms of media art and history at Emerson College and was part of their graduating class of 2001. Tara started her course of study at Emerson College in Boston, where she participated in several short films and photography features.

During her second year, she studied at Emerson’s Kasteel Well, The Netherlands. Her course study included touring Europe and visiting all major museums, the masters of art hometowns, and deep study into the history of arts and media. Her studies took her to Berlin, Paris, Prague, Amsterdam, England, and Czechoslovakia. Tara returned to Los Angeles where she completed her Emerson experience at the Emerson, Burbank Annex. She completed her final internship at DreamWorks.

Tara first published a black and white series of photographs of the castle and its grounds at Kasteel Well. She pursued an acting career while she was working on her own paintings in 2002. Tara became a SAG member and was in commercials and movies with such great talents as Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, and James Woods.

In 2009, Tara began her quest for truth in spirituality, retreating to Peru for a multi-week long excursion where she also photographed Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, and other sacred grounds for a book of the regions, capturing both its visual beauty and it’s deeply rooted spiritual nature. (currently in preproduction).

Today Tara has a library of over 160 original paintings and over 3,000 mixed media pieces, including self-portraits. She also produced and acted in 3 short films “God Be the One”, “Allison”, and “Bite”. Tara in 2010 began studying at the Stella Adler School in Hollywood, CA.

It was also during this time that Tara confirmed her evangelical Christian faith and also reconciled her beliefs in the Catholic Church, with a special admiration for Mother Mary.