Tasha Anne Powell

I seek to evoke emotions in the viewers of my work while leaving them space to experience their own feelings and emotions. For example, painting the back of a woman could invoke solitude, sadness or independence. The painting of a dancer could suggest joy while capturing grace and movement. I enjoy seeing reactions to my work as it allows me to see through the eyes of others and to use this vision to influence my painting.

I am refining my interpretive, impressionistic style by learning new skills and studying the works of other artists. This process has allowed me to create my own unique painting style. I have lived part time for eight years in and near Aix-en-Provence. I always feel so taken with the light, the beauty, the culture and with being in an environment that is rustic yet elegant and simply magical. I enjoy using the interplay of shifting light, background and reflection as it transforms a figure or landscape. My main medium is now oil and I also create paintings with mixed media, mainly oil and paper.

I have been studying painting in a variety of mediums including pastels, oil, acrylic and mixed media but gravitate towards oil painting. I prefer impressionistic styles rather than the realistic. My obj...

I graduated from Penn State University with a B.A. in French and Business and have graduated from Le Cordon Bleu, where I studied Culinary Arts.

I have also studied drawing, photography and design as part of the Visual Arts Program at UCLA. My mother was a painter and ceramicist and I have grown up with her influence in my techniques.

I have studied painting for the past 8 years (every Fall) at Atelier Ombres et Lumières in Les Milles, Aix-en-Provence, France and am based in Manhattan Beach, California.


I painted at The NG Art Creative Residency in Eygalières, France in 2019 where I continued to develop a new collection of artworks.