I am interested in information about an artist named Tanner.  I'm not
even sure if this artist is a man or a woman.  I am particularly
interested in his/her works, Intersection I and Intersection II. 
Whatever information you can give me about who he/she is, general time
period of his/her work, stories about his/her works, medium, any
meaning behind his/her works, etc.  Essentially, all I have found on
my own is several web-sites selling his/her posters
(http://www.postershop.com/Tanner-p.html).  I'm not exactly a
connoisseur of art, but I enjoy these works and would like some more
information.

Hi there!

The artist Tanner is a young woman, just 30 years old.

She says about her work:

"I see my work as an expression of organic forms within structure, the
intense young artist explains. It's such a challenge...every canvas is
filled with endless possibilities."

[ http://www.globalgallery.com/bios/tanner.html ]

I suspect Ms. Tanner isn't interested in being tracked down.  The
exact biography noted above is also found at Michaels.com, word for
word!

[ http://www.michaels.com/art/artprints/artistBio?artistid=657 ]

Even so, I noticed that her work is displayed and distributed by Bruce
McGaw Graphics, of West Nyack, New York, so I've put an e-mail in to
them to ask if they can tell us a little bit more.

I suspect their policy may be such that they can't (or won't) tell us
anything beyond what I've already tracked down, but we may end up
pleasantly surprised!  If it turns out that they *can* provide a
little more information, I'll post it here as a clarification.

I hope this scratches the itch!  The work *is* enchanting!

Regards,

missy-ga

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Clarification of Answer by missy-ga on 08 May 2002 08:51 PDT

Just to follow up...

Tim at McGaw Graphics not only responded, he offered to fax Tanner's
biography to me!

...and it was the exact same biography referenced above.  It was,
however, accompanied by a photo of the artist!  Obviously, fax
reproduction of a photo leaves a lot to be desired, but perhaps you
may be able to obtain a color brochure from McGaw Graphics:

Bruce McGaw Graphics
389 West Nyack Road
West Nyack, NY  10994
Tel: 845-353-8600 or 1-800-221-4813
Fax:  845-343-3155 or 1-800-446-8230
E-mail:  Sales@bmcgawmail.com

Thanks for the thorough answer.  Great information.

I'm a bit upset that the last part of my agreement with Google did not
go through yet, so I'm one confirmation away from being a Researcher.

However, since I've looked up the info anyway, here's a freebie (and
thus not official or a full answer):

http://www.grandimage.com/view_collection.php?query=YXJ0aXN0X2lkPTQ4&artist_id=48

If you take a look at the image you provided, you see it says "Phoenix
Art Group"... so I searched for that, along with Tanner, and this only
a click away.
://www.google.com/search?q=tanner+phoenix+art+group

But wait, there's more!
A little lower in the search we see Henry Tanner, listed for two of
the paintings under Sarah Tanner's collected works on the other site:
http://www.comweb.com.au/catalogue/thumbs_f/thumbs_f1.html

://www.google.com/search?q=sarah+henry+tanner+%22phoenix+art+group%22
Sarah and Henry are never mentioned together.

What's going on here? My best guess is man/woman who has undergone a
sex change, or the first page with the rather complete collection of
Tanner material has somehow gotten the name wrong. Again, this answer
is most certainly not fully researched, though it goes a bit beyond
the depths of what you asked for anyway.

Here's some thumbnails from *Henry* Tanner's work:
http://www.comweb.com.au/catalogue/artthumbs/tanner_henry_phoenix_art_group.html

Finally, as it seems particularly clear the Phoenix Art Group is
managing this artist's work, along with about 100 others, you may
contact their sales department, and presumably get more information
directly from the source:
http://www.phxartgroup.com/sales.htm

Hope this proves helpful.

Sex change operation...when you hear galloping, think horses not zebras.