Product Description

The compelling paintings and posters of Tara McPherson are a tour-de-force of creative tension, at once heartfelt and heartbreaking. Creating art about people and their odd ways, recalling many issues from childhood and adult life experience, McPherson creates images that are thought-provoking and seductive. Tara's array of work includes numerous gig posters for rock bands, including Green Day, Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie, and advertising and editorial illustrations for a diverse group of clients. Her prints and paintings have been exhibited in galleries all over the world. Lonely Heart is the first printed collection of McPherson's work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49925 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781595821027
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Bitter sweet Bubble Gum Romance with a Twist: MARVELLOUS!
Love, light as the air, but sometimes as dark red as the blood running through your veins (see my customer images).
"This book is dedicated to everyone who has loved and lost" reads Tara McPherson's dedication on the first page.
Love, broken hearts, innocence and its loss, yet neverending hopes and dreams come to mind when I look at these drawings.
Tara's work is beautiful, seems innocent at first sight. The colors - mostly pastel - at first have you think you're in bubble gum heaven. But you don't need a second look to discover the deeper and often darker side in Tara's art.
Tara created posters for bands like Supergrass, Green Day, Dandy Warhols, The Hives, The Strokes, Duran Duran and Suzanne Vega, Josh Rouse, Elvis Costello, PJ Harvey, and various covers for DC Vertigo.
The book contains beautiful reproductions of posters, portraits, comic book pages, drawings, roughs, an interview with Tara, polaroids, and a foreword by the legendary Frank Kozik.
A beautiful gift!

Highly Recommended!
I finally received my Tara McPherson book a couple months ago and I was not disappointed. I discovered this artist a couple of years ago surfing on line and have been a fan ever since. She really does have a knack for capturing the inevitable dualities encountered in every life and I can not get enough. Innocence and guilt. Light and darkness. Love and hate. C'est la vie!

I have purchased some of her silk screened prints which are displayed throughout my home. I wish I could express myself the way she can. Maybe with some more practice I can at least come close. If you appreciate this type of art, I highly recommend Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson (Hardback). The book takes you on a progressive journey from line illustration to the final painted product. It's a great book and was worth every penny spent!

Great Book!
If you don't know who Tara McPherson is, you should. This is a great book and Tara's an amazing artist, so original and all her pieces are like beautiful dreams.