Tieman Releases Two New Sculptures in "Hands of the Artists" Collection at Stormy Weather Arts Festival
November 6-8, 2009
Artist Michael Tieman has completed his latest two new sculptures in the "Hands of the Artists" collection: "The Weaver" and " The Wine Thief". Tieman will unveil these two new pieces on Saturday Nov. 7 at 1:15pm at Haystack Gallery during the Stormy Weather Arts Festival in Cannon Beach. (More)

Artist Michael Tieman Releases his 18 inch 'Courage' in Bronze and the 'Courage' Butterfly necklace in Silver
August 1 , 2009
Artist Michael Tieman has completed the 18" clay master of 'Courage' to be cast in bronze and the newly completed butterfly necklace from 'Courage' cast in solid silver. 'Courage' is a bronze sculpture standing in tribute to all of those who have, who are and who will battle Cancer. Up to fifty percent of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to Cancer Support Services. (More)

Sculpture "Courage" Donated to Summa Health System's Cancer Clinic in Akron, Ohio
July 29, 2009
On July 29, 2009 at 2:30 pm in Akron, Ohio, a three foot tall “Courage” sculpture standing in tribute to those who have, who are, and who will fight Cancer is being donated to the new Summa Health System's Jean B. and Milton N. Cooper Cancer Center, Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio.

The first 36” sculpture “Courage” in the limited edition has been purchased by Connie's husband of 25 years, John Drotos, and he is dedicating it to the Cancer clinic where Connie had treatments for six years. With the purchase of “Courage” there is also a cash donation of $5000 which goes to the Cancer Support Services department of the Cancer Center .

Connie's family will be present at the dedication ceremonies in Akron July 29 th and will include; husband John Drotos, her father LaVerne Tieman, sister Beverly Starr, brother Michael Tieman and his wife Nancy. (more)

Spring Unveiling Art Festival Weekend
May 1, 2 & 3, 2009
Tieman will unveil the completed 36" bronze of "Courage"
May 1, 2009 at 4:00pm at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce building. Reception to follow.

November 2008 Exhibition
November 7, 8 & 9, 2008
Stormy Weather Arts Festival, Cannon Beach Oregon
Sunday November 9, morning reception will begin at 10:30 where you can meet resident sculptor/painter Michael Tieman as he works on his latest sculpture "Courage" in Haystack Gallery from 11-3:30pm.
www.haystackgallery.com

August 2008

Sculpture and Painting Exhibition at Haystack Gallery
in Cannon Beach, Oregon. August 1-31. Artist Reception Saturday, Aug. 2 starting at 3pm.

The exhibition consists of a dozen paintings, and ten bronze sculptures.

Pacific Northwest painter and sculptor Michael Tieman is finishing up his next two sculptures in his Hands of the Artists collection; “ The Poet”, and “The Painter.” For his exhibition August 1-31 at Haystack Gallery in Cannon Beach, Tieman will unveil the two new pieces thus completing the first set in the Hands of the Artists collection which includes; “The Glassblower”, “The Stone Sculptor”, “The Painter”, and “The Poet”.

“Each year I will release several sculptures in the Hands of the Artists collection. Each sculpture will be released in a limited edition of ten. The Hands of the Artists collection will include the first set: “The Glassblower”, “The Stone Sculptor”, “The Painter”, and “The Poet”. The other sets will include; “The Weaver”, “The Photographer”, “The Potter – Wheel”, “The Carver”, “The Potter – Raku”, “The Jeweler”, “The Dancer”, “The Clay Sculptor”, “The Musician” and “The Blacksmith”.

“The Glassblower”	"The Stone Sculptor”

The Hands of the Artists collection is unique in that is a collaborative creation of two artists, each producing a one of a kind single piece of sculpture.” says Tieman. “I sculpt the figure of an artist at the moment of them creating, and cast that figure in bronze. Another artist chosen for the piece then creates an original second art piece which is the completed creation piece.

The first sculpture in the first set is “The Glassblower”. I watched Suzanne Kindland, a local glassblower work, and discussed with her the glassblowing process. I then sculpted the figure of an artist blowing glass, that moment of creation, and when Suzanne saw the completed figure, she blew a special glass vase that the bronze glassblower figure sits on, the completed creation. This is also a very unique piece, in that it is a hard metal bronze figure looking as though she is balanced on a delicate hand blown glass vase, and in this case both pieces were born from fire.

My second artist in the Hands of the Artists collection is “The Stone Sculptor”. This one is very special to me because I did both pieces in the first one of the edition of 10. My intent was to have a second artist, a stone sculptor, complete the stone piece, but as I was working on the clay of the artist figure, a couple who collect my work asked me to also do the stone carving for their piece. How can an artist refuse? It was quite an experience as I had never carved in stone before. I was always told each piece of stone has a creation in it waiting to be released, but in the beginning I could not see the image in the stone. When the clay artist figure was completed the creation in the stone was revealed. It turned out to be a polished abstract piece, a mirror image of the artist carving herself in the stone.

“The Poet” is the third artist in the set. The artist is teetering back on a high four legged stool, head cocked to the side with half used pencils stuck randomly in her hair. The scroll of paper she is writing on (actually cast in bronze) is wrapped around her and the chair then folds into a book sitting on the floor under the stool. The book is a book of original poetry, hand written by the poet and bound into a leather cover. The poet is David Sweet, a successful Tacoma , Washington writer and poet. The uniqueness of this piece is continued in that the writing carved into the scroll will be the opening stanza of each buyer's favorite poem.

The fourth and last artist in the first set of the Hands of the Artist collection is “The Painter”. This piece forever captures the excitement, passion, elegance and frenzy of a plein-air painter. Schlepping all of their supplies to sometimes remote locations, fighting the elements, the bugs and sometimes the wildlife, these wilderness painters have just a few precious hours to create their masterpiece before they lose the special light they came for. The bronze piece includes a version of a French easel and the buyer of the piece can have one of the many painters at Haystack Gallery paint an original painting that sits on the easel and looks like has been painted by the bronze artist.”

As Michael Tieman sees it, “The role of an artist from the dawn of time has been as a visual storyteller. The stories my paintings and sculptures tell are ones of confidence, strength, passion, playful sophistication and the celebration of life.”

Tieman has sketched and painted since childhood and has spent almost four decades as a working artist, both as a graphic designer and a fine artist. Following the encouragement of a friend and gallery owner, Michael recently expanded his talents into sculptures cast in bronze. Tieman's sculptures are unique in that they are a combination of traditional figurative sculpture and his Impressionistic painting style. “I create my bronze sculpture as a three dimensional painting; texture is the impasto brushstroke, color is the play of light and shadows across the surfaces, and detail is the free style movement of the impressionist style.”