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A mixed media, surreal painting by Millicent Tomkins. Features a female figure with birds. Beautifully framed in the original, creative solid hardwood frame
Millicent Tomkins
Millicent was born in San Francisco and grew up in the hills above the Castro district. As a child she showed great aptitude for the arts and studied piano, voice, and drawing. Millicent graduated from Lowell High School and attended the University of California, Berkeley where she studied art and literature. There she met her future husband, the biochemist Gordon Tomkins. While living in Washington DC, Millicent studied voice at the Peabody Conservatory in nearby Baltimore.
Millicent made her professional concert debut as a soprano at age 30 on the prestigious Phillips Gallery series, for which she received rave reviews in the Washington Post. She continued her singing career for the next 20 years.
Millicent also raised a family, and kept a number of small studios where she developed her distinctive style of visual expression. Working in oils, watercolors, gouache, and ink, she drew inspiration from both the everyday and the exotic. Millicent described much of her work as "Magical Realism", a combination of realistic settings and surreal elements. Drawing from her encyclopedic knowledge of classic painting, she often used visual quotes from the Old Masters to develop a narrative within the canvas.
In 1969 Millicent and her family moved to Mill Valley. After the death of her husband in 1975, she relocated to another house in Mill Valley, attracted to its spacious garden and a separate building in which she created her ideal painting studio. For the next 40 years the studio at 31 Shell Road was a meeting place for the musicians, artists, audiences, and supporters of the arts who made up her wide circle of friends. Millicent and her long-time partner and fellow gardener, Benjamin Little (1945-2019) hosted concerts, receptions, rehearsals, and open studios where she reveled at the intersection of classical music and classical painting. During the quiet times in between, she painted passionately and prolifically.
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- Dimensions:Height: 36.63 in (93.05 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 2.63 in (6.69 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:Late 20th Century
- Condition:Excellent original condition. Original frame.
- Seller Location:Fulton, CA
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