“With elegance and patience, Tenaya Sims brings forth Life from the depths of darkness, light, and history itself.”

-BEAUTIFUL BIZARRE MAGAZINE

Tenaya Sims has worked professionally as a teacher, gallery artist, business owner, and industry artist. His large scale works explore the boundaries of imaginative realism.

 

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Can't help it, going back in on this one. Mock-up in progress (detail) on top of a 'finished' large-scale painting that I've already partially sanded down and repainted twice. #tenayasims #tenayasimsart #largescalepainting #figurativepainting #myth
Some detail pics from 'Birth of Venus'. This painting is 84"x118" (about 7x10 ft). Large paintings are usually best viewed from a bit of distance, but this one is best experienced closer up because of all the 'mini worlds' within the painti
I happened to open Instagram exactly when the number of followers was at 666. It kind of shocked me at first; but then I couldn't resist doing something fun with it, so I snapped a screenshot before it changed. I guess I'm not affected by hexakosioih