Tiger Eye Gallery Artists

Coleman Barks

A renowned poet, Coleman Barks is the bestselling author of The Essential Rumi, The Soul of Rumi, Rumi: The Book of Love, and The Drowned Book. He was prominently featured in both of Bill Moyers's PBS television series on poetry, "The Language of Life" and "Fooling with Words." He taught English and poetry at the University of Georgia for thirty years, and now focuses on writing, readings, performances along with his latest passion – creating art.

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Jessica Magnarella

Jessica Magnarella is fascinated by the way art helps the mental landscape appear. She likes to dabble and see how the medium unfolds in unexpected directions. Jessica grew up in the wilds of Appalachia within a family of artists and she frequently looks to art and nature for solace and inspiration. Creativity is integral to Jessica's life in Athens, Georgia. She lives on an intentional community, mothers, owns a graphic design studio and this art gallery, gardens, and writes poetry and stories.

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Mark Magnarella

Mark Magnarella has explored many visual mediums over the decades, from drawing/painting to abstract photography and motion work. Public showings of his works include projections of his original abstract films during live events including the Annual Gala at the Georgia Museum of Art in 2018 and several live performances with bands Powerkompany and Dream Boat at local Athens venues, where Mark currently resides. His work often straddles the abstract and known worlds, contains numerous light sources, has a psychedelic vibe and embodies an esoteric quality that is difficult to define but easy to engage with.

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Noah Leaf Mendelson

With each work, Noah strives to create something original – pieces that encapsulate beauty and inspire people to dream and pause. His formal study is in painting. Noah values the balance between the discipline it requires and the freedom it allows. His favorite pieces unfold easefully – without preconceived notions – and enter in a space where color, technique and emotion flow. Noah is from Appalachia and has lived in Athens, Georgia, Asia and the Southwest. He now resides in Mexico.

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Jamie de Revere

After being bribed with a 35mm camera for good grades, Jamie discovered photography in high school. Today, he uses both digital and analog techniques and photographs a variety of subjects, from events to botanicals. He enjoys the dark room process – the way time dissolves, the sensory experience of music and sound of water, and the magic of images emerging and becoming tactile in his hands. Jamie feels like photography has enabled him to meet people he may not have met, from musicians to working people. Jamie also plays the guitar and drums and lives with his family on a flower farm near Athens, Georgia.

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Benjamin Rouse

Benjamin Rouse is an American artist known for his works exploring entropy, pressure, and personal acceptance. Inspired by the recurring cycles of life and nature, Rouse creates dreamlike photographs through analog techniques and experiments in blind embossing. Although they appear dissimilar on the surface, in many ways they are the same. A photograph captures a moment with light, whereas embossing captures a moment with pressure. His work articulates emotions that are universally shared but often difficult to verbalize. Rouse, a self-taught artist, currently works from his home studio in Athens, Georgia.
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Marla Star

Contemporary multi-media artist and designer Marla Star creates works which explores esoteric philosophy, mysticism, nature and the human condition. Her sculpture, 2D works and clothing designs create a surreal cusp which invite the viewer to step outside of the mundane. Marla believes that "When art causes a feeling within the viewer this pivot creates an avenue for exploration and change."