Last May, I was having lunch in the new courtyard at Nickelodeon (where I work) with writer
Andrew Blanchette. There were some guys sandblasting cartoon characters into the concrete benches. Working in the midst of them was a model-pretty woman - not the type you would cast in a blue-collar role, unless it was a "Flashdance" remake. I told Andrew. "We need to go talk to her."
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| "We need to go talk to her." |
And so we met Tara Tarrant, owner of
LaJolla Stone Etching. She was
putting the finishing touches on a very impressive Ninja Turtles etching
that wrapped around a bench. So how does a gal like her find herself sandblasting for a living?
Tara gave FLiP the scoop:
"I
come from a long line of artistically gifted individuals, mainly on my
mothers side. My grandmother and mother are amazing oil painters and my
mother is a muralist as well. I believe I must have picked up any
artistic talent that I possess from these amazing and talented
women. I do not have any formal art schooling, but I have always loved art and being creative. It's in the blood!"
