About the artist

Tanja Rausch is a passionate still life artist focusing on unique artifacts harmonically playing together in a melancholic unity.  Things that are old, ugly, flawed or broken she sees as beautiful and skilfully brings out their beauty on the canvas for all to see. Being a conservationist in all aspects of life, Tanja strives to uphold a standard of aesthetics, morals and an appreciation even of the trivial-  Her paintings are no less than a visual manifestation of her innermost feelings and reflections on a world that increasingly seems to be devoid of meaning. 

Born in Denmark and raised in Germany Tanja has had a passion for drawing and painting since early childhood. After graduating from high school, she studied classical animation at the Animation Workshop in Denmark and earned her bachelor's degree. Since, she has been working as a freelance illustrator for almost 20 years, living in Europe, North- and South America. Furthermore she has taught drawing classes and has been employed as an art director and in-house illustrator at LEGO for a couple of years before deciding to focus on her own work again. 

In 2014 she moved to Chile and began learning atelier style painting from a former student of the Grand Central Atelier, NY and former owner of the London Academy of Art, UK. 

Tanja currently resides in Northern Europe working as a fine artist and illustrator.