TARA GOOD SICWERKSTUDIO

TARA GOOD SICWERKSTUDIO

Tara Eve Good

Time Capsules

Collage Sculpture Series

Tara Eve Good unveils a new mixed media collage installation in the Time Capsule series of her collection. Good’s work explores the evolving identity of the South New Jersey shoreline—this time in repurposed cigar boxes, each containing her mixed mediums (created from using local minerals & pigments, right from the area she surveys, while using her car as a mobile studio, frequently from the side of the road) by creating expressionistic abstract watercolor landscapes, many started by using the Plein air techniques. Here, she is process painting by incorporating Regionalism & Assemblage by working with materials sourced from or made in the area. Natural pigments & minerals, are responsibly acquired from the barrier islands and incorporated into her personal signature watercolor collection. Gum arabic, glycerin, local honey, and clove oil are combined with micas, minerals, and pigments under her large glass pestle slowly grinding over recycled glass from another 1950’s “tear down”. Good states, “I’ve done as much as I can, to save whatever I could, by reclaiming and repurposing these artifacts to create portable vessels that hold our collective memories, with as much honor to the past as I could create for the future.”

The pieces are tiny monuments to the disappearing details of coastal life. They are rich with local iconography alongside her signature mica minerals. Good handcrafts her own cold wax, mining and combining images, text, and discarded objects such as salvaged model train parts—railroad cars, tracks, even miniature tanks—to root the collection in regional culture. We are reminded of the iconic biplane beach-flyers every shoobie sees from their towels on the sand. Miniature telephone poles stand tall in nearly many pieces, replicating the streets that transect the barrier islands.

These are all one of a kind pieces, using retro magazines (found in the area), from a time gone by & that could have been one of which we may have read when spending time on the beach many years ago? Ask Mr. Jacketti to see more examples and he can accommodate even the earliest of collectors.

Tara Good

José Parlá's Pride

Size:
24" x 36"
Medium:
Mixed media, coastal pigments
Studio:
SICWERKSTUDIO
Date:
2022

Jose Parla’s grandfather was the 1st Latin American Pilot to fly a plane. In Parla’s collection

Jose Parla’s grandfather was the 1st Latin American Pilot to fly a plane. In Parla’s collection

In the City of Brotherly Love
2' x 2' mixed mediums on a wooden substrate SICWERKSTUDIO 2020
Country Streets
6" x 4.5" mixed mediums combined into a wooden cigar box, watercolors on 100% cotton rag paper, carbon, mica, ink, cigar tape, vintage magazine collage, cold wax SICWERKSTUDIO 2025
Peacemaker
6" x 6" mixed media combined into a wooden cigar box, watercolors on 100% cotton rag paper, Letraset dry transfer, vintage magazine collage, mica, cigar tape, cold wax SICWERKSTUDIO 2025
Young Karen
7.5" x 5" mixed media into a wooden cigar box watercolors on 100% cotton rag paper, mica, vintage magazine collage, cigar tape, cold wax SICWERKSTUDIO 2026

Slow No Wake

Slow No Wake is a nod to the traditional bay water’s regulation referring to a designated speed limit where vessels must operate at the slowest possible speed, aiming to minimize or eliminate the wake they create.
The collection invites us to slow down, look closer, and remember what has changed over time.

Call Box Swoop

Size:
9" X 4"
Medium:
Mixed mediums combined in a wooden cigar box, watercolors on 100% cotton rag paper, mica, ink, toy plastic telephone poles, cigar tape, wallpaper, cold wax
Studio:
SICWERKSTUDIO
Date:
2025

Rock Island

Size:
10" X 10"
Medium:
Mixed Media Combined into a Wooden Cigar Box, Watercolors on 100% Cotton Rag Paper, Plastic Telephone Pole & Toy Railroad Track, Mica, Ink, Pastels, Cigar Tape, Old Toy Train/Tin/Metal, Cold Wax
Studio:
SICWERKSTUDIO
Date:
2022

Going Down the Shore

Size:
10" X 10"
Medium:
Mixed Mediums Combined into a Wooden Cigar Box, Watercolors on 100% Cotton Rag Paper, Pastels, Mica, Plastic Toy Telephone Poles, Cigar Tapes, Cold Wax
Studio:
SICWERKSTUDIO
Date:

Marcus’ Flight

Size:
8" x 3.5"
Medium:
mixed mediums combined in a wooden cigar box, watercolors on 100% cotton rag paper, ink, mica, plastic toy telephone poles, cigar tapes, carbon, cold wax
Studio:
SICWERKSTUDIO
Date:
2022