Artwork copyright Lani Tanaka. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Flower Arranger, 1991

Lani Tanaka
American (born 1961)

Location: Shoreline Community College, Shoreline

About the Artwork

Flower Arranger is a painting by artist Lani Tanaka. It is part of her body of work featuring a solitary subject. Her scenes draw the viewer in to a quiet, contemplative space. She describes these scenes as an "every person kind of aloneness and can be seen as a comfort and liberation not only alienation."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Shoreline Community College.

About the Artist

Artist Lani Tanaka creates figurative paintings that illustrate intimate settings and private worlds. She lives and works in San Francisco, California.