Jay Tamlin

Loveland, Colorado

From the mind of an artist, People often ask, "Where do you get all of your ideas for your projects?" Well, the fact of the matter is that the artistic spark is inside each and every one of us. In our thoughts, our dreams, our imagination, and in our daily lives. We think about what might be. What could be? What would be? What should be? We all think in pictures and motion, vivid color and sound, everything is just so. If you visit my house and shop you will find projects all around, I might get to a certain point on a project and maybe get hung up on a detail or maybe I need a special piece or part, or maybe I need to figure out a certain details, so I set that pIroject on the back burner and move on to something else until I find the solution to the thing I got hung up on. You will also find finished projects all around, including airbrush paintings, sculptures, furniture, construction projects, drawings, and more. In reality, an artist is just someone who moves their thoughts and ideas to make them a reality! I am a metal smith and all-around artist with an overactive imagination, so I have lots of ideas and not enough time to work on them all. I live in Loveland, Colorado, and run a small shop, Fantasy Iron Shop, where I like to bring the imagination to life. Back to the question at hand, where do I get all of my ideas? Life, my friends, life.

My art education is simply from life itself.

I had two sculptures featured in Venice, Italy, in December 2024.

See more of his work at https://www.fantasyironshop.com/.