Taddio
Taddio grew up in Southern California in a creative and scientific family. His mother studied art in college while earning her degree in archeology. His father is a retired physicist/entrepreneur and published author. This genetic combination perhaps explains why Taddio spent the pre-artist part of his working career in the biotech field. His reintroduction to creating art, latent since the mural masterpiece he and his brothers created in the family room of their childhood home, occurred shortly after he met Jennifer Garant. Ever since their marriage, the two have been inseparable and busy painting and traveling together.
Taddio’s favorite artist growing up was Jerome Tiger, a full blooded Creek-Seminole, as well as Marc Chagall. He is most inspired by watching his wife and best friend Jennifer paint; he learns something new from her artistically everyday.
The studio that Taddio shares with his wife has seasonal views of a small cove of Lake Monroe—seasonal meaning that you can see the lake when the leaves are off the trees, while standing on a chair and squinting really hard. It is filled with canvasses in various degrees of completion by both of them, even some pieces that they both collaborate on. He loves painting big whimsical landscapes with rich autumn colors. Admitting to be a passionate and almost fanatical fisherman, if you don’t find Taddio in his studio, he is probably on the water.