Surrealist • Narrative Artist

WHERE DREAMS BECOME STORIES.

You don't just look at the painting.
You enter the story.

I paint the moment between the beginning and the ending.

COLLECT THE STORY.

Mixed-media, Oil, and Acrylic

Prints & Original Artworks

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Laissez les bons temps rouler

(Let the good times roll)

Original artwork - acrylic on canvas - 20 × 20 in - Sold

The Telephone Stories

Someone is calling from the other side.

The angel stands silently, guarding the space between what can be seen and what can only be felt.

For one moment, the telephone booth becomes a doorway.

The caller has stepped into a portal between worlds—a place where memory, mystery, and another reality briefly meet.

A painting of an Angel standing next to a red British telephone booth, with a mystical background.

Prints available

One-of-a-kind original artwork - mixed media on canvas - 22 × 28 in

Painting of a male Angel in a black suit standing at an American phone booth, smoking a cigarette, with a large red and white angel wing behind him.

Prints available

One-of-a-kind original artwork - mixed media on canvas - 18 × 24 in

Abstract Dreamscapes - Prints available

A vibrant dystopian world where color and architecture transport the mind into a design matrix.

Is the city an illusion or a future haven for the next wave of Thinkers?

The viewer can linger in their own imagination.

One-of-a-kind original artwork - acrylic on canvas - 24 × 30 in

Abstract painting of a city skyline with pink and purple hues, showing a bridge, buildings, and a glowing moon in the sky.
An abstract pink and purple cityscape painting hanging above a gray sofa in a living room.

Nature & Soul - Prints Available

Ocean Blues: an escape into the hidden cove where buried treasure lies close by.

If only a sign could point to the loot!

One-of-a-kind original artwork - acrylic on canvas - 20 ×20 in

A colorful abstract painting that resembles a landscape with water, trees, and sky, created with vibrant, textured brush strokes.
Acrylic painting of an ocean surrounded by trees with green leaves, rocky banks with coloring pink, purple, and yellow, and a blue sky reflected in the water. Signed in the bottom right corner by Brenda Tafla.

Nature & Soul - Prints Available

Salty, dip your toes in cool ocean water. Play and relax in the Pacific Ocean.

Nothing beats a beach bum day!

One-of-a-kind original artwork - Acrylic on canvas - 16 × 20 in.

An abstract painting of a mountain with the ocean reflecting the mountain, and a colorful sky with shades of turquoise, yellow, gray, and black.
Living room with a pink chair, a small round teal table with books, a abstract landscape painting on the wall, a large potted plant, and a wooden console table.

Urban Dreamscapes - Prints available

California Love, where you put a little Zaza in your life.

Fire met by fire, a creative journey into the unknown.

One-of-a-kind original artwork - mixed-media on canvas - 24 × 30 in.

A vibrant blue mid-century modern sideboard holds a vintage turntable, a speaker, a vase with dried pampas grass, and a framed bird illustration. An orange table lamp is on the left. A colorful street art painting featuring a large mouth, smoking cigarette, and city scene hangs on the dark wall behind.
An abstract painting of a city street scene with a street vendor selling ice cream. The vendor's cart is pink with a yellow handle, and there is a large cone of white ice cream with spray effects. The background features buildings with lit windows, a billboard with the words 'California Love,' and a blue sky. The painting uses bold brushstrokes and vivid colors, with the artist's signature 'Brenda Tafla' in the bottom right corner.

Urban Dreamscapes - Prints available

Venice, Los Angeles, California - vibrant colors.

Take a stroll around Venice Beach and bask in the sun where street life comes alive. Classic LA

One-of-a-kind original artwork - acrylic on canvas - 40 × 30 in

A colorful watercolor painting of a street scene in Venice, featuring buildings on both sides and a sky with vibrant, swirling clouds. The word 'VENICE' is strung across the sky, and a sign indicating
A colorful painting of a cityscape with buildings, cars, and a sky with clouds, featuring the word 'VENICE' displayed across the sky.

Between Worlds - Prints available

First Bite

Behind the crimson smile lies a secret that cannot be undone. One taste of the forbidden, one moment of surrender, and the ordinary world begins to fade into shadow.

Eternity awaits, the First Bite.

One-of-a-kind original artwork - acrylic on canvas - 11 × 14 in

Painting of red lips with tongue sticking out, with black and blue stripes above, and drips of red paint, displayed on a white wall.

Between Worlds - Prints Available

A psychopomp escorting deceased souls to the afterlife.

Destiny fulfilled!

One-of-a-kind original artwork - acrylic on canvas 30 × 24 in

Abstract expressionist painting of a skeleton playing guitar in a colorful red, orange, black, and white landscape
Modern living room with black sofa, geometric pillows, sculptural floor lamp, and framed abstract painting of a skeleton playing guitar
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Living room with a black sideboard, a turntable with a black speaker, a round black table with stacked books and a black vase with plants, a beige armchair, a large framed artwork of a person with wings and a red telephone booth, beige rug and cream walls.

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