Roulin Art Show Culminates Today at Art Emporium

Bookstores have some great finds, as artist Tatiana Roulin can attest.

An Art Emporium staff member saw Roulin's December show at Barnes & Noble in the Walpole Mall and introduced her to the Needham gallery. Today, Mar. 31, Roulin’s show in Needham comes to a close, but the artist has much to talk about and look forward to, including an April 2 opening at the Boyden Library in (10 Bird Street, Foxboro).

A former software engineer, Roulin said during a recent interview at her Sharon home studio that she tries to show her work monthly.

PATCH: How do you keep your shows different?

TATIANA ROULIN: It's really easy for me, because I'm used to doing series.

I'll do a series of pastel landscapes. After that, if I feel like I have to do something different, I'll do still lifes.

I try to switch from subject to subject. It keeps me in good shape.

PATCH: Do you have a favorite medium to work in?

TATIANA ROULIN: Right now, I'm working in pastel and acrylics. But I plan to work in oil soon, because my next show will be primarily work in oil.

PATCH:  What happens when you get tired of working with one medium?

TATIANA ROULIN: I always want to try something else, to do something new.

I try to plan several months ahead, to allow some time to get ready.

PATCH: This is your second career. How did the career change happen?

TATIANA ROULIN: I have been creative since my childhood. I wanted to do something creative.

When the big companies closed and went bankrupt, a lot of people in our field, computer science, they were suddenly without jobs.

I started to do web design. Gradually, I felt I wanted to go on to something better, so I started my education in art. I became really interested in that, so I got a second degree.