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Tandem Painting is a collaborative studio practice by Suzette McD and James Whitehouse, focused on fine arts figurative painting. They exhibit around the San Francisco Bay Area, and have won awards at the Triton Museum of Art Salon. Tandempainting.com

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So far. This is the beginning of James's version of the self-portrait. Suzette will paint her own version next. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting #selfportraits

12.03.2026 16:09 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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More shading on the figures. Sorta fun just to be ridiculous in a self portrait. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting #selfportraits

11.03.2026 21:51 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Starting to fill in the shading. Nice, ridiculous expressions in this painting. Hahah #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting #selfportraits

10.03.2026 17:23 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Adding more shading. Starting to like it. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting #selfportraits

09.03.2026 17:10 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Starting to add some watercolor shading. James's version of our self-portrait. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting #selfportraits

08.03.2026 14:57 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Outlining the sketch before getting into it. This is James's version of our "tandem" self portraits. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

07.03.2026 17:18 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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James is starting to outline the figures in his version of our Tandem Self Portraits. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

06.03.2026 16:57 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More sketching on the tandem self portraits. These are sketches for James's painting. Suzette will sketch out the figures for her own painting of the same picture. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

05.03.2026 17:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Starting the sketch for a new tandem self portrait. This one will be more light-hearted. #figurativepainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

04.03.2026 16:24 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The 16-foot panorama being displayed at Zocalo in San Leandro. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

03.03.2026 17:07 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The two canvases on the right side of the 16 foot panorama. I like this a lot. It works. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

02.03.2026 16:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here's a closer view of the two left-side canvases. About 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

01.03.2026 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happily done with this one! That was a LOOOOOONG project. Haha. San Francisco City Hall. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

28.02.2026 16:48 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here's James trying to get a good photo of the entire finished piece. Really hard to find a place with even lighting for something 16 feet wide. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

27.02.2026 19:21 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We've been working together for a little over 10 years. This piece will be in our first museum show this May - the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara. It's been a long road. haha

26.02.2026 20:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Finishing up the pearls. A lot of colors in white pearls. Haha #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

26.02.2026 18:24 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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All four canvases put together. 16 feet wide. So far, we like it. Still a lot of detail to clean up. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

25.02.2026 16:11 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Working on these dark pearls. We've done about 6 paintings from this series, and we've had to paint these pearls in every one. You'd think they'd get easier. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

24.02.2026 18:28 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I like this gesticulating guy and his friend. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

23.02.2026 17:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More work on the details at the end of the hall. Wedding parties and people filling out government forms. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

22.02.2026 23:40 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Working on more details at the end of the hall. Wedding parties and people filling out government forms. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

22.02.2026 03:29 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Haha. Exactly.

21.02.2026 00:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Working on the marble. San Francisco City Hall. Finished it all and then realized that the lines were drawing the eye right down to that pile of paper bags. So we had to re-do it all. Haha #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

20.02.2026 19:42 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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So far, 16 feet wide. Still lots of details to work on, but it's all set out now and looks pretty good. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

19.02.2026 18:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The progress of the 4-canvas panorama so far. 16 feet wide. The photo we're working from is on the bottom. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

17.02.2026 16:57 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Still working on these three characters. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

17.02.2026 00:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More work on the marble floor. San Francisco City Hall. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

15.02.2026 16:53 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More work on the figures at the back of the hallway. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

14.02.2026 16:56 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Adding undercolor and grain to the marble. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

13.02.2026 17:30 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Starting the marble floor at San Francisco City Hall. #SFCityHall #portraitpainting #Painting #AlamedaArt #Painter #Painters #Artist #Art #artwork #TandemPainting

12.02.2026 17:06 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0