Renowned Bay Area artist Tyler James Hoare, who found the ideal gallery for his sculptures at the Emeryville mudflats, was memorialized Sunday at a gathering of family, friends and aficionados of eclectic art.
The outsider artist was among the most famous of the Emeryville mudflats sculptors, who decorated the shoreline from the 1960s to the ’90s with driftwood, scrap metal and other found objects. His Red Baron and Sopwith Camel sculptures motivated many motorists to stop at the Emeryville Marina for a closer look, or at least slow down as they passed by on Interstate 80.
The gathering at Compound Gallery was infused with Hoare’s art-is-for-everyone ethos, including a table filled with his collages and miniature sculptures instructing attendees to “TAKE ONE.”
Attendees look through Tyler James Hoare’s mail stamps during the memorial service at Compound Gallery in Emeryville.
Juliana Yamada/Special to The ChronicleThe speakers ranged in age from 8 to artists in their 80s.
On the podium in front of every speaker was a red heart on a blue stand — Hoare’s last piece of artwork, found drying after his death on Jan. 31. His first plane appeared along the bay in 1975, and he was calling friends planning final installations from his bed 48 years later, as his health was steeply declining.
“It’s one thing to (create public art) for one year,” said gallery co-founder Matt Reynoso. “To consistently do it all the way up to your last moment is amazing.”
Friends and family members attend a memorial service for artist Tyler James Hoare.
Juliana Yamada/Special to The ChronicleA selection of Hoare’s sculptures and collage books was offered for sale at the memorial, with proceeds benefiting the gallery and his family.
Hoare spent some time in early adulthood in Greenwich Village, N.Y., but Route 66 brought him to California and a sense of artistic freedom in the East Bay. In the beauty of San Francisco Bay with the growing city skyline as a backdrop, he saw opportunity.
Tyler James Hoare’s art is displayed at the memorial service at Compound Gallery in Emeryville.
Juliana Yamada/Special to The Chronicle“Nobody looked beyond that except Tyler,” his cousin Randy Hoare told the crowd of artists, friends and family members. “He looked at that water and saw his new canvas. He looked at that water and saw his new gallery.”
Tyler James Hoare installed at least 37 of his World War I planes — he painted numbers on them — plus countless other whimsical creations. Friends and fellow artists talked at his memorial about his adventures, often bobbing up and down in a boat, attaching art with a hammer and nails to the flimsiest of pillars. Sometimes his crew of pirate artists would risk injury or hypothermia for an installation that would last just a few days or even hours.
Photos of Tyler James Hoare’s life are displayed at Compound Gallery in Emeryville during the memorial service.
Juliana Yamada/Special to The ChronicleRandy Hoare said more people saw the artist’s work than if he was featured in every gallery in the Bay Area. And he never stopped making art. Randy Hoare said he spoke to Tyler about his work ethic last year.
“He said, ‘I’m happy as can be, and I can create every day,’ ” Randy Hoare said. “That’s the life Tyler wanted.”
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