Born in Santa Barbara California, and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California, the imagery surrounding Taman as a child consisted primarily of cityscapes with the occasional glimpse of a sun-drenched desert climate. Being instinctively drawn to nature yet lacking the visual stimulation of wide-open colorful landscapes, he unconsciously began to idealize landscape compositions and color combinations in his mind. In essence he would create an imaginary and almost dreamlike scene that to this day continues to be the first step when creating his paintings. By utilizing the subtle qualities of the medium, Taman creates landscape scenes that capture the mysterious qualities of nature. Taman attended a Waldorf school from kindergarten through high school graduation where he studied "anthroposophy"-an educational curriculum that focuses on a child being a unique individual encouraged to explore his or her own creative potential. His higher education was completed with a Bachelors in Art from California State University Long Beach. Taman started his professional art career at the end of 2002 when he entered his first art show. Fortunate to have early success he realized that being a professional artist was a real possibility. Still going strong all these years later Taman sells his works on the art show circuit and in several galleries.