Tammy is a native of Southern Maine and identifies her earliest desire to create images that use
design and color to express her interpretation of how she sees the world. Tammy’s work reveals
how that effects her, and subsequently her audience, emotionally. Her painting is driven by an
internal need to make tangible her visions.

From her earliest designs in pencil to her recent collection in iridescent and flat acrylic paints
Tammy strives to use each brush stroke to bring forward an original and unique interpretation.
Tammy takes the smallest of ordinary details and enlarges these tiny realities to magical
proportions.  On the practical side each piece of art is finished with a glossy acrylic varnish to
allow for cleaning with out disturbing the medium.

Tammy Charles states that the process is, for her, a journey consisting first of inspiration and then
action. She begins her work with a sketched interpretation of an idea or an object and creates a
loose plan to finish her piece. Impulse and emotion then move her brush to a place she may not
have considered at all in the beginning. As a self taught artist Tammy may break all the rules or
follow an established practice as her vision guides her path.


Exhibitions and Art Shows
2005-2009  Saco Bay Artists Shows (3 each summer) in Ocean Park, Maine  
2006 (October)  Saco Museum, Saco Maine (jury show) Judged by Chuck Thompson, Professor
of Art, University of New England
2006 (March) Featured Artist at Saco Bay Artists Gallery
2007 and 2008 Saco Sidewalk Art Festival, Saco, Maine
2007 Labor Day Art Show at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth
2007-2008 Art in the Park in Mill Creek Park, South Portland.
2008-2009 Seaside Art Festival, Old Orchard Beach, Maine
2010 Art Walk at North Dam Mill
2010  Millennial show (jury show) at the Saco Museum, Saco, Maine

Awards and Ribbons
July 2005            Honorable Mention for “Passerby“
July 2006            Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show 1st place Best All Around Collection
August 2006       Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show 2nd place for All Around Collection
September 2006 Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show 3rd place for All Around Collection                     
August 2006        Sponsors Choice Award for “Nona’s Garden” at Art in the Park, Mill   
                          Creek, South Portland
July 2007             Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show 1st place All Around Collection
August 2007        Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show Honorable Mention for Collection
July 2008             Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show 3rd place for “Savanna
August 2,2008     Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show 1st place for All Around
Collection                        
August 30,2008   Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show Honorable Mention
                          for “Cherry Tomatoes”
July 2009             Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show  3rd Place for “Savanna”
July 2009             2nd Annual Seaside Art Festival 2nd Place for “Stargazer“
September 2009  Saco Bay Artists Outdoor Show 3rd Place
                           for “Crows in the Cornfield“
September 2009  Saco Bay Artists Show at Rivertree Center for the Arts,   
                           Kennebunkport, Maine 2nd Place for “Crows in the Cornfield“   
                           and Honorable Mention for “Cherry Tomatoes“
April 3rd - June 13th 2010  Juried into and exhibited "Crows in the Cornfield" at the  Mill-ennial
Exhibition at the Saco Museum, Saco, Maine

Related Activities
2006-2010 Was elected and served as President of Saco Bay Artists
2006-2008 Was a member of River Tree Center for the Arts in Kennebunkport
2008 Taught a class on Abstract Self Expression to special needs children as part   
                of a Residency Program through VSA, Maine.
Tammy Charles
Bio
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of
my clients, my friends and my family for all of your
unwavering support.  You are my greatest source of
inspiration.  There are reflections of you all in every
piece I create.  Without you this would not be
possible.
Thank you !"
-Tammy Charles
"TC"
Self Portrait