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. In November 2006 Tammy was elected President of Saco Bay Artists, is a member of River Tree Center for the Arts in Kennebunkport, and has shown her work in local festivals including: Saco Sidewalk Art Festival, Labor Day Art Show at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, and Saco Bay Artists Shows in Ocean Park as well Art in the Park in Mill Creek Park, South Portland. A juried Show in October 2006 at the Saco Museum Judged by Chuck Thompson, Professor of Art, University of New England. Other shows Include Featured Artist Show in March of 2006 Saco Bay Artists Gallery. She also accepts commission work. 2008 Tammy taught special needs children abstract painting in a Residency program for VSA, Maine. Prize Ribbons: 2005 Honorable Mention, “Passerby” July 2006 1st place “All Around Collection” SBA Show August 2006, 2nd place for “All Around Collection” SBA Show September 2006, 3rd place for “All Around Collection” SBA Show in August 2006 Sponsors Choice Award, for “Nona’s Garden” at Art in the Park, Mill Creek South Portland July 2007 1st place for "All Around Collection" SBA Show July 2008 3rd place for "Savana" SBA Show August 2008 Honorable Mention for "Cherry Tomatoes" SBA Show August 2008 1st place for "All Around Collection" SBA Show July 2009 2nd Place for "Stargazer" at the 2nd Annual Seaside Art Festival September 2009 3rd Place for "Crows in a Cornfield" at a SBA Show September 2009 2nd Place for "Cherry Tomatoes" and Honorable Mention for "Crows in the Cornfield" at Rivertree Center for the Arts in Kennebunkport, Maine Juried into the Mill Enial Show at Dyer Library April 2010 |
Tammy Charles
Bio
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| "I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my clients, Saco Bay Artists, 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 |
| In Loving Memory of Donald A Greenwood aka: Dad and Papa May 24, 1952 --- December 21, 2009 |
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