ARTIST STATEMENT
I work intuitively, mixing colors and letting the experience guide me. Using a layering process of paint, pencil, and pastel, I see where the painting takes me as the process reveals what to capture and bring forth or what to remake. Through layering and mark-making, features naturally become more textured and complex and begin to tell a story.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Tammi Longsjo discovered her creativity in middle school through visits to the public library, where she accessed how-to books of all kinds. During high school, she dabbled in ceramics, photography, and fashion and earned her Visual Communications degree from Northern Arizona University. At 25, she headed to Chicago, where she pursued advertising and publishing. She now works in visual communications for the nonprofit sector. In the fall of 2023, she attended a creative retreat that rekindled her art-making passion, and she is now flourishing as a mixed-media artist. Tammi is inspired by the natural world and her curiosity to intuitively explore and evolve her art. Her works include imagery of flowers, seed pods, fungi, and creatures from the Arizona desert where she spent her youth. Tammi is an Artist in Residence at Mind’s Eyes Studio and Gallery.
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