artist profile
Tamara Campbell
Mixed Media
I am an abstract artist, working primarily in mixed media. My paintings are bold, colourful and full of details. I am inspired by nature with its abundance of colours, textures and forms; these details emerge through the many layers that build upon each other as I create my paintings.
I like to work in collections and the main one that has captured my attention right now deals with creation, destruction and re-creation involving the give and take of letting go of control and taking control through a number of different steps. I create five large paintings using a chosen palette, photograph details from them and then I turn the paintings face down and cut them into strips of varying widths. The 90 or so resulting strips from the paintings are then mixed together and reassembled into new, colourful assemblages. I call this series “The Purpose of Paper”.
Another of my collections explores imaginary spaces and spirits in nature and are very organic and dreamy. They suggest places in nature, but those spaces are not quite of this world.
I have experimented with art since I was a child, and as an adult I have taken a wide variety of art courses. My unique style blends playful creativity and experimentation with learned techniques.
My life experiences, both wonderful and difficult, inform my perspective. I use art as a process to search for peace, happiness and healing within myself. My goal as an artist is to create art that provides a visual escape for my viewers – a place to get lost in the details.
I share my creative process and my art on my Instagram profile and Facebook art page.
Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093135382623
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/tamara_h_campbell/
Mixed Media
I am an abstract artist, working primarily in mixed media. My paintings are bold, colourful and full of details. I am inspired by nature with its abundance of colours, textures and forms; these details emerge through the many layers that build upon each other as I create my paintings.
I like to work in collections and the main one that has captured my attention right now deals with creation, destruction and re-creation involving the give and take of letting go of control and taking control through a number of different steps. I create five large paintings using a chosen palette, photograph details from them and then I turn the paintings face down and cut them into strips of varying widths. The 90 or so resulting strips from the paintings are then mixed together and reassembled into new, colourful assemblages. I call this series “The Purpose of Paper”.
Another of my collections explores imaginary spaces and spirits in nature and are very organic and dreamy. They suggest places in nature, but those spaces are not quite of this world.
I have experimented with art since I was a child, and as an adult I have taken a wide variety of art courses. My unique style blends playful creativity and experimentation with learned techniques.
My life experiences, both wonderful and difficult, inform my perspective. I use art as a process to search for peace, happiness and healing within myself. My goal as an artist is to create art that provides a visual escape for my viewers – a place to get lost in the details.
I share my creative process and my art on my Instagram profile and Facebook art page.
Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093135382623
https://www.instagram.com/tamara_h_campbell/
