"One Fish" by Tammy Picone Nohelty

Medium: Mixed Media

Size: 19" x 8"

Artist Statement:

My recent series of encaustic mixed media paintings are a journey of personal, spiritual and emotional exploration. The work represents a personal dialogue between the visible and the invisible. The colors, shapes, textures of distant memories are incorporated into each painting. It's the interaction between the embedded images and the ambiguous visual depth the encaustic medium that creates a spiritual connection from what is seen and unseen. The fragments of memories and messages that are almost visible are captured in a visually vague state. Each piece represents its own small expression of my current journey of grief and healing and together the pieces present a larger narrative of the gift of this spiritual experience.

Artist Biography:

Tammy Picone Nohelty is an art instructor in the Marblehead Public Schools Fine Arts department. She holds degrees in Advertising/Design from Chamberlayne College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Photography from Montserrat College of Art, and a Master of Education in Visual Arts from Salem State College. Prior to teaching in the Marblehead Public Schools, Tammy served on the staff of Montserrat College of Art as Registrar, Coordinator of Special Student Services, and a member of the Continuing Education Faculty. She has taught alternative photographic methods at Montserrat College of Art, the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Marblehead Arts Association, and the young artists' program at Montserrat College of Art. From 1992 to 2011, Tammy was a photography teacher and curriculum director for the Arts at Tower children's summer programs at Tower School in Marblehead.

Hosting Business: "One Fish" is on display at Old Town House in Marblehead May 18-19.
Then it will be at Shipshape, 128 Washington St, Marblehead, MA
shipshapemarblehead.com