local exhibit – RAK Fluid Art

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020

2020 Virtual Trees Exhibit

Please visit this link to view our first ever Virtual Trees Exhibit by the Artists’ Association of Elk Grove Village in partnership with Elk Grove Park District. All work is for sale except our Judge’s Piece, Backlit Aspens by Robert Pennor. If you are interested in purchasing any pieces, please contact aaegvexhibits@gmail.com for more information. Our Judge will post his favorites on Wednesday. I would love to see which paintings are your favorites so please comment below and let me know!

https://elkgroveparks.org/destinations/pavilion/art-centre/artists-association

Thanks for supporting the arts! Stay tuned for the judge’s results for our winners on Wednesday! I will post them here and on the park district website.

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019

Creative Mojo – Does a deadline help you?

Life is so busy! I’m sure everyone would agree that you always have more to do on a daily basis than you have hours in the day. My to-do list drains my creative mojo! There are so many other things I need to get done, when I sit down to my creative work, sometimes I can’t get started.

I have to admit a deadline helps me. Does a deadline help you? If you are creative, I highly recommend joining an artist association or art guild in your area. I have talked about my artist association here before but I cannot stress enough how important it is to join an association of like minded artists to get you inspired.

The current exhibit at the Artists’ Association of Elk Grove Village is our annual tree exhibit. I have to admit, I usually don’t sit down and think I really want to paint a tree today. This exhibit has pushed me into my creative zone to get my mojo back! My work is definitely whimsical, sometimes abstract, and always colorful. Having a deadline to make a tree was an excellent way to get creating! Here’s my piece.

Tree Art by Tammy Haman - encaustics piece called Swirling Magic

This exhibit will be at the Elk Grove Village Public Library in Illinois until June 2nd. Stop by to see all the amazing local artists doing their thing! All work is for sale. The exhibit is open whenever the library is open and the large meeting room is open. If you door is closed, just ask at the front desk if you could see the artwork. They love to have visitors walking through the exhibit!

Next month our exhibit will be Small Works! If you’re looking for an affordable piece of art done by a local artist, this is your chance! Let me know if there are other exhibit themes you would like to see!

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

Local Trees Exhibit

There is a new exhibit at the Elk Grove Village Public Library! If you are local, please stop in to see the fabulous pieces all portraying trees! There are so many unique styles, sure to excite every personal preference. This is a juried show so there are 1st, 2nd, 3rd place ribbons and 5 honorable mentions.

All pieces are for sale and if you see something you are interested in, you can contact our exhibit chairman. P.S. that’s me!!

I have a piece in the show that is called Swirling Magic pictured here. It is a mixed media piece made with encaustic wax. I am really enjoying learning and experimenting with this process.

I begin on a cradled wood panel so framing is not necessary. After adding 3 layers of wax, fusing in between each layer, I then start with the base of the tree. Through melting and layering, adding and subtracting, I get a texture that I just love! The smaller branches are then incised in the wax with oil sticks.

The colors that you see are either oil pastels or pigmented wax buried to create an abstract background.

Encaustics is an ancient art form used to preserve mummies in Egyptian times. It is nothing new but has certainly become much more popular in recent years. I hope you can stop by the library to see the exhibit first hand.

The Elk Grove Village Public Library is located at 1001 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village, IL and the exhibit is in the large meeting room and is open to the public whenever the library is open.