Tammy Olson is a mixed media artist who resides in rural
Wisconsin. After 15 years of working as
a registered nurse, Tammy rediscovered her love for creating art and now spends
her time as a stay-at-home mom and an artist.
Some of her favorite days are when she is able to find a little time to
spend in her studio with a nice cup of hot tea, her pencils and paint.
In her art she enjoys bringing many different mediums together
into one piece. She works with
watercolor, coffee, acrylic, ink, pencil, found papers, old text and recycled
coffee filters. She is especially fond
of using recycled tea bags. This works
out wonderfully because she likes to drink a lot of tea! Tea bags are
incredibly versatile, they can be painted, ripped, cut, drawn on and glued or
used just as they are with their beautiful tea stained colors. Tea bags have a wonderful transparency to
them which gives them a bit of unpredictability when using them, but also can
result in some delightful surprises!
Her work is filled with a lot of color. She is drawn to bright, lively and vivid
colors especially orange, lime green and aqua.
