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Title & Artist: “Cod of Understanding” by Tammy Picone Nohelty

Medium & Size: Mixed media on wood 15 1/2 “ x 18 ½” x 1” For indoor display only. Avoid direct sunlight.

Artist Statement: My recent series of encaustic mixed media paintings are a journey of personal, spiritual and emotional exploration. I have been inspired by the memories and subtle messages received in the days after my mom’s passing. The works represent a personal dialogue between the visible and invisible. The colors, shapes, textures of distant memories combined with a visit from a rare yellow finch outside my mom’s home are incorporated into each painting. It’s the interaction between the images embedded within the encaustic wax and the ambiguous visual depth the encaustic medium creates that I have tried to capture the spiritual connection from the unseen. The fragments of memories and messages that are almost visible are embedded in a visual vague state. Each painting has an individual theme presented thought a selected Angel card. The meaning of the Angel card message has been written as part of the underpainting, embedding its message within the fused layers of wax. 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.

Value: $425

Hosting Business: “Cod of Understanding” is on display at LizzyLoo & Friends, 108 Washington St., Marblehead, MA.

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