Tammy Ricker

For me painting is integral to how I access, process and communicate thoughts and emotions. Whether exploring abstraction or creating in a more realistic style my creative process is rooted in a natural state of curiosity that compels me to explore nature and life around me using color, marks & symbols to reflect whatever may be moving through me in the moment. Inspired by everything related to nature & symbols, these appear In paintings as fragments of the world in and around us. This represents, for me, the quest for balance between the inner and outer worlds. My paintings are a deeply personal and intuitive form of expression and it is my hope they will inspire each viewer to form their own personal interpretation or possibly experience a state of reflection through which they are transported momentarily and return enriched.

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston