The Corridor Gallery at the Almonte Library is pleased to present the work of artist Tamara Campbell until January 3, 2026. Tamara is an abstract artist, working primarily in mixed media. Her paintings are bold, colourful, and full of details. She is inspired by nature with its abundance of colours, textures and forms; these details emerge through the many layers that build upon each other as she creates her paintings.
She likes to work in collections, and the main one that has captured her attention right now deals with creation, destruction, and recreation involving the give and take of letting go of control and taking control. She creates five large paintings using a chosen palette, photographs details from them, and then she turns the paintings face down and cuts them into strips of varying widths. The 90 or so resulting strips from the paintings are then mixed and reassembled into new, colourful assemblages.
Tamara has experimented with art since she was a child, and as an adult she has taken a wide variety of art courses. Her unique style blends playful creativity and experimentation with learned techniques. Her life experiences, both wonderful and difficult, inform her perspective. She uses art as a process to search for peace, happiness, and healing within herself. Tamara’s goal as an artist is to provide a visual escape for her viewers — a place to get happily lost in the details.
She shares her creative process and art on her Instagram profile (@tamara_h_campbell) and Facebook art page (Tamara H Campbell Art). Tamara has lived in many different places in Canada, including in the Arctic. She now lives outside of Burnstown, nestled in the woods. Her art can be purchased directly by emailing her at tamarahcampbell@gmail.com or calling her at 407–7145.