Tammi Otis
"A Fertile Madness"
January 7 - 30, 2011
Artist Reception: Friday, January 7th; 8-11 PM


"Madness is a fullness in my mind----
Each idea, each thought, chasing one another round and round without end until
I MUST paint them, if only to still the voices for a minute.

Birds flit about between realities, bringing truths and secrets back and forth
across great chasms of forgotten things.

Souls are bound by an interior web of emotions that manifest in odd projections
about their heads or even physical ties to.......

And always, the orbs, because my madness is circular.......it comes back on itself.

My process for each work takes months, with every figure telling me what SHE needs in the next glaze.
Many paintings will have 30 or more layers by the time they’re finished, much like the layers of a personality.
They change. They speak to me in whispers......madness."

Contact the Gallery Director for availability and purchase info: (323) 666-7667

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What Control? Oil on gold leafed panel, framed 13.75" x 14.75" $1,640.00	Fleeting Thoughts of Freedom Oil on gold-leafed panel, framed 13.5" x 9.75" $1,250.00	No Excape From Inside Oil on gold-leafed panel, framed 6" x 6.5" $700.00
A Fertile Madness Oil on gold-leafed panel 10" x 10.75" $1,100.00	Conjuring a Life Oil on gold-leafed panel 16" x 16" $1,780.00	At the Event Horizon of Madness Oil on gold-leafed panel 18" x 18" $2,070.00
In Control of Her Memories Oil on gold-leafed panel 24" x 24" $2,800.00	I Always Thought I Was Green Oil on gold-leafed panel 9.5" x 10.25" $1,000.00	Just a Manageable Piece of Madness Oil on gold-leafed panel 18" x 18" $2,070.00
A Moment Captured Oil on gold-leafed panel 10.5" x 22.25" $1,800.00		The Distraction of Memory Oil on gold-leafed panel 15" x 24" $2,500.00