Tammra Sigler

Tammra Sigler has painted and taught in the Baltimore/Washington area for the past 45 years. In September 2001, she relocated to Naples. Tammra received her education at Syracuse University, School of Fine Arts and graduated with honors in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland in 1965. Her work has been shown extensively and been awarded many prizes in the Baltimore/Washington area as well as Boston. Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Lexington, Palm Beach and throughout South America. Her provocative paintings and fresh monotypes can be found in the permanent collections of The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. and the Baltimore Museum of Art. It is included in many private collections both nationally and internationally. Her work has been selected twice ( 1994, 2000 ) to be presented in the national publication “ New American Painting” by Open Studio Press. Some of her corporate collections include Chase Manhattan Bank of New York, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Health Insurance Association of America, Federal Reserve Bank of Virginia, Ayres/Saint/Gross Inc., Shelter Development Corp, Murdock Development Corp. of Los Angeles, Deloitte and Touche, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Percontee Corp.,Gordon Feinblatt Rothman Hoffberger and Hollander, Piper and Marbury, University of Maryland, Towson University and The Maryland Institute College of Art.

Currently, she is painting and teaching at the Von Liebig Art Center and in her studio at 5760 Shirley Street in Naples. She is represented by Sweet Art Gallery in Naples, Florida and J.L. Pierce Fine Art in Baltimore, Maryland.

In her most recent work, shown in this collection at Sweet Art, Tammra continues to deal with issues that have always been her concerns: paint, color, form, relationships, juxtaposition, irony, play, randomness, whimsy….and always ….the mark. Viewers will notice that while she references some of her earlier themes, such as flowers, dogs and games, there is always a fresh and unexpected twist! Also of note is a new interest in rain…the rhythm, continuim and pattern of rain. Surface becomes an important focus. The work suggests a soft quietude, acceptance and a comfortable, relaxed ease.