TAMARA GARVEY
Meet The Artist ~ Art Reception will be held on Friday, August 25th from 6-8pm!
I draw quirky, cheerful, pen-and-ink artwork of forests, abstraction, botanicals, and absurdism. I’ve always loved to read, so my paintings frequently incorporate tiny handwriting hidden within the images — like a fun little reward for those who look closely!
I graduated from SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) in 2008 with a B.F.A. in illustration, and in 2009 won an Honorable Mention in Savannah’s Telfair Art Fair. In 2010 I moved to NYC, where I spent 7 years selling my work in craft markets to art collectors from all over the world (including actor Adam Sandler and the late writer Elizabeth Wurtzel).
My whimsical drawings have since appeared in The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, and on Time Out New York’s blog.
In 2017 I moved back to Savannah and now work as a full-time artist. In 2020 I received the Judith Alexander Foundation Relief Fund for Georgia Visual Artists, and joined the co-op Gallery 209 on River Street. I’m proud to have been awarded 1st Place Mixed Media at the Society of Bluffton Artists in Bluffton, SC, in their 2021 Judged Show. Earlier this year I joined the Art Studios at City Market, and was recently voted Best Local Visual Artist in Connect Savannah’s “Best Of” Contest for 2023!