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Tamlyn Akins
Painting

Name: Tamlyn Akins
Business: Tamlyn Akins Fine Art Studio
Address: 4629 County Road JJ
City: Black Earth
County: Dane
State: WI
Zip: 53515
Home Phone: 608-767-1281
Work Phone: same
E-mail Address: tamlyn@chorus.net
Website: www.tamlynakins.com
Category: Painting
Description: Painting
 
Bio: Tamlyn Akins has known since before she could sign her name that she was an artist. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with High Distinction in Drawing from the California College of Arts (formerly known as California College of Arts and Crafts) in 1980 and has lived in the Madison, Wisconsin area since 1983. Akins is primarily a fine artist working in watercolor and pastel. Her specialties are florals, naturescapes and mandalas. She also creates jewelry, and origami ornaments, boxes and reliefs. Her artwork has been shown in ten solo exhibitions and more than fifty group exhibitions throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. She has also received several awards and her artwork is in numerous private and corporate collections in Canada, Korea, and the United States, including the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Madison, WI), the Kohler Company (Kohler, WI), and Northwestern Mutual Life (Milwaukee, WI). Tamlyn has acted as Juror of Awards for several Wisconsin exhibitions. She conducted "Origami As Art" workshops during the Celebrate Madison Festival from 2002-2006. In 2005 she illustrated a children’s book," In Grandpa’s Woods," for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in celebration of 100 years of Wisconsin Forestry. Currently, she is the Mount Horeb Area Arts Asssociation President and Spring Art Tour Coordinator, and the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors South-Central Chapter Membership Chair. She has been a member of WP&S since 1987.

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Tamlyn Akins (Painting)
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