Tammy Kushnir originally studied art history at Temple University with the intention of working in an auction house. Instead, she decided to stay home with her children and raise them shortly after getting married. While staying home with them, she discovered a love of mixed media art. Working with various objects to create keepsake boxes and book art was an amazing challenge that helped get her into many publications and write two crafts books. As her boys got older, she began going back to drawing and introducing painting to her palette as she created digital art. She began working with various licensing companies and started creating for Oopsy Daisy .
In 2017, she got serious about painting after visiting Alaska. Initially painting animals, she has now expanded into abstract landscapes vacillating from dark to light. While working mainly in acrylics, she also enjoys going back to the roots of mixed media, incorporating ink, colored pencils, modeling paste, and other textures into some of her creations. Her artwork has won awards and has been seen in various brick- and -mortar and online gallery shows.
