Tammy Mae Moon is currently a Lexington, KY based self-taught artist. Tammy was born in 1975
and grew up in the magical, enchanted forests of the Ozark Mountains. Moon studied Mythology
and history in undergraduate school and earned a degree in Antiquities. Though she took another
path to become an artist, all of her work today is imbued with her love of myth and ancient folklore.
Moon is predominately an acrylic figurative painter, though she also dabbles in soft pastel and oils.
Her art borders somewhere between Pop Surrealism and Fantasy with a strong sense of emotion in
the eyes of her subjects. She explores themes of feminine strength and vulnerability and weaves this
with shamanism, occult symbolism, and myth to portray various archetypes of women.
and grew up in the magical, enchanted forests of the Ozark Mountains. Moon studied Mythology
and history in undergraduate school and earned a degree in Antiquities. Though she took another
path to become an artist, all of her work today is imbued with her love of myth and ancient folklore.
Moon is predominately an acrylic figurative painter, though she also dabbles in soft pastel and oils.
Her art borders somewhere between Pop Surrealism and Fantasy with a strong sense of emotion in
the eyes of her subjects. She explores themes of feminine strength and vulnerability and weaves this
with shamanism, occult symbolism, and myth to portray various archetypes of women.
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| Tammy Mae Moon |
| "You're a serpent and there is no use denying it" |
| "Cybele" |
| "Eagle Woman" |
| "The Gloaming" |
| "The Littlest Shaman" |
| "The Moon's Daughter" |
| "The Skydancer" |
| " The Salamander" |
| "Shelter From the Storm" |
| "Crow Woman" |
As the late great mythologist Joseph Campbell tells us, shamanism is the earliest example of “the
serious use of myth hermetically, as a way to psychological metamorphosis.” I believe shamanism is
a powerful way to inner change. It is a way of connecting with the outer natural world and bringing it
into our own inner psychological world. This is what I hope to do with my art. I try to use archetypes
and ancient shamanic symbols to invoke the subconscious and hopefully bring about an inner
metamorphosis within the viewer.
The biggest theme within my work is the sacred feminine. I am drawn to those female archetypes that
got a bad rap in history or myth, the Liliths and the Morgan Le Fays, the witches and enchantresses.
In myth, goddesses like Circe and Morgan Le Fay were said to control the weather by unbraiding or
unbinding their hair. Most of my women have hair flying around like they are in a windstorm. I think it
draws upon that archetype of the electrical, creative, dark goddess. It is this archetype of the goddess
we still struggle with today. The crazy, chaotic, primal feminine force that man has never understood,
and yet underlies all of nature.
I believe how we treat nature is truly a reflection of how women are treated and respected. In this
current time of ecological crisis, I want to reconnect this relationship of women and nature in our
conscious minds through my art. I want my work to rattle our memories of our ancestors and of times
long forgotten in history. I am an avid researcher of symbols and believe they speak the language of
our subconscious mind. Sometimes my work contains layers of symbolism, and other times I keep it
simple; relying on the soul of the subject to speak to the viewer.
serious use of myth hermetically, as a way to psychological metamorphosis.” I believe shamanism is
a powerful way to inner change. It is a way of connecting with the outer natural world and bringing it
into our own inner psychological world. This is what I hope to do with my art. I try to use archetypes
and ancient shamanic symbols to invoke the subconscious and hopefully bring about an inner
metamorphosis within the viewer.
The biggest theme within my work is the sacred feminine. I am drawn to those female archetypes that
got a bad rap in history or myth, the Liliths and the Morgan Le Fays, the witches and enchantresses.
In myth, goddesses like Circe and Morgan Le Fay were said to control the weather by unbraiding or
unbinding their hair. Most of my women have hair flying around like they are in a windstorm. I think it
draws upon that archetype of the electrical, creative, dark goddess. It is this archetype of the goddess
we still struggle with today. The crazy, chaotic, primal feminine force that man has never understood,
and yet underlies all of nature.
I believe how we treat nature is truly a reflection of how women are treated and respected. In this
current time of ecological crisis, I want to reconnect this relationship of women and nature in our
conscious minds through my art. I want my work to rattle our memories of our ancestors and of times
long forgotten in history. I am an avid researcher of symbols and believe they speak the language of
our subconscious mind. Sometimes my work contains layers of symbolism, and other times I keep it
simple; relying on the soul of the subject to speak to the viewer.
| "The Six Swans" |
| "Medea" |
| "The Bridge" |
| "The Bridge" |