Exhibiting April, 2024: Ingrid Hammer, a.k.a. The Rag Empress

Exhibit title – The Flow

Bio

Native Estonian, Ingrid Hammer, is the founder of The Rag Empress Studio, a Florida-based art aficionado, creator, and therapeutic art coach who has kept refining her diverse skills on her odyssey from being an avid art admirer and lover to an avid art creator. Her pilgrimage invoked her to higher consciousness as to the meanings and transforming impact of colors and a deep desire to share this knowledge through her art with all. Inspired by a so-called “Happy Accident” by Mexican artist, David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1930s, who dropped paint and recognized the birth of art from mere happenstance, she was impressed by the genuine and conceptual freedom offered by such technique (fluid art painting) and a love-hate relation was born. Her work has been housed in private collections and commercial spaces locally and in Estonia and she has been exhibited at The Broward Art Guild and Gallery One. Her art provides a great accent to highlight any space whatever the size, with the desired color spectrum specifically designed for any area and customized to any frame of mind.

Statement

“At times the world is highly controlled, this freest of the free art form is to me an expression of ultimate freedom. As my general motto is “Live, and let live,” I believe I  have found a superb form of expression to craft the ever-changing and unrepeatable art pieces that have a life of their own. I find that a true value.”

Fort Lauderdale Reading Center provides reference services and public computers. It serves a diverse population of local customers as well as seasonal visitors. The same building houses ArtServe gallery/studios/auditorium and The Stonewall Library & Archives.