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Primarily self-taught, Theresa has cultivated her own uniquely recognizable style. Working with both oil and acrylics, her paintings are alive with color and feeling. Always inspired by the secret corners of nature, she delights in adding hidden details and mystical nuances that are not immediately noticed. With time, close observers will discover well-concealed faces and forms, hidden scenes and secret details. She is fascinated by the life that is seen yet so often taken for granted and unnoticed.
Theresa has been sketching and painting for years. Born and raised in the North Dakota farmland, surrounded by blue skies and wide-open spaces, she grew up with a love of light and color. She was raised in a creative family. Drawing and painting were always encouraged and praised. For her 15th birthday, Theresa’s grandmother, an accomplished artist/teacher, gave her a portable easel and a tackle box full of all the necessities for painting. One high school class later, she knew a passion had been discovered.
That passion was set-aside at times, sometimes for years: work, marriage, a new family. But that tackle box and easel always beckoned her to put the magic of life onto canvas. Her paintings invoke profound emotion. Spirit & imagination shimmer through the intense and sometimes startling colors she craves. Theresa says, "The biggest compliment I’ve gotten is when people tell me they experience a longing to become a part of the painting itself. "
Working from her home studio in the beautiful North Idaho mountains, she is surrounded by the beauty that keeps her creative inclinations flowing. She is married to a wonderful man who encourages her self-expression and doesn’t mind cooking dinner on the days when she gets lost in a painting. Their two growing children keep her imagination fresh, are her most honest critics and her biggest support group.
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Many Thanks go to Brian Parker, Martin Wilson, Alicia Carr and Mike Pifke, without whose invaluable, generous and highly underpaid assistance, this web-site would not have existed. I would also like to thank all the special people in my life (especially Tom, Jonny & Olivia) who have inspired me with their expressions of love, enthusiasm and support.
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