Artists

Teresa Smith

Education & Formation

BA
Visual Arts — Naropa University
Contemplative arts degree
Canada
Grew up in rural eastern Canada
Deep woods — formative intimacy with forest
Island
San Juan Island, WA
Horses · Irish wolfhounds · giant fir trees · Mount Baker · Salish Sea
Master Gardener
Immersed in plant world
Directly informs the botanical specificity in her paintings

Selected Exhibitions

Ongoing
JG Art Gallery + Events
Bainbridge Island, WA
Ongoing
WaterWorks Gallery
Friday Harbor, WA — San Juan Island
2021
Art Vancouver
Western Canada's largest art fair
Ongoing
Island Museum of Art
Friday Harbor, WA
2020
Casteli Art Space
Los Angeles, CA
2017
Art in Bloom Juried Show
Anacortes, WA
2019
San Juan Island Studio Tour
Annual — multiple years
2009
Space Gallery, University of Colorado
Boulder, CO — solo

Teaching & Press

2003–15
Studio Classes — Longmont, CO
Also: Colorado Free University · Lifelong Learning Boulder · Arvada Center for the Arts
Trips
Painting trips organized + taught
Hawaii · France · San Juan Island · Italy · New Mexico
Featured
Magazines, books, and articles
US and Canada
Site
teresasmith.com

Collections

Worldwide
Private and corporate collections
United States and Canada

Memberships & Influences

Member
Artist Trust
Member
The Healing Power of Arts and Artists
Member
Federation of Canadian Artists
Influences
Tom Thomson · Emily Carr · The Group of Seven
Canadian forest tradition — northern chromatic intelligence
Influences
Brian Rutenberg
American forest paintings — color compression and surface density

Practice & Works at JG

Process
Thin drippy underpainting preserved beneath layered oil
Contemplative — each mark informs the next
Scale
Large format — 36x48 to 48x60 inches
Scale required for the viewer to stand inside the forest
JG Works
Oasis In The Woods (48x60) · Color Along The Creek (36x48)
Oil on canvas — available now

Selected Works

Color Along The Creek by Teresa Smith
Color Along The Creek by Teresa Smith
Oasis In The Woods by Teresa Smith
Oasis In The Woods by Teresa Smith
Mountainside by Teresa Smith
Mountainside by Teresa Smith
Understory by Teresa Smith
Understory by Teresa Smith
Sunflower by Teresa Smith
Sunflower by Teresa Smith
Patos Island by Teresa Smith
Patos Island by Teresa Smith
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