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"The
Red Maple"
"Scarlet
Retreat"
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Teresa
Robison
address:
8765
Lower Woods Cove
Germantown, TN 38139
email:
artist website:
home.comcast.net/~tn.artist
phone:
901-681-0535
gallery
901-754-6936 home studio
medium:
oil, acrylic
artist
statement:
My
husband and I are long time residents of Germantown
but I grew up in Oklahoma where I spent a good deal
of time in the country playing and working on my Dad’s
farm. I think this is why I have a great appreciation
for the vivid sunset colors, the warm golden colors
of uncut wheat in summer, the burnt reds and oranges
of the soils, and all the colors and textures of nature.
And living in the Mid-South since my college days,
has increased my awareness of the beauty in nature,
with the gold, red, and chestnut brown colors of fall
being some of my favorites as well as the beautiful
colors of spring. That’s the reason for the colors and
texture that I use in my paintings.
The mediums I
use are acrylic and oil. Acrylic paintings begin
with texturing the canvas. Then I’ll mix and layer the
paint until I reach the look I had in mind. With oil
paintings, I’ll either paint over a textured canvas
or use thick paint to achieve texture.
I believe
the design of a painting is the skeleton that supports
everything else going on in a painting, so I pay careful
attention to design. If my design is successful, the
harmony of colors, shapes, lines and contrasts pull
the painting together.
Finally, I believe it’s
important for me to explore and study painting in order
to continue to improve. No matter what level of
skill and understanding of painting I achieve, I will
continue to be a student of art.
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