Teresa SmithGray Rock with Red, Oil Painting2019
2019
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Artist Comments
This painting is part of an ongoing series depicting the nature around Teresa Smith's home. Her main considerations as she works are color and shape. "A red underpainting shows through in places," she says of this painting. "Rock, water and trees were created with a palette knife and painted thick and impasto in places. I love the shapes provided by nature. Best of all are the negative shapes. The places between the branches. I love the sky in this one. A dance of color mirrored in the water."
About the Artist
Teresa Smith captures the soul of the Canadian landscape in her contemplative oil paintings. Teresa gathers impressions of the land around her remote island home on horseback rides accompanied by her Irish wolfhound. Her works capture the light coming through the trees, a richness of color, and the interconnectedness of nature. Her subjects emerge through lyrical brushwork, sometimes with light streaming as if through a stained glass window. Her major influences are Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr, and the Canadian Group of Seven, the latter of whom pioneered a distinctive style defined by a direct connection with nature. In addition to painting, Teresa is a master gardener, and she grows food year-round in her garden and volunteers in the community to educate and diagnose plant problems. She works from her studio on the top floor of a barn overlooking the pond and trees, where deer walk by and ducks swim. According to Teresa, "much of today’s art is based on concept. That is, the artist has an idea, then uses their art to educate and inform. I do contemplative painting, which is different. For me, it is allowing the painting to unfold in a contemplative or meditative way."
Words that describe this painting: landscape, impressionistic, nature, impressionism, Emily Carr, Canadian Group of Seven, sea, trees, impressionism, landscape, representational, oil painting, blue
Gray Rock with Red
Teresa Smith
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2019
16 in. h x 12 in. w x .75 in. d
0 lbs. 14 oz.
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- Creation Year:2019
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
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- Condition:Gray Rock with Red. Teresa Smith. Oil painting on stretched canvas. Finished black edges. Varnished and Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front and back.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 640111stDibs: LU92216553492
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