Teresa Smith

Turn Point, Oil Painting

2021

Artist Comments
Artist Teresa Smith painted this glowing coastal scene in celebration of the coming spring. "A warm breeze and bird song filled the air while salty-smelling kelp drifted on the waves along the shore," recalls Teresa. "I started with a warm underpainting in shades of orange. Then I added many layers of thick oil paint. This island is a sanctuary. The beauty gives refuge and pause."

About the Artist
Teresa Smith captures the soul of the west coast 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, coastal, seascape, pacific northwest, sunset, trees, impressionist, dusk, expressive, gestural, painterly, water, shore, expressionism, landscape, representational, oil painting, green

Turn Point
Teresa Smith
Oil painting on wood
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2021
6 in. h x 8 in. w x 2 in. d
1 lbs. 0 oz.