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Artist: Teresa Smith
Gray Rock with Red, Oil Painting
By Teresa Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA

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 u...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Teresa Smith Paintings

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Oil

Aspen Grove, Oil Painting
By Teresa Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Teresa Smith displays a picturesque impressionist landscape of Aspen groves. "Autumn is here," declares Teresa. The leaves slowly turn a crisp, bright yellow. The sunny fall day along the shoreline brings inspiration from its vivid colors.


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, Tom Thomson...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Teresa Smith Paintings

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Oil

Tide Coming In, Oil Painting
By Teresa Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A view of the tide coming in near the artist's home. "When the tide is out, there is a lot more beach and a lot less water," Teresa says. "A calm painting wit...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Teresa Smith Paintings

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Oil

Fir, Oil Painting
By Teresa Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA

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. "I am p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Teresa Smith Paintings

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Oil

Wind and Sky
By Teresa Smith
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas
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2010s Abstract Teresa Smith Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Shoreline II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Teresa Smith
Located in Yardley, PA
A mosaic of light dances along the bay. Patches of alizarin, blue and green create patterns of color. This impressionistic oil painting began with an oily, drippy gold underpainting....
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2010s Impressionist Teresa Smith Paintings

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Oil

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By Teresa Smith
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H 30 in W 40 in D 0.75 in
Jackle's Lagoon
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Jackle's Lagoon
Jackle's Lagoon
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Arbutus no. 4
By Teresa Smith
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
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Arbutus no. 4
Arbutus no. 4
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