About Me
Theresa painting plein air in Italy
Theresa's Plein Air Set Up
Education
1976 – 1978 Illinois State University, Normal, IL, Assoc. of Liberal Arts
1977 – 1978 International program, Kunstler Haus, studied under Herwig Bayrel, Salzburg, Austria
1978 – 1981 American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL, AA
1980 – Sir John Cass School of Art, London, England
1984 – 1986 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, MFA
1986 – Universitá pergli Strangeri; Perugía, Italia
Awards
1976 – 1978 Art Scholarship, I.S.U. Normal, IL
1983 – 1986 Meadows Scholarship Recipient, SMU, Dallas, TX (Full tuition and stipend for student teaching)
2012 – Selected Artist for Open Arts poster for Studio Tour
2018 – Award of Excellence for Works on Paper, Sorrel Sky Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
Occupational Experience
1981-1983 Carol Taylor Art, Dallas, TX– sales and installations
1983-1986 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX – graduate studies assistant teaching
1986 – Fort Burgwin Annex Program, SMU, Taos, NM – assistant teaching
1986 – Arts for People, Parkland Emergency Hospital, Dallas, TX –worked with patients and professionals in art in a therapeutic environment
1986 – 1987 Belvoir Terrace Summer Arts Program, Lenox, MA – taught painting to girls ages 7 to 17 yrs.
1987 – 1988 Belvoir Terrace Summer Arts Program -Taught painting and Director of Visual Arts Department.
1992 – 1995 Collage Children’s Museum, Boulder, CO – volunteer in children’s programs and projects.
2014 – present – Teaching workshops and painting, Boulder, CO
Exhibitions
2021- R Gallery, Boulder, CO - Group Show. “New Beginnings”
2020 - COVID19 -No exhibitions
2019 Open Arts Fall Studio Tour, Boulder, CO
2019 Rembrandt Yard Gallery, Boulder, CO - Boulder Plein Air Festival
2018 Open Arts Fall Studio Tour, Boulder, CO
2018 Sorrell Sky Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico - Plein Air Fiesta
2018 Rembrandt Yard Gallery, Boulder, CO - Boulder Plein Air Festival
2017 Rembrandt Yard Gallery, Boulder, CO - Boulder Plein Air Festival
2016 Stone Cup, Lyons, CO – “Field Journals – Colorado and Ethiopia”- Solo exhibition
2015 Open Arts Fall Studio Tour, Boulder, CO
2014 Open Arts Fall Studio Tour, Boulder, CO
2013 “Fusion” 2013 IEA Juried Show, Eggman and Walrus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2013 BeeCause, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Open Arts Fall Studio Tour, Boulder, CO
2013 Abend Gallery , Denver, CO – Plein Air Artists of Colorado juried exhibition
2013 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art – group exhibition “Small Resources = Big Possibilities”, Boulder, CO
2013 Abend Gallery, Denver, CO – “Art for Life”
2012 Open Arts Fall Studio Tour, Boulder Colorado
2011 University of Colorado, Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Boulder, CO “Shared Experience”, 3 person show
2011 Open Arts Fall Studio Tour, Boulder, CO, juried selection
2009 Denver Public Library Central, Denver,CO, Denver Plein Air Exhibition, juried group show
2009 The Stone Cup, Lyons, CO, “Backyard Harvest”, single exhibition
2007 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, “Visions III”, juried exhibition
2006 University of Colorado, Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Boulder, CO, “Converging Passions”, 3 person show
2005 Mire Arte Gallery, Nogueras, Mexico, “Fruits and Volcanoes of Colima”, Two person show with Angeles Beltran
2003 Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, group show
1988 Group Exhibition, Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, MA
1986 Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, TX, “Recent Work”, one person show
1986 MFA Thesis Show, SMU, Dallas, TX
1980 Sears Tower Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1979 Group Exhibition, I. Magnim, Chicago, IL
1978 Student Show, Kunstler Haus, Salzburg, Austria
International Professional travel
1977 - Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Greece
1980 - England, Wales, Ireland
1985 - Italy, Tunisia, Africa
1998, 2009 - Italy
2004 -2006 - Mexico, Belize, Chili, Argentina, Uraguay, Brazil, Spain, England
2008 - Canada
2007-2011 - Mexico (yearly paint trip)
2015 - Ethiopia
2016 - Oahu, Hawaii
2016 - Germany and France
2017 - Florence, Lucca and Cortona, Italy
2019 – Kauai, Hawaii