Debbie Teeter
Making art has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My mother always commented about my ability to keep my hands busy and furnished me with crayons, scissors, paper and cloth. My favorite teachers in elementary school included art in the classroom and I majored in art in high school. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BFA and MA), I was lucky to work with amazing, accomplished artist-instructors whose guidance, critiques and encouragement improved my work and formed the foundation for how I would work with students in the future.
At the U of I, I fell in love with oil paint, rich colors and flora. My early subjects were figures and my houseplants. Later, my plant subjects became the more exotic varieties I witnessed at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, the Lincoln Park Conservatory and in Hawaii. I’m drawn to their ephemeral nature, bold colors and dynamic lines. Most of my recent work is in acrylic or watercolor and I’m always game for new ways of exploring these media.
My art has been displayed at numerous venues throughout Washington County, Oregon and my watercolors have been juried into Watercolor Society of Oregon convention exhibitions. As a career Art Educator, I taught high school art and numerous art classes at the Village Gallery of Arts in Portland, where I was the Education Coordinator.
At the U of I, I fell in love with oil paint, rich colors and flora. My early subjects were figures and my houseplants. Later, my plant subjects became the more exotic varieties I witnessed at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, the Lincoln Park Conservatory and in Hawaii. I’m drawn to their ephemeral nature, bold colors and dynamic lines. Most of my recent work is in acrylic or watercolor and I’m always game for new ways of exploring these media.
My art has been displayed at numerous venues throughout Washington County, Oregon and my watercolors have been juried into Watercolor Society of Oregon convention exhibitions. As a career Art Educator, I taught high school art and numerous art classes at the Village Gallery of Arts in Portland, where I was the Education Coordinator.
