User:Teri Morris Art

Teri Morris is a Canadian visual artist, who works in oils and acrylics. Her art is mostly abstract/expressionist. Aside from the regular art, she also does miniature, and micro-miniature paintings (as small as 1/4 inch). Born in Newfoundland, and having lived in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia, she now resides in Prince Edward Island.

Artist's statement: I paint what I feel when my hand moves color across the canvas. I never have an idea of what a painting will be until the paint starts to move, and then suddenly it's happening. I feel that everyone should have even just one piece of art, and that if seeing my work makes someone stop and take a second look, then they have felt something. It may not be what I felt when I painted it, but they see something there that is for them. It's a place where the paint is speaking to "them". I like light coming out of darkness, and I tend to use this a lot in my art. It's like venturing into the unknown, and finding something there that's totally unexpected, but gives a good feeling. I like to paint water, but I think growing up on an island, and now, once again, living on an island, that the water is a part of us even when we don't think about it. You realize it when you are away from it, and when asked what you mist the most, you automatically answer "the water". A painting can take you any place you want to be. As a child I was always giving someone a piece of my mind! but now I only give them an inch...and a few of my own private thoughts...and feelings. There is something about the feel of the brush, or whatever tool I am using to paint with, when there is a blank canvas in front of me....like the sea calling to the shore...and the paint takes me to where I want to be.

Exhibits 2000 Mini Expectations Charlottetown 2000 Live at 5 interview Charlottetown 2000 Grabbajabba Charlottetown 2001 GARDEN of the GULF Charlottetown Juror's Choice Award 2001 Buzz interview 2001 Expressions of Sail Charlottetown 2003 Atlantic Inspirations Moncton 2003 Fall Colors I    Charlottetown 2004 Spring Spotlight Charlottetown 2004 Fall Colors II    Charlottetown 2005 Fall Colors III    Charlottetown 2006 Spring on the Wall Charlottetown 2007 Warped photo Basin Head PE         chosen by PEI Arts Council for the back cover of their Strategic Plan report for 2007-2010 2008 mini art design chosen for "Cute as a Button" event Confederation Centre Charlottetown 2009   gave talk on art to         Southern Kings Arts Group 2009 Meet the Artists show with Southern Kings Arts Group 2010 Meet the Artists show with Southern Kings Arts Group 2010 Art Studio in the Downeast Mall (4 months duration)