Artist Statement
I have been lucky to have two vocations in my life, art and science. I am a visual artist with academic degrees in fine art, psychology, and neuroscience. As a scientist, I am interested in how light interacts with matter and how we perceive and respond to that visual world. As an artist, I work in a realistic style using my understanding of reflection and refraction, transparency and translucency, shadows, color, and perspective to explore how they play out on a two dimensional surface to create an image and a feeling for the viewer.
I am drawn to features of everyday objects and natural phenomena that elicit strong emotions, or simple pleasures. When drawing or painting people and animals, in addition to their likenesses, I try to capture an essential characteristic, such as dignity, innocence, or a sense of mischief.
Artist Bio
Teresa Maone is a visual artist who works in oil, watercolor, pastel and pencil in a realistic style. Her first painting lesson at the age of twelve, under the tutelage of her father, was to copy Raphael’s Madonna of the Chair. Growing up in NYC, she won a competitive scholarship to the Pratt Institute art program for high school students. She later earned a BA in Fine Art from Stony Brook University. Right after college, she worked as a designer creating best-selling designs for Bucilla Needlecrafts. She soon became active in art advocacy and education as a member of the Foundation for the Community of Artists, a NYC funded program to support visual and performing artists, and later at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She returned to graduate school to earn a Master’s in Psychology and a PhD in Neuroscience from New York University. Living in Princeton, New Jersey, she retained her love of art throughout a career as a scientist and teacher. She continued to study painting, bringing to it a deeper understanding of light, optics, and perception. Following the death of her infant daughter, she trained and worked in perinatal grief counseling. Through this work, she became aware of an important need and created many cherished infant portraits for bereaved families. She has since been commissioned to paint many other portraits of people and pets.
After retiring from teaching, Teresa moved to Doylestown, Pennsylvania and began painting full time. She studied color theory, watercolor and oil painting with several Bucks County artists and became an active member of the Doylestown Art League, the Garden State Watercolor Society, and the Artists of Yardley, exhibiting in members’ and juried art shows.
Teresa recently moved to Centennial, Colorado. She is now a member of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild and exhibits in juried and non-juried shows. She has begun studying with local artists and contributes to the artist communities near her new home.
Juried Shows and Awards
2019 On the Road Show, Garden State Watercolor Society, Yardley, PA
2019 Annual Art Exhibition, Stover Mill Gallery, Bucks County, PA
2022 Life’s a Beach Show, Stanton Art Gallery, Littleton, CO Honorable Mention Award
2022 Weathered Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2022 60th Anniversary Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2022 Wild West Show, Stanton Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2022 Americana Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO Honorable Mention Award
2023 Great Outdoors Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2023 61st Anniversary Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO Second Place Award
2023 Being Human Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO Honorable Mention Award, People’s Choice Award
2023 Home on the Range, Stanton Art Gallery, Littleton CO Honorable Mention Award
2023 Best of Colorado Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
2023 Lone Tree Fine Art Expo, Lone Tree, CO
2024 62nd Anniversary Show, Depot Art Gallery, Littleton, CO Best in Show Award
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