About

The paintings in this series take their inspiration from the appearance of the landscape in late autumn and early winter. At that time of year, the color and lushness of the summer foliage slowly slips away, leaving a dry and tangled arrangement of stalks and leaves. Although I miss the long, warm days of spring and summer, I accept the necessity of this change and see a sort of quiet beauty in the decay that accompanies the dormant landscape. It seems natural to relate this to my awareness of my own mortality and my reluctance to accept that things come to a natural end. In a larger sense, I apply this same idea to things outside of myself, particularly the fragility of the environment in the face of a shifting climate.

The paintings are made with acrylic paint, hand colored collage paper, monotype, ink, graphite and colored pencil on birch panel. The painting are coated with several layers of matte gel medium and finished with a matte UV varnish.

Born in Los Angeles, Teresa Stanley received a BA from UC Santa Barbara and a MFA from U.C. Berkeley. She has exhibited widely and her work can be found in many private and corporate collections. She is currently represented by LaFontsee Gallery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Blue Gallery in Kansas City, MO and Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto . She has been the recipient of several awards, grants and residencies and has had her work featured in many print and online publications. After a long career teaching painting at Cal Poly Humboldt, she retired in 2021 in order to work full-time out of her studio in Northern California.