Teresa N. Fischer was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1971 and graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design 1989-1993, Magna Cum Laude. She was awarded the Francis Larkin McCommon Scholarship. Teresa recalls the magic of childhood and yesterday in her finely detailed oil paintings. She combines familiar yet surprising elements in varied combinations to tell a playful visual story. She sets the stage, adjusts the lighting, and creates the shadows that add to the drama. She rekindles that childlike feeling when she plans out compositions. She takes the nostalgic object and gives it a moment in the spotlight. Teresa is influenced by such masters as John Singer Sargent, Edmund Tarbell, Ingres, Alma-Tadema, Robert Vickrey, and Kit Williams. Teresa is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the International Guild of Realism. Awards 2015 Still Life Finalist, The Artist Magazine 32nd Annual Artist Competition 2014/2015 Finalist Still Life, Art Renewal Center, International Salon Competition 2013/2014 Finalist Still Life, Art Renewal Center, International Salon Competition 2013 Still Life Finalist, The Artist Magazine 28th Annual Artist Competition 2012/2013 Finalist Still Life, Art Renewal Center, International Salon Competition 2011/2012 Finalist Still Life, Art Renewal Center, International Salon Competition 2011 Still Life Finalist, The Artist Magazine 28th Annual Artist Competition 2011 Jury's Top 50, Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art 2010 Still Life Finalist, The Artists Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition 2010 Top 50 Finalist, Southwest Art 21 Over 31 Emerging Artist Competition 2009 Still Life Finalist, The Artist Magazine 26th Annual Art Competition Publications 2013 American Art Collector, October #96, Contemporary Still Lifes, Elliott Fouts Gallery 2012 American Art Collector, April #78, Staging Still Lifes, Elliott Fouts Gallery 2011 American Art Collector, October #72, The Still Life, Elliott Fouts Gallery 2011 American Art Collector, February #64, Nostalgia Emerging, Elliott Fouts Gallery 2010 Southwest Art Magazine, December 2010 American Art Collector, October #60, The Still Life, Elliott Fouts Gallery |