Symbiosis II

Gouache on paper, 16x12x0, 2023, $300

Exploration of the winter understory, at Centrum Artist Residency, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA.

In my current art explorations, I am revisiting a project begun at the Centrum Artist Residency in 2023 which have not been shown previously. These works were explorations of the winter understory, and fueled creation of the Connect to Nature zine, which was the focus that Spring. The zines were distributed across Seattle, as part of my Connect to Nature Project, funded in part with a Smart Grant from the City of Seattle in the Spring of 2023.

Teresa Stern is a NW artist inspired by nature. She brings her background in sustainable architecture and eco education to her art practice, using a plastic-free palette of walnut oil paints, plant-based solvent and varnishes, and cellulose and mineral grounds. She is the founder and curator of the eco advocacy project The Art of Sustainability.