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Teri Utz Bersée
Fine Artist Teri Utz Bersée Fine ArtNapoleon Ohio 43545 United States Cell Phone: 4193492626 Website: teriutzbersee
Bio
Teri Utz Bersée is a native of NW Ohio who has honed her observational and artistic skills from early childhood, with the advantage of farm life along the Maumee River in Waterville Twp.
She is passionate about nature (the rural landscape specifically) and portraiture of humans and animals. Whether she uses a more simplified abstract approach or leans to impressionistic realism, she works primarily in oils and soft pastels. Her work has won many awards over the years, having been juried by prominent artists into national, regional and local competitions. One of her commissioned figurative works is in the permanent collection at the Maximilian Kolbe Shrine museum outside Chicago IL. She is represented by 3 regional galleries.
In past years, Teri has donated time and artwork for many charitable organizations including Nature’s Nursery & Waterville Chamber of Commerce, and has helped with others including the Anthony Wayne Area Arts Commission.
While she continues to teach art classes and take to the back roads for plein air painting, she wholeheartedly admits she will always experiment for personal artistic growth…so, happily, the learning never ends.
Artist Statement
Lucky am I to have been blessed with a passion to observe and a strong desire to create — even though when time doesn’t allow, I can get anxious. So, for me, life tempers art and art balances life.
I interpret the world in a Realistic manner with a lean toward Impressionism, primarily using oils and soft pastels. I infuse no symbolism or other hidden meanings in my work…….my work expresses a truthful, immediate, face-to-face (and hopefully enjoyable) experience…. plain and simple.
You will not see a strong overriding theme in most of my work because there are too many varieties of subjects I like to record. I look forward to the challenge of any subject, although, currently I am focusing a lot of effort on portraiture and figurative work.
Most attractive to me are dramatic lighting, compositions of interesting shapes and colors, the architecture of human and animal forms, old buildings and the beauty and power of nature.
Finally, I wholeheartedly admit that I will always experiment with materials, method or technique because it naturally feeds my curiosity and artistic growth. I find an inherent sense of peace knowing I will always be learning and always have something to create!