Teresa Fernandez is a Perth based contemporary artist who works in various mediums including acrylics, mixed media and textiles.
Curiosity and experimentation are significant motivators resulting in art that is not placed within the boundaries of a single style. Teresa’s work can vary between still life and abstract, sometimes quirky and amusing, she is more interested in discovery that settling into one form of expression.
Teresa studied at Perth Central Institute of Technology and Claremont School of Art. She has been a painter for most of her life and full time professional artist for six years. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions and is held in collections both locally and overseas.
Finding inspiration and subject matter in everyday life, she uses her ‘backyard’ in Perth as source of endless stimulation: the beach, the bush, the path to the letterbox. ‘I like to celebrate the daily, which means it can be a different celebration every day. To find beauty in the mundane: a gnarly tree branch, the contents of a supermarket shelf or the things that wash up on the beach. To treasure unexpected finds: on the street verge clean-up, in a coat pocket, at the back of the cupboard.’