My name is Teresa Cook. I have obtained my BFA in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking in 2012 from the University of North Florida. I have lived in Jacksonville, Florida all my life. I developed a knack for painting when I was very young and by the time I turned 15 I was working on what type of artist I wanted to be. I did not figure that out till I was a year away from graduating from UNF. One of my favorite professors at UNF, Louise Freshman-Brown, allowed me to develop my watercolors. There was no watercolor classes offered at all, so it was all on me to teach myself how to paint with watercolor. Louise was a big influence in allowing me to figure out my own aesthetic to watercolor. That was when watercolor came full force for me. I also travelled to Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia, with her help and the Helen Lane Scholarship, and that is where my watercolor style took full effect. I am forever thankful for Helen's Scholarship because her funding allowed me to be a great success in the art world today. I got an opportunity to show the Jacksonville my perception of Europe. I enjoyed traveling so much. Thus, traveling teacher/artist came up. 

Louise Freshman-Brown taking photos of a photos 


Helen Lane at the Riverside Arts Market

I want to share my love for travel with the world. I am currently working on building a platform in my social media of me traveling and aspiring to see the world. 

Here are some of photos from my travels:

Trieste, Italy

Rome, Italy

Grozjnan, Croatia (Me)

Since then I have been in multiple  exhibitions and they all include photos from my experiences overseas. Here is some of exhibitions:

·       UNF, “Works On Paper”Jacksonville, Fl (2012)
·       Hemming Plaza Jewelers-Solo Exhibition,Jacksonville, Fl (2/2014- 3/2014)
·       Art Center Cooperative, “Abstraction at It’s Best” Jacksonville, Fl (3/23/2017-5/19/2017)
·       The 5 and Dime Theatre Company, “Black Opal Art Experience” (6/3/2017-7/1/2017)
·       Art Center Cooperative,“Small Objects” Jacksonville, Fl (10/12/2017-12/15/2017)Won 2ndplace
·       Word Revolt Gallery,“Stronger Together” Atlantic Beach, Fl (3/2018-4/2018)
·       Mosaic,Mosaic Art Auction Jacksonville, Fl (4/2018)
·       Jacksonville Public Library Downtown, Jax Makerspace, “Prescribed Expression” Jacksonville, Fl (5/2018-7/22)

The paintings listed below and more that are not shown, have allowed me to be able to take care of my 5 year old son financially, along with working a full time job. I want to be able to give more to him and being able to travel to Amsterdam will do that. Soon, he can embark on these travel experiences with me. I want him to develop a cultured mentality for other worldly places. Here are some of  the photos of the artwork I created from my journey overseas:

Slovenian Life, Copic marker

Pink Rome, Copic marker 

Piazza Manfredo Fanti (No longer available), Watercolor on yupo

Trajan's Column(No longer available), Watercolor on  yupo

There is an event, Urban Sketchers Symposium(USK), http://www.urbansketchers.org/p/usk-amsterdam-2019.html  and this will be the 10th year that this event has occurred. This year one of the artist that I follow on Instagram is Paul Wang (@paulwang_sg) and he will be one of the artists' that USK is hosting. He is really a great traveling sketch artist and I want to meet him as well. I want to be apart of the demonstrations and events so I get a feel of what to expect for myself. I hope to be a future artist for workshops and travel sketching that the Urban Sketchers Symposium hosts.  I want to travel to their hosted location,  Amsterdam, for this year's event to get a fill for being a teacher, artist, and traveling artist through them. I know traveling here will open new doors for me in the art world.

Copic Marker featuring Graffiti Walls (no longer available) 

I will need the funds by the end of February 2019, being that I hope to purchase the plane tickets and pay for  the event as soon as possible. 

Being able to receive this support from all of you will send me in the direction I want to go. I want to be more for son honestly. I want to have more for him. Being able to develop an audience for myself and make a platform for art lovers can get me there. I know going to Amsterdam will do it. I know I will get the opportunity to become an artist to work with Urban Sketchers Symposium, and become a teacher for them. I want to be apart of Amsterdam and understand it and eventually take my son with me. 

Me and Eli

Watercolor abstracts and tests

After this trip, I am working on having a solo show. This will be my first solo show and I am hoping to make this happen by November. With your support, I know my new artwork pieces will be a wow factor and having a solo show will be a great debut for me to start being a travel artist. 
 
My gratitude will be beyond what words can say. I will get the opportunity to be the full time artist/travel artist and I will forever love you all for your support of me and along side me, my son. I want you to see the world through my eyes. I want to absorb the culture and give it back to you. 



·     With every donation up to $15, you will receive a free print 5 x 7 framed from my current travels.
·     For every donation, from $100- $200, will receive 8 x 10 prints framed.
·     For each donation from $201-$ 500, will receive a print framed 18 x 24. For each donation from $501-$1000, will receive a large painting 24 x 36 framed.
 
Note: Please allow at least 8 weeks to complete original paintings.

Thank you for your time

Teresa Cook