We are fascinated by Teresa’s work. We love that her work has an immediate impact while allowing for endless exploration. Much like metaphors for life, we find we can never fully know her art – we can investigate details without seeing the whole or we can enjoy the composition but the details elude us.
Teresa Booth Brown begins her works with an element of collage on panel. After meditating on the original form, Brown builds up and tears down layers of paint, collage, and drawing, developing strong geometries of thinly veiled colors. Her background as a pattern-maker is evident in the layers she forms, from sheer to opaque, revealing the recessed imagery, much like fading memories.
“The paintings are like little lives that grow, change, and evolve until finally achieving their own identity,” explains Brown. She sees her process as “a chance to make order out of chaos.” Listening to Brown, one feels that she and her work are almost collaborators, attempting to reveal a final visual truth.
