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"LIVE LIFE COLORFULLY" SEEMS TO BE BOTH YOUR PERSONAL MAN-
TRA AND FOCUS IN YOUR ART. WHAT ARE YOU REALLY SAYING WHEN
YOU USE THIS TERM?
I feel that we all have the opportunity to see either the light
or the dark in every situation in life. e world of TeshiaArt is a
colorful one, because that is the way I choose to view the world.
My desire is to portray wildlife and life on that level.
A few years ago I had a vision of a bull moose in prismatic
hues, illuminated by light and color in a surreal and majestic way.
One day I brought this foresight to fruition and painted a large,
bold, and colorful moose. e painting changed my life, and I
have been intoxicated by color ever since. is experience taught
me to "Live Life Colorfully," and I haven't looked back since.
THE SUBJECT OF MOST OF YOUR ART SEEMS TO BE MONTANA WILD-
LIFE. WHY ARE YOU DRAWN TO THIS SUBJECT MATTER?
My family moved from the Seattle area to western Montana
when I was 12. I went from a life of rollerblading on sidewalks
to riding dirt bikes on logging roads. I learned to hunt, spearfish,
ice fish, snowmobile, snowshoe, snowboard, wakeboard, camp,
and had every adventure in between. In the autumn, I hiked up
snowy mountains at 5 a.m. with friends and bugled to the bull
elk as the sun began to rise and burn off the crisp morning mist.
In the spring, I watched from my window as a huge, lanky cow
moose led her feeble calf into our field. In the summer, a grizzly
bear would occasionally appear through the bushes by the river-
banks on which we lived. In the winter, we once saw a wolverine
Live Life
Colorfully
Just the
Two of Us
Teshia with
Jackson Hole
outdoor mural
T H E A RT O F T E S H I A
