California artist Teri Starkweather has been painting nearly her entire life. She studied at the Art Center College of Design as a painting major and received a master’s degree in art education at California State University at Northridge. Upon graduation, she worked as a scenic artist for several television networks. 
Flowers of the Sun, watercolor, 36 x 28"
Koi Pond in Bloom, watercolor, 24 x 37" Starkweather is best known for her luminous still life watercolors of the 1990s, “which are bathed in sunlight,” she says. The artist’s realistic watercolors have been included in many watercolor books, with one of her paintings making the cover of Textures and Surfacespublished by North Light Publishers in 2000. “I paint the familiar in a heightened state of glowing awareness to show the viewer that love and light are all around us…I hope to share the connection to all living things that we all have.” Sunlight, Starkweather adds, is the best light source for experimenting with color and transparency.
Summer Shadows, watercolor, 29 x 21"
The artist used to work exclusively in watercolor, working from her own drawings and photos taken in her home and garden (or plein air studies during travel). She is a signature member of Watercolor West and a member of several other painting societies. However, recently, Starkweather has begun to paint in oils after learning how to paint without solvents due to sensitivities to chemicals.
“I enjoy painting in both mediums. I have shown and sold my artwork in various galleries throughout the United States and internationally in Italy and China,” says Starkweather. Currently, she is exhibiting several landscape oils at Studio Door Gallery in San Diego, California. —
Artist Teri Starkweather in her studio.
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