a drawing for a haiku

SOLD

cloudy seascape mural

Indigenous banana trees and ferns with ocean and cloudy blue sky, 6m undercover walk-way at a private residence.

 

a wee forest ditty

A little something I whipped out with leftover paint on my palette... Acrylic on tiny canvases, 20 x 14cm each

geometrics III

Studies for a series of paintings using the Platonic Solids.  Acrylic washes on paper with coloured pens:

geometrics II

Acrylic washes on paper with coloured pens:

geometrics

I've been playing with geometric forms.  Acrylic wash on paper with coloured pens and some pencil:

ABOUT: I eat walls for breakfast

I paint and draw what I like and love. I don't think my art is anymore phenomenally profound beyond the immense magical and mysterious existence of Life itself. 

I used to believe I had a message or duty as an artist; less so as I get older. I just love re-presenting the beauty one can find in this world, giving more delight for eyes to perceive. 

If anything I believe my own art is leaning more and more towards symbols and images that reconnect humans to the Land and to Spirit, into pictures that remind us of that connection. 

My process often involves taking an image I access through Image Nation and then finding photographic reference to render it accurately.

Art is one of the oldest things humans have done and I feel like I'm just aligned with that, whatever it means.

I'm probably a draughtsperson more than a painter. I love painting, but I love drawing more. Drawing is my highest excitement. And tattooing is the next level - the skin is the most incredible canvas to draw into.

I had a mantra for a while: "I eat walls for breakfast."

Meaning: I love painting on big walls.

I facilitate group workshops in drawing and painting, as well as offer private one-on-one mentorships. 

I am open to commissions.

Email: kateteesdaleart@gmail.com

Telephone: +27 72 111 1804

Instagram: kate_teesdale_art and tattoo: thepaintedskin.tattoo 

Facebook: Kate Teesdale Art  

studio view

Enjoying my new found space:

sketch

icosahedron - coloured pencil

sketch

octahedron - pencil

geometric abstracts

acrylic & metallic silver and gold pen on canvas, 22 x 20cm each

studio space found!

 Shop space located on Chintsa Drive, in the Atalaia Building.   I'm working here and keeping it as a studio for now, but hopefully moving it more into a gallery space.  Doing some designs for a sign...

hammerhead shark

'Knowing' (hammerhead shark) - acrylic on linen, 159 x 63cm SOLD

day 13 - and complete

new public mural project - chintsa east day 4

Here's documenting the process of getting some light and magic sown in my home village, Chintsa East. 'The Mural':

rhino kindness

The philosophy is Kindness - acrylic, guild paste & pencil on cupboard door,

180 x 55cm SOLD

japanese style tree painting

Latest commission: 

a 'Japanese style' 

painting of a tree 

with clouds. 

I started with 

a wood grain effect 

on the base coat, 

then added a moon 

behind the scene 

just for fun.

acrylic on superwood
70 x 25cm

done, dusted & delivered: week 2 & 3 of 7 chakra project

7 chakras - week 1

Some mechanical painting to ease me back into work mode... a commission for a wellness centre:

acrylic on canvas, each 91 x 25cm

the return of plastic person

Ducunt volentum fata,

nolentem trahunt

"The fates guide those who will.

Those who won't

They drag."

                  

I'm back.  After a one & half year's hiatus from work, during which I helped a mate start up a plant and tree nursery, and which sent me into a serious withdrawal mode, I'm back in my studio. 

So send your ideas my way.

In the meantime here are some doodles I did on a lucky trip to the wondrous land of 
South Korea:

            

...and check out Book of Whimsy for more of my art, and poetry too...

psychedelic sunrise mural - private chintsa east residence

doodle - turned - tattoo sleeve design

'Conversation with Kiyra' - graphite

at long last

'(The she-wolf of) Acknowledgement' - acrylic on canvas, for Tersia

latest commission

An idea inspired by this piece of writing:
"Wolf, teacher, pathfinder,
Moondog of my soul,
Howling, singing,
Teaching how to know"