new paintings

Mandala project.  Four abstract backgrounds with mandalas based on the number six layered over the top.  Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40cm - SOLD

cow skull

Sundays at the studio

lyra

An illustration I just ink penned for Harry Owen's poem 'Lyra', with details of the poem worked into the stars. Pen on paper, A3

wall piece

Our new local barbershop invited me to paint their logo and text on their wall.  Piece designed by one of my drawing students and I tweaked it a bit...

tattoo design

A water crystal tattoo design, and the tattoo inked by Diamond D:

awake. aware. alive

I wanted to see what a dark text on a build up of white paint background would look like, in answer to the previous large canvas (see next blog post).  This was a make up of elements I played with in answer to the question 'What do I truly desire?'.

AWAKE. AWARE. ALIVE
- acrylic on canvas, 122 x 89cm - R3,200

studio view

new work: combination of 'The proper crossing of lines' and 'The slowing down of time' glyphs

This acrylic on canvas piece is a combination of the glyphs seen on the fish eagle and kudu paintings, built up in layers of reds, with matt and gloss blacks on top: lots of mind maths finished off with peace and harmony found in the final sigil.  Thank you Jean-Michel Basquiat for the permission.

THE PROPER CROSSING OF LINES & THE SLOWING DOWN OF TIME
acrylic on canvas, 126 x 101cm - R3,200

logo design

A re-design of a logo used by a local volunteer veterinary organisation

logo design

A re-design of an old yoga brand

new works/old works

I've taken out a few choice drawings from my sketchbooks and given them a dust up and some new frames.  These are all on display and for sale at The Hearth of Cintsa Studio Gallery & Project Space:

logo design

A logo design for a family trust run by four brothers, using a Celtic cross and a sun symbol:

work in progress

Pen on paper drawing 76 x 64 cm

the proper crossing of lines and the slowing down of time

New work: kudu male and fish eagle female, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 60 cm each - both SOLD 

new works in progress

Working with some sketches of sigils, these are turning out: 1 x large canvas of reds & 2 x smaller Kudu and Fish Eagle in acrylic

studio - The Hearth installs a shop sign

My beautiful studio finally gets a street sign:

Look out for our logo.  

The Hearth Studio Gallery & Project Space.

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alles ist in Ordnung, habe keine Angst

A little painting I've had in mind for ages:

acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30cm

geometric abstract

Busy with this little number.  Acrylic on canvas, 35 x 35cm

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: