Artist: Patricia Teller

If I Could Speak I Would Tell You

Collage

8.5" x 11.5"

Artist Statement

"To sleep-perchance to dream" (HAMLET William Shakespeare). Hamlet was pondering death at the opening of his soliloquy. For me, I prefer to have interesting visions. At bedtime I try emptying my mind of worry by reading or looking at the works of an artist I admire, or read a poem and try to memorize some part of it, or read a good travel book written by an author who has dug deep into the experience of place such as Lawrence Durrell or Freya Stark.

"If I Could Speak I Would Tell You" relates to how I came upon a dance performance where the back of the theater opened up. A man tried to explain what was happening, but I could not hear the words. In dreaming, sometimes a missing piece to some waking problem is revealed, very often it feeds my art making, but even more often it leaves me struggling to remember where I've been and what I've seen. Through art we can take these fleeting impressions and make something with them.

Artist Bio

Teller has a business degree from the College of Notre Dame, Baltimore where she was introduced to dark room photography and photo journaling. She later studied drawing, painting and color theory at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. Her artistic pursuits include painting, mixed media, collage and photography. She finds inspiration from her everyday life, nature, travels, books, cinema-almost everything. Although Teller has been involved with photography and art making since her 20's, it was retiring from a business career in 2008 that allowed concentrated time to pursue an art practice. She is active with the York Art Association, Creative York, and exhibits her paintings and photography regularly at various galleries in the York County area and on her website www.patriciateller.blogspot.com, on Instagram (@tuesdaycafe), and Facebook (Patricia Combs Teller). Email contact: [email protected]

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