Friday, October 19, 2012

Teresa Duck: Artist - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Teresa Duck's portrait



Teresa Duck: "My only true dream is that I will always be able to create new things, and never lose my sense of wonder at the world"



A Necessary and Sufficient Condition - oil on canvas




Vital Impetus - oil on canvas



Latent dispositions - oil on canvas



BPP: Who are you?  And who you really are?

Teresa Duck: Firstly my name is Teresa I am an artist based in Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. (UK)
As for who I am, I am an individual, just like everyone else, no more, no less. On the question of who I really am, that’s hard to say.  Some days I’m an idealist, others a realist.  Some days I’m a pessimist, some an optimist, some days I’m a giver, some a taker and so on. I have many facets to my personality just as others do.  I think the only thing which makes me, me, is that my experience of life is truly my own and individual to myself, that is what makes me who I truly am.



The Pseudoscience of Apperception. Oil on canvas



Adumbratio - oil on canvas



Biology of Cibation - oil on canvas


BPP: If you could say something important to others who were listening, what would you tell them?

Teresa Duck: First and foremost, find out who you really are, get to know yourself, then you can figure out what you want or need out of life.


Lacrima Cervi - oil on canvas




Things Heard, Things Tasted, Things Seen - oil on canvas



Zebra - oil on canvas


BPP:  What is your true dream, the one that keeps you up at night and if one day it were to come true you would feel peace and calmness in your heart?

Teresa Duck: My only true dream is that I will always be able to create new things, and never lose my sense of wonder at the world.



"Ictus Cordis" Oil on Board  -  Work in progress


Work in progress



Work in progress



BPP: How is life currently for the people in your country and what would you wish for them and for the planet at large?

Teresa Duck:That’s a hard question. The simplest answer I can give is that from my experience it’s good.  I’ve always have enough to eat and drink, a safe place to live, access to an education all of which I’m more than thankful for. I wish the same for the planet at large.


Work in progress



BPP: If you had a chance to be a child again would you choose the same life?

Teresa Duck: Yes because for good and bad I wouldn’t be myself without it.


Work in progress



BPP:  What was the exact moment that you realized what you wanted to do with your life?  How did you feel at this very moment?

Teresa Duck: I don’t think there was a point when I decided what I wanted to do with my life.  I knew I had to paint though, that however was not a choice, it is as essential to eating or breathing to me.  I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to.  So perhaps my life decided what it wanted me to do rather than the other way around.


Work in progress


BPP: Would you like to tell us something we didn’t ask until now?

Teresa Duck: It’s very simple but sometimes you need to just stop and smell the roses. I find the simplest pleasures are often the most rewarding.



Prima Materia - oil on canvas


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Sketch book


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS

2012 Space//form, Breeze Block gallery Portland Oregon
2010 Fresh Cream 2, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
2009 Christmas Exhibition, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
2009 NewcastleGateshead Art Fair, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
2009 The Art House, Opus Art, Alnwick, Northumberland

2008 Contemporary Painting, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
2008 KounterKulture, Opus Art, London
2008 Red Dot Art Fair, Opus Art, London
2008 NewcastleGateshead Art Fair, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne

2008 Whitewashed, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne

PROJECTS
2010 KounterKulture founding artist

Teresa Duck at studio





Photos copyright 2012 by Teresa Duck. All rights reserved.








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