Theresa Kehrer
Selected Exhibitions:
2024_Art Fest, Camp Rehoboth_Annual Juried Show
2024_Rehoboth Art League 9th Annual Regional Juried Photography Exhibition
2023_Hudson Valley Art Association, 90th Annual National Juried Exhibition
2023_Art Fest, Camp Rehoboth_Annual Juried show
2021, 2022 Lewes Artists Studio Tour
2021, 2022 Lewes Artists Studio Tour
2022_84th Annual Members Fine Art Exhibition_Rehoboth Art League
2020_Rehoboth Art League 9th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition-2 entries
Lynden Gallery Elizabethtown PA_October 2003 "Earth Art" with Brad Strohman
Lancaster Galleries_Group Ceramics exhibit May 2002
Women's Expressions_2002-2003 National Invitational Juried Show
Art Walk Lancaster_2003-2005
Group Artists Exhibition_Lancaster County Art Association_September 2001
Lancaster Museum of Art_1998-2002
Open Exhibition_Lancaster County Art Association (LCAA)_1998-2002
Habitat For Humanity Fundraiser_Nov. 2002
Solo Exhibition_Lancaster PA_June 2000_A Celebration of Art
Awards & Honors:
2016_Crochet Guild of America_International Design competition_Thread category_Second place
2014_CGOA_International Design Competition_second place
Editor's Choice_CROCHET magazine_Fall 2011
Lancaster County Art Association_Numerous awards (12) in drawing, painting, and photography
_1998-2002
Selected Published designs:
CROCHET! Magazine_Fall 2011_“Floral Fantasy Shawl” Cover
“Turning Leaves Scarf”_Crochet magazine_Fall 2011
Crochet Magazine Presents "From Scraps to sensational"_Fall 2015
Caron “Cosmos Baby Blanket” Crochet Magazine presents "Fall 2011, Best Ever Afghans"
"Cottage Garden Handbag" Crochet Magazine Summer 2012
CROCHET! Collection 2002-2011 Cover
Garden Walk Shawl_Ravelry.com_2017
Education:
University of Delaware_ B.A.
Millersville University_BFA program_
Robert Andriulli (painting), John Markowitz (design), Robert A. Nelson, Gordon R. Wise (drawing and illustration)
Watercolor workshop_Ann DeLaurentis_Lancaster PA_
Sundance Art Studios 1995-2002_Studied with Linda Tay'nah'za (monotype printmaking), Dennis Zupan (ceramics), Liberty Blake, Jann Haworth (illustration and design)
LCAA Monotype printmaking_Linda Taynahza_2001, 2002
DCCA_Monotype printmaking_Mitch Lyons
CGOA Textile and design courses_2009-2016, Studied with Lily Chin, Doris Chan, Susan Lowman
CGOA Textile and design courses_2009-2016, Studied with Lily Chin, Doris Chan, Susan Lowman
Professional Juried memberships:
International Guild of Realism_2024
Hobbies:
Classically trained singer, Lyric soprano. Sang with the Lancaster Symphony Chorus (Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Carmina Burana, Rutter Requiem, An evening with Cole Porter), Many church solos, Wilmington Symphony (An Evening With Cole Porter), and at Carnegie Hall with the Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra (Carmina Burana), Jo Ann Faletta Conductor.
Classically trained singer, Lyric soprano. Sang with the Lancaster Symphony Chorus (Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Carmina Burana, Rutter Requiem, An evening with Cole Porter), Many church solos, Wilmington Symphony (An Evening With Cole Porter), and at Carnegie Hall with the Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra (Carmina Burana), Jo Ann Faletta Conductor.
I was educated as a geologist and as a fine artist. These disciplines instilled a love of botany, nature and the outdoors. Growing up in a family of scientists who were also artists, I was captivated by the precision of the scientific and botanical illustrations in their books and would spend hours studying them. I strive for this level of realism in my work, while choosing themes I find beautiful, joyful or whimsical. I'm interested in subjects as large as a rocky coast or as simple as the way a leaf curls when it falls to the ground.
Presently I create works on paper: graphite drawings, watercolor paintings, white line woodcut printmaking (Provincetown printmaking) and photography. Photography is important in my work for reference material but also as an art form. I am fascinated by atmospheric phenomenon and naturalistic processes and these are my favorite subjects.
The graphite drawings and watercolor paintings I create are hyper realistic and I enjoy the immediacy of these materials. Strong drafting skills are the foundation for all the visual art I create. Whether drawing from life or working from my reference photographs, details and realism are paramount.
Printmaking allows some departure from the formality of realism and allows me to be playful with a subject. White line woodcut printmaking involves creating a detailed drawing, transferring it and carving that image into a wood block. The final print requires many layers of water based ink and many hours to complete. This process can be unforgiving at times, but there is always great joy in watching a print appear.
Presently I create works on paper: graphite drawings, watercolor paintings, white line woodcut printmaking (Provincetown printmaking) and photography. Photography is important in my work for reference material but also as an art form. I am fascinated by atmospheric phenomenon and naturalistic processes and these are my favorite subjects.
The graphite drawings and watercolor paintings I create are hyper realistic and I enjoy the immediacy of these materials. Strong drafting skills are the foundation for all the visual art I create. Whether drawing from life or working from my reference photographs, details and realism are paramount.
Printmaking allows some departure from the formality of realism and allows me to be playful with a subject. White line woodcut printmaking involves creating a detailed drawing, transferring it and carving that image into a wood block. The final print requires many layers of water based ink and many hours to complete. This process can be unforgiving at times, but there is always great joy in watching a print appear.
